Join the East Africa Sustainability Watch petition to put pressure on NEMA (Uganda), NEMA (Kenya), the National Environment Management Council (Tanzania), the Lake Victoria Basin Commission,
city and town authorities as well as other Local authorities around
Lake Victoria to make a difference for the health of our heritage by
acting on those that are abusing the established laws and policies! Your
support will make a real difference to the health of the 30 million
dependants to day as well as future generations to come as well as the
restoring the deteriorating environmental situation of this
transboundary Lake
The petition "National Environment Management Authority
Kenya, National Environment Management Authority Uganda, National
Environment Management Council Tanzania: Invoke the laws and policies to
deter car washing in Lake Victoria" needs your help to get it off
the ground.
Will you take 30 seconds to sign it right now? Here's the link:
Here's why it's important:
Car washing in Lake Victoria is
unsightly in many towns and cities like Kampala, Kisumu and Mwanza.
This illegal activity goes on unabated despite the presence of
institutions, policies and laws that ought to deter it. This has
resulted in release of waste water that affect water quality, fish
breeding, and contributes to eutrophication of our water bodies. This
MUST change in 2015.
Despite several threats (for example in 2012, NEMA Kenya barred car washing in the Lake), the seemingly small sclae practice is cummulatively going on unabated, threatening livelihoods (pollution of water supply, destruction of fish breeding sites, destruction of wetlands among others)
Despite several threats (for example in 2012, NEMA Kenya barred car washing in the Lake), the seemingly small sclae practice is cummulatively going on unabated, threatening livelihoods (pollution of water supply, destruction of fish breeding sites, destruction of wetlands among others)
You can sign the petition by clicking here.
