• NELSAP HOSTS PERMANENT SECRETARIES FROM NINE NBI COUNTRIES FOR
    EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TOUR TO THE 80MW REGIONAL RUSUMO PROJECT
  • KENYA AND UGANDA EXPRESS COMMITMENT TO FULL IMPLEMENTATION
    OF TRANSBOUNDARY ANGOLOLO WATER RESOURCES PROJECT
  • THE 80MW REGIONAL RUSUMO PROJECT KEY TO RWANDA ATTAINING
    ITS ENERGY SECURITY GOALS – SAYS RWANDA ENVIRONMENT PS
  • FEASIBILITY OF TRANSBOUNDARY ANGOLOLO WATER RESOURCES
    PROJECT COMPLETE, CONFIRMED VIABLE WITH 14% RATE OF RETURN
  • MINISTERS CALL ON NILE BASIN COUNTRIES TO RATIFY
    NILE BASIN COOPERATIVE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (CFA)
  • HISTORY AND STATUS OF THE NILE BASIN COOPERATIVE
    FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (CFA)
  • SOUTH SUDAN MINISTER CALLS FOR NBI SUPPORT TOWARDS LONG-TERM
    SOLUTIONS FOR THE RAGING FLOODS IN THE COUNTRY
  • RUSUMO SUBSTATION AND TRANSMISSION LINES NEAR COMPLETION
    AS COUNTRIES SET TO FINALIZE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (PPA)
  • FISHERS FIND ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD FROM COMMERCIAL
    PRODUCTION OF SCHOOL CHALK, LIQUID SOAP, AND SHAMPOO
  • INSTALLATION OF HYDROMET STATIONS IN THE NILE BASIN
    COUNTRIES BEGINS
  • RUSUMO PROJECT COUNCIL OF MINISTERS VISIT THE
    80MW POWER PROJECT WHOSE CONSTRUCTION IS AT 95%
  • KENYA TAKES OVER LEADERSHIP OF THE NILE EQUATORIAL
    LAKES COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (NELCOM) FROM D.R CONGO
  • NILE BASIN COUNTRIES REAFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT
    TO BASIN COOPERATION
  • NELSAP WELCOMES THREE NEW STAFF
  • RWANDA RECEIVES EQUIPMENT
    FOR SIX (6) HYDROMET STATIONS
  • TANZANIA TO HOST THE ANNUAL NILE BASIN
    COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (COM) MEETING
  • CONSTRUCTION OF 80MW REGIONAL RUSUMO HYDROPOWER PROJECT
    HEADING TO COMPLETION, WAS AT 93% BY MAY 2022
  • UPDATE OF FEASIBILITY OF INTERCONNECTION OF POWER GRIDS OF
    D.R CONGO -UGANDA BEGINS, WILL BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 2022
  • FROM ARTISANAL FISHING TO BEE-KEEPING: LEAF II CHANGING
    LIFE OF A YOUTH GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
  • LEAF II SUPPORTS WOMEN AND YOUTH GROUPS TO INITIATE GOAT
    REARING PROJECTS TO SUPPLEMENT INCOME FROM FISHING
  • ETHIOPIA WATER MINISTER COMMENDS NELSAP FOR ESTABLISHING A
    DAM SAFETY PROJECT TO SUPPORT NILE BASIN COUNTRIES
  • BURUNDI MINISTER VISIT RUSUMO ‘BENEFIT-SHARING’ DEVELOPMENT
    PROJECTS IN GITERANYI AND BUSONI COMMUNES
  • WELCOMING THE NEW PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE
    REGIONAL RUSUMO FALLS HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
  • UGANDA ACQUIRES A NEW MARINE RESEARCH VESSEL FOR LAKE ALBERT
  • LESSONS FROM PILOT CAGE AQUACULTURE VENTURE TARGETING
    ARTISANAL FISHER GROUPS ON LAKE ALBERT
  • SUN-DRYERS TO DOUBLE THE MARKET VALUE OF SMALL PELAGIC FISH
    SPECIES OF LAKE ALBERT
  • ANGOLOLO PROJECT TO SUPPLY FOUR TIMES MORE WATER THAN
    PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMENCE
  • INTRODUCING NBI GROUNDWATER PROJECT - INTERVIEW WITH
    DR. MAHA ABDELRAHEEM ISMAIL, NBI GROUNDWATER PROJECT LEAD
  • NELSAP WELCOMES NEW REGIONAL COORDINATOR
    Dr. Eng. Isaac Alukwe
  • SUCCESSFUL HANDOVER OF TWO MODERN INTEGRATED LANDING SITES
    WITH COLD ROOMS AND ICE MAKING MACHINES IN EASTERN D.R CONGO
  • RWENSHAMA MODERN INTEGRATED FISH LANDING SITE IN UGANDA
    NOW COMPLETE AND IN FULL OPERATION
  • KENYA AND UGANDA FINALLY SETTLE ON EXACT LOCATION OF
    THE ANGOLOLO DAM
  • SECOND JOINT PATROLS BY D.R.C & UGANDA CONDUCTED AS FOLLOW-UP TO
