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Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Lake Victoria is a multi-national lake, bordered by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda [...] The Lake Victoria Advisory Group has members from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. [...] Lake Victoria is the largest African Great Lake by area, the world’s largest tropical lake, and the second largest fresh water body in the world. The lake has gone through major changes in biodiversity, and has been the site of the most development and conservation projects, both failures and successes, of all the African Great Lakes. Lake Victoria was formed about 400,000 years ago, and lies 1,134 m above sea level. It has a surface area of 68,800 km2, an average depth of 40 m, a maximum depth of 80 m, a volume of 2,760 km3, and a basin area of 195,000 km2, which extends to Rwanda and Burundi. The shoreline is shared by Kenya (6%), Uganda (43%), and Tanzania (51%). The Kagera, Katonga, Sio, Yala, Nyando, Sondu Miriu, and Mara rivers feed the lake and the River Nile carries water out of the lake.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2005-09-01): To that end, Michael Graham and Edgar Barton Worthington traveled from Britain in 1927 and spent a year steaming around Lake Victoria. Their work resulted in Graham's (1929),The Victoria Nyanza and Its Fisheries. In that book, Graham recommended that a permanent fisheries research institute be erected to continue scientific study of the lake. This led to the construction in 1947 of a research laboratory in Jinja, Uganda, which became home to the East African Fisheries Research Organization (EAFRO). Crucially, however, an earlier warning by Worthington—that "it would be a mistake to separate administration from research in the matter of fisheries" (Worthington 1940)—was ignored. "I suppose difficulties are bound to go on," Worthington had written, "so long as fisheries in Uganda are directly under the Game Department, while in Kenya they are ? [sic] Agriculture, and in Tanganyika are directly under the Administration" (Worthington 1940). Ultimately, however, research and administration were indeed separated; the Lake Victoria Fisheries Service was created as an interterritorial administrative body distinct from EAFRO in 1948.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-26): The rising water levels in Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, have significant environmental, social, and economic impacts on the surrounding regions. Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world with a lake surface area of 68,000 km2 and a total basin area of 250,000 km2. The lake is shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with only 6% of the surface area of the lake within the Kenyan territory, while Tanzania and Uganda have 51% and 43% respectively, while Lake Victoria basin is shared by five counties namely; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Objectives: The key objectives of this article are to highlight the historical trends along the Lake Victoria River basin, the rising/falling water levels, the climate projections both at regional and national, the physical, environmental, social, and economic impacts of the rising water levels and key recommendations to mitigate any such future risks as a result of the floods.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Africa’s largest lake is nestled between Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Uganda is home to 45% of Lake Victoria’s 68,800 km² surface area and its waters are integral to the prosperity of millions of East Africans. [...] Lake Victoria’s wildlife, archipelagos, and sheer vastness make it an integral part of any Ugandan adventure. Lake Victoria supports a plethora of wildlife. The region of Lake Victoria is home to many mammal species, including the hippopotamus, the marsh mongoose, and the giant otter shrew.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-16): fresh water lake(s): Lake Victoria (shared with Tanzania and Kenya) - 62,940 sq km; Lake Albert (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo) - 5,590 sq km; Lake Kyoga - 4,430 sq km; Lake Edward (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo) - 2,150 sq km [...] Geography - note landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers; Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and the second largest freshwater lake, is shared among three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda [...] Waterways 907 km (2022) (there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile ( 210 km) that flow out of Lake Albert (160 km) in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria (337 km) and Lake Kyoga (199.5) have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200-km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores)
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2013-02-04): The Save Lake Victoria project was initiated in 2013 to highlight the deteriorating state of Africa’s biggest fresh waterbody whose basin is home to some 40 million people. The one-month project (April 2 – May 6, 2013) investigated and exposed the major threats to Lake Victoria and provided practical options to prevent the death and eventual disappearance of the largest tropical lake that provides direct livelihood to some four million people. The project started with observation and identification of the key challenges affecting the lake whose shoreline is shared by the three East African countries – Kenya (6%), Uganda (43%) and Tanzania – 51%. The National Environment Management Authority – NEMA (https://www.nema.go.ug) was contacted to provide expert opinion and additional information on the threats: Lake Victoria is an important transport route linking the three East African States, is a reservoir for at least four hydropower stations along the Nile, provides water for industrial and domestic use, and regulates local climate (https://www.africangreatlakesinform.org/article/lake-victoria).
