The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has given the go-ahead for the ongoing construction projects to renovate Speke Resort Munyonyo, which stretches to the Lake Victoria shoreline. The Sudhir Ruparelia-led Ruparelia Group of Companies is protecting the landscape, which was previously harmed by Lake Victoria's astonishing rise to a record 44 feet, rather than degrading and filling the lake.
Numerous homes along Uganda's Victoria Coast have been affected by rising sea levels. The Munyonyo Resort's grounds, which had previously been utilized for a variety of events including weddings, music festivals, goat races, and more, were submerged by the lake.
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit and the G77 China conference will be held there next year. Sudhir is currently building East Africa's largest convention center, and he has started securing the already-saturated land for use by raising the ground to prevent water from entering the resort's compound should the Lake strike again.
The action has been approved by NEMA. The authorities publicly supported Sudhir when a video that surfaced online suggested that the tycoon was filling with dirt while encroaching on the Lake.
The Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort complex is being elevated to prevent flooding of the gardens, NEMA said on Twitter. "As you may be aware, Uganda will host both the Non-Aligned Movement and the G-77 Conferences next year."
"The permission granted required management to replant grass that had been removed from the same area." NEMA, on the other hand, will keep an eye on approval compliance, particularly L. Victoria's honesty. In order to attract visitors, NEMA said, beachfront building is authorized all over the world.
"Uganda now has the chance to take advantage of the blue economy's potential." Additionally, provided that they adhere to NEMA's requirements, the act gives the government permission to build projects (in the interest of public goods) on public lands, such as roads, railroad lines, and marinas in wetlands.
Tuesday morning, Sudhir went to Munyonyo with the journalists to look into the same allegations. The Lake Victoria Basin Commission claims that a year of very heavy rains that started in April 2019 increased the lake's water level to 13.4 meters (44 feet) by May 2022, breaking the previous record set in 1964.
Uganda's National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) and Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) issued warnings of unexpected rainfall in May 2023, even though the lake's water levels finally decreased. The River Katonga bridge on the Kampala-Masaka Road washed away in the same month, indicating that the Lake Victoria region experienced significant floods.