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From: lori@irn.org (Lori Pottinger)
Subject: NIle basin water shortages/LS
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>From New Vision (Uganda), 32 Aug 2000
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 Kajura warns of water shortage

 WATER, Lands and Environment Minister Henry Kajura yesterday
 warned of an impending water shortage in the Nile Basin if countries
 sharing the river do not plan its use, reports Charles Wendo.

 Speaking during the opening of a five-day regional workshop on the
 Nile Basin in Entebbe, Kajura called for "sustainable and equitable
 utilisation of the Nile waters."

 He said droughts, land degradation, poor farming methods and other
 circumstances that make water unsafe would aggravate the scarcity.

 "As the population in the basin increases, it is evident that the Nile
 waters will not be adequate to meet all the development needs of these
 countries in the long term," he said.

 The workshop has brought together water experts from Burundi,
 Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda to discuss joint economic and
 environmental projects for the basin. The Democratic Republic of Congo
 is not attending though it belongs to the basin.

 Kajura said that despite the great potentials of using the water for
 economic development, the Nile Basin countries were among the
 poorest in the world. He said the river could be used for irrigation,
 electricity generation, tourism and transport.

 The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), established for harmonious
 development and use of the Nile water resources for economic
 development, has its headquarters in Entebbe with members as Burundi,
 Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and
 Uganda.

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        and Editor, World Rivers Review
           International Rivers Network
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