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-03-13): The tiny island of Migingo on Lake Victoria has been at the centre of a territorial dispute between Kenya and Uganda for many years. The competing claims over its sovereignty have threatened to ignite the continent’s "smallest war" but they have also led to a diverse range of peacebuilding measures. [...] Kenya and Uganda’s territorial claims are largely motivated by their desire to control the lucrative fishing trade around the island. Over the years, fish stocks in Lake Victoria have become depleted through overfishing and environmental degradation. But in the deeper waters around Migingo Island, there are still plentiful stocks of fish such as Nile perch which command high prices in overseas markets. [...] In 2016, Kenya and Uganda finally agreed to form a joint task force that would see police from the two nations patrol the disputed island and their common border in Lake Victoria. This move was largely seen as a bid to end hostilities and assuage diplomatic suspicions. However, it did not take long before Ugandan authorities forcefully removed the Kenyan national flag that had been hoisted on the island.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Uganda,[b] officially the Republic of Uganda,[c] is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, it lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. As of 2024[update], it has a population of over 49 million, of which 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala. [...] Geographically, Uganda is diverse, with volcanic hills, mountains, and lakes, including Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest freshwater lake. The country has significant natural resources, including fertile agricultural land and untapped oil reserves, contributing to its economic development. The service sector dominates the economy, surpassing agriculture. Uganda's rich biodiversity, with national parks and wildlife reserves, attracts tourism, a vital sector for the economy. Uganda is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, G77, the East African Community, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2014-01-01): To the southeast, Uganda has a coast on Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa. [...] 70% of Uganda is covered by forests, woodlands, and grasslands. More than 10% of the territory of Uganda is protected in national parks, national forests and game reserves. [...] Uganda achieved independence from Britain on October 9, 1961. Every year, Ugandans celebrate October 9 as a national holiday. Uganda ratified a new
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-05-10): 1800 - Buganda controls territory bordering Lake Victoria from the Victoria Nile to the Kagera river. [...] 2005 April - Uganda rejects accusations made by DR Congo at the International Court in The Hague. DR Congo says Uganda invaded its territory in 1999, killing citizens and looting. [...] 2008 November - The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, again fails to turn up for the signing of a peace agreement. Ugandan, South Sudanese and DR Congo armies launch offensive against LRA bases.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Lake Victoria, largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya. Its area is 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km). Among the freshwater lakes of the world, it is exceeded in size only by Lake Superior in North America. It is an irregular quadrilateral in shape, and its shores, save on the west, are deeply indented. Its greatest length from north to south is 210 miles (337 km), its greatest breadth 150 miles (240 km). Its coastline exceeds 2,000 miles (3,220 km). Its waters fill a shallow depression in the centre of the great plateau that stretches between the Western and Eastern Rift Valleys. (See East African Rift System.) The lake’s surface is 3,720 feet (1,134 metres) above sea level, and its greatest ascertained depth is 270 feet (82 metres). Many archipelagos are contained within the lake, as are numerous reefs, often just below the surface of the clear waters. Lake Victoria has more than 200 species of fish, of which the Tilapia is the most economically important. The lake’s basin area covers 92,240 square miles (238,900 square km).
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-02-18): Kenya and Uganda both claim the tiny island as their territory. Migingo island, Lake Victoria – A round rock crammed with corrugated metal shacks rises out of Lake Victoria right at the border between Kenya and Uganda. The deep waters that surround it are rich with fish. [...] As human settlement began to swell on the rocky island, Kenya and Uganda decided to create a joint committee to determine the border in 2016, relying on maps dating from the 1920s. However, nothing has come of the committee. In the meantime, the island is co-managed by both countries but tensions occasionally flare up with some local fishermen calling it Africa’s "smallest war".
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-31): Lake Victoria Region – anchored around the 69,484 square km Lake Victoria, the largest of its kind in Africa and the main reservoir for the Nile – covers the eastern parts of Uganda, the northern areas of Tanzania, and the western areas of Kenya. This region has many rock art sites. However, and for the purpose of the intended inscription, a specific number of sites from the Lake Victoria Region have been identified: 24 in Uganda (six at the Dolwe Island and 18 within the Kumi District), three in Kenya (Mfagano Island has two sites – Kwitone and Mawanga – and the Kakapel shelter), and 46 in Tanzania (four at Bukoba, 24 at Muleba, two at Mwanza, nine at Bukoba District, and seven at Musoma). All these sites are found on granite outcrops. Among the motifs found within all these rock art sites are the large and red geometric finger-painted shapes connected with fertility and potency among the Pygmy hunter-gatherers (Namono, 2010a, 2010b, 2011, 2012; see Chaplin 1974; Mabulla 2005; Namono 2010b; Hollman 2017).
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Uganda (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Uganda is bordered by South Sudan to the north, Kenya to the east, Tanzania and Rwanda to the south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. The capital city, Kampala, is built around seven hills not far from the shores of Lake Victoria, which forms part of the frontier with Kenya and Tanzania. [...] Uganda’s Lake Victoria (26,828 square miles [69,484 square km]), in the southeastern part of the country, is the world’s second largest inland freshwater lake by size after Lake Superior in North America, although Lake Baikal in Siberia is larger by volume and depth. Victoria is also one of the sources of the Nile River. Five other major lakes exist in the country: Edward and George to the southwest; Albert to the west; Kyoga in central Uganda; and Bisina in the east. Together with the lakes, there are eight major rivers. These are the Victoria Nile in central Uganda; the Achwa, Okok, and Pager in the north; the Albert Nile in the northwest; and the Kafu, Katonga, and Mpongo in the west.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-02): Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km2 (23,146 sq mi),[6][7] Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake,[8] and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America.[9] In terms of volume, Lake Victoria is the world's ninth-largest continental lake, containing about 2,424 km3 (1.965×109 acre⋅ft) of water.[7][10] Lake Victoria occupies a shallow depression in Africa. The lake has an average depth of 40 m (130 ft) and a maximum depth of 80–81 m (262–266 ft).[7][10][11] Its catchment area covers 169,858 km2 (65,583 sq mi).[12] The lake has a shoreline of 7,142 km (4,438 mi) when digitized at the 1:25,000 level,[13] with islands constituting 3.7% of this length.[14] [...] - ^ "Kenya, Africa – Lake Victoria in Kenya". Jambo Kenya Network. Archived from the original on 17 June 1997. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-24): Lake Victoria is located in East Africa. The equator line crosses through its northern part. The countries sharing its waters are Tanzania (49%), Uganda (45%), and Kenya (6%). To the east of the lake lies the famous ecosystem known to the world for the Great Migration of animals: the adjacent Serengeti National Park and the Maasai Mara National Reserve. There are other protected areas nearby, and directly within its bounds are several island national parks. [...] Three islands on Lake Victoria are entirely designated as national parks. In Kenya there is Ndere Island with Ndere Island National Park. Ndere, covered in grasses, is a bird sanctuary. It is home to hippos, crocodiles, impalas, monitor lizards, snakes, baboons, and other wildlife. Two other ones are on the Tanzanian territory. Those are Saanane and Rubondo Islands with national parks of the same names. [...] No, seeing both at once is impossible as they are not nearby but in different countries. Victoria Lake is shared by three East African states: Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. Victoria Falls is located on the Zimbabwe-Zambia border, over a thousand miles from the lake.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2014-09-21): At Kenya’s Western frontier lies the great expanse of Lake Victoria.This massive lake, commonly known as Nyanza, is twice the size of Wales, and forms a natural boundary between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. [...] More Information about Lake Victoria in Kenya [...] Getting Around - Main road access to Lake Victoria is via Kisumu, directly from Nairobi by bus/matatu or private transport.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-18): GUIDE ON LAKE VICTORIA IN KENYA [...] EAST AFRICA SAFARI BOOKING TRIP IDEA FOR LAKE VICTORIA IN WESTERN KENYA [...] CONTACT AN AFRICA TRAVEL EXPERT ON LAKE VICTORIAEXPLORE MORE ON LAKE VICTORIA IN KENYA
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-02-20): Aseto O, Ong’ang’a O (2003) Lake Victoria (Kenya) and its environs: resource, opportunites and challenges. Africa Herald Publishing House, Kendu Bay, Kenya Fuggle RF (2004) Lake Victoria: a case study of complex interrelationship. In: United Nations environmental program: Africa environmental outlook case studies. Physical dynamics of [...] Ong’ang’a O (2002) Poverty and Wealth of fisherfolks in the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya. Africa Herald Publishing House, Kendu Bay
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-01-01): Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile and the largest body of fresh water in Africa (and second largest in the world after Lake Superior). Only 5% of the lake belongs to Kenya, with its neighbours Uganda and Tanzania owning the rest. Trade is plied and people are ferried up and down the lake, often in rather unseaworthy looking boats and traditional dhows. The Kenyan section of the lake in the far north-eastern corner, contains a few islands with simple fishing villages along the shores of the larger ones, and the odd exotic lodge mainly for guests flying in on light aircraft from the Masai Mara. [...] Lake Victoria’s birdlife is staggering. Tiny islets contain huge nesting colonies of egrets, cormorants and gannets and territorial fish eagles patrol every 100 yards. Some of the fish eagles have become habituated to being thrown fish from the boat and swoop down to claim an easy prey, just feet away from you and your camera lens. There are of course hippos and crocodiles in Lake Victoria and the locals will tell you if they frequent the area where you are staying. [...] LAKE VICTORIA SPECIALITIES · Fish Eagles · Nesting bird colonies · Giant Nile perch · Kapenta sardines · Roan antelopes
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-08): The shores of Lake Victoria hug Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, Africa. It stands as the world’s largest tropical lake and the world’s second largest freshwater lake. Its immense waters are known in Africa as Victoria Nyanza. From north to south, Lake Victoria stretches 210 miles or 337 kilometers, and it is 150 miles or 240 miles wide. Its shoreline is 2,000 miles or 3,220 kilometers long. Researchers believe that Lake Victoria formed over 400,000 years ago. Lake Victoria is home to numerous animals including the hippopotamus, sitatunga, bohor reedbuck, African clawless otter, marsh mongoose, cane rats, giant otter shrew, defassa waterbuck, spotted-necked otter, Nile crocodiles, helmeted turtles, and mud turtles. In the past, over 500 species of fish swam in Lake Victoria, but that population has reduced by 50% to 80% depending on which information you source. [...] Lake Victoria is the world’s biggest tropical lake in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. It is the biggest lake in the African Great Lakes region. It provides enormous economic resources and its fishery produces one-million tons of fish per year, which employs 200,000 people who support four-million people. Lake Victoria is home to about 40-million people.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-16): Before it became Lake Victoria, the name of this waterbody was dependent on what side of its shores you stood. [...] In 1858, the search for the source of the Nile River resulted in an expedition led by British explorer John Hanning Speke. He became the first European to set his eyes on this majestic waterbody, so he christened it Victoria after the reigning British monarch. This was the first and most notable change in the lake’s identity, and this became the name adapted in reference to its entirety. The second change occurred about 50 years down the line, during the scramble and partition of Africa. The three regions that Lake Victoria occupies came under different national territories. Nalubaale became a part of Uganda, Ukerewe fell under Tanzania, and Nam Lolwe under Kenya. Despite the change in name, Lake Victoria is still a source of pride for the communities that dwell on its islands and along its shores. With a surface area of approximately 69,484 square kilometres, it is Africa’s largest lake, the world’s largest tropical lake, and the world’s second largest freshwater lake. It is the mouth of some of Kenya’s most significant western rivers, including Mara, Yala, Nyando, and Nzoia. These rivers, which trace their sources back to various highland regions, supply water to different parts of the country and fuel the livelihoods of millions of people. It is credited with the growth of Kisumu City, and towns such as Homa Bay, Busia, Siaya, and Migori.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-11-08): "I am the major bread-earner for the family, but my income is not enough to survive," said Mary Anyango, a fish-seller and mother of seven who lives in Dunga, a village on the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria. [...] Lake Victoria is the world’s largest tropical freshwater lake and the largest lake in Africa. It lies in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya and supports the livelihood of 40 million people in the three East African countries. [...] "There are a lot of issues happening upstream", said Brian Waswala, a wildlife and landscape ecologist at Kenya’s Maasai Mara University. He told Al Jazeera that most of the freshwater feeding Lake Victoria comes via rivers in farming regions where agro-pesticides and fertilisers are used in large quantities to increase yields of produce such as coffee and tea.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-16): Extending into three separate African countries – Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda – Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa. [...] Lake Victoria borders Tanzania’s East African neighbors – Uganda to the northwest, and Kenya to the northeast. Mwanza’s economy is reliant on the export and transport of their agriculture among these countries. [...] The largest city on Lake Victoria is Kisumu in Kenya.
Claim: Lake Victoria is a territory of Kenya (Lake Victoria, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-30): At Mulukoba Beach in Busia County, 71-year-old Albert Hunga Aboli watches pensively as the boat carrying another batch of dead fish from one of his cages in Lake Victoria approaches the shore. [...] Documented and existing KMFRI studies dating back to the historical fish kills have shown that Lake Victoria water experiences annual cycles of low oxygenated waters in September–November, and May-July. [...] During the same period, farmers in Kisumu County recorded a massive loss following the deaths of fish in Lake Victoria.