    A SUCCESSFUL FIRST ONE THAT NABBED 20,000 ILLEGAL GEARS
  • 14.5 MW TRANSBOUNDARY AKANYARU PROJECT TO COMMENCE SOON,
    RWANDA APPROVES MOU, BURUNDI PREPARES FOR THE SAME
  • MOBILE PHONE AND INCREASE IN FISH QUALITY AND QUANTITY
    ON LAKES EDWARD AND ALBERT
  • D.R CONGO RETURNS, TAKES OVER ROTATING LEADERSHIP OF
    THE NILE EQUATORIAL LAKES COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (NELCOM)
  • NEW MILESTONE AS RUSUMO PROJECT ENTERS
    FINAL PHASE , CONSTRUCTION 78% COMPLETE
  • CAGE AQUACULTURE ON LAKE ALBERT, A RAY OF HOPE FOR A GROUP OF
    ARTISANAL FISHERS AS THEY PREPARE TO HARVEST 36,000 FISH
  • FIRST EVER JOINT PATROLS ON LAKES EDWARD AND ALBERT BY D.R.C AND UGANDA NAB
    THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL GEARS, SETS STAGE FOR PERMANENT JOINT MANAGEMENT
  • NELSAP-CU SUPPORTS SOUTH SUDAN TO CONDUCT FULL FEASIBILITY
    OF THE 170KM 400KV NIMULE - JUBA POWER TRANSMISSION LINE
  • FEASIBILITY IDENTIFIES TWO BEST LOCATIONS FOR ANGOLOLO DAM, TO BE
    APPROVED BY DAM SAFETY PANEL OF EXPERTS AND STAKEHOLDERS
  • NILE BASIN STATES MUST INVEST SUBSTANTIALLY TO HARNESS THEIR WATER RESOURCES
    ENDOWMENT - SAYS ETHIOPIA WATER MINISTER HON. DR. ENG. SELESHI BEKELE
  • DRC MINISTER AND GOVERNOR PRESIDE OVER HAND-OVER OF FISH LANDING SITES,
    INSPECTS WATER AND FISH RESEARCH STATIONS AND FISH COLD ROOMS
  • BURUNDI MINISTER COMMENDS PROGRESS OF RUSUMO COMMUNITY PROJECTS AS CONSTRUCTION
    OF TWO HEALTH CENTRES AND WATER SUPPLY FOR 28,000 PEOPLE NEARS COMPLETION
  • D.R CONGO FISHERIES MINISTER REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO 3RD PHASE LEAF PROJECT,
    UNVEILS MOBILE WATER QUALITY LABORATORY
  • COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTS OF KENYA AND UGANDA APPROVE
    ONGOING ANGOLOLO FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY
  • NILE BASIN COUNTRIES AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT
    TO TRANS BOUNDARY COOPERATION DURING THE 23RD NELCOM MEETING
  • ETHIOPIA TAKES OVER LEADERSHIP OF NBI INVESTMENT ARM, NELSAP,
    WILL SUPPORT NELSAP TO DELIVER INVESTMENT TO ALL NBI COUNTRIES
  • COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVE PROPOSED USD 221 MILLION TRANS BOUNDARY
    WETLANDS MANAGEMENT & INVESTMENT PLAN TO COVER 3 WETLAND SITES
  • NEW ENTRO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ASSUMES OFFICE
  • LEAF II CONSTRUCTS 5 MODERN FISH LANDING SITES IN D.R CONGO AND
    UGANDA TO PROCESS 6,840 TONS OF FISH, SERVE 14,528 FISHERS
  • NELSAP IMPLEMENTS USD 15 MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR DISTRICTS
    NEIGHBORING RUSUMO PROJECT
  • NELSAP TO COMMENCE UPDATING FEASIBILITY OF D.R CONGO - UGANDA
    POWER INTERCONNECTION WITH FUNDING FROM THE AfDB
  • ANOTHER MILESTONE AS CONSTRUCTION AT THE REGIONAL RUSUMO FALLS
    HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT PROGRESSED TO 62% IN APRIL 2020
  • FULL FEASIBILITY OF ANGOLOLO PROJECT BEGINS AS PANEL OF DAM EXPERTS,
    RPSC FORMED, COMMUNITY SENSITIZATION DONE
  • NELSAP BEGINS TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK OF HYDROLOGICAL STATIONS
    IN NEL REGION FOR EFFECTIVE RIVER BASIN PLANNING
  • DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY DRIVEN MULTI-SECTOR BASIN-WIDE
    NEL INVESTMENT PROGRAM (NELIP) TAKING SHAPE
  • NELSAP CONDUCTS FIRST EVER LAKE-WIDE SURVEY OF FISH STOCK,
    ALL FISHING GEARS AND FISHERS ON LAKES EDWARD AND ALBERT
  • INCOMING AND OUTGOING COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CHAIRS
    CONGRATULATE NELSAP FOR EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE
  • NELSAP/GIZ COMPLETE THE LOWER MARA ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW ASSESSMENT
    THAT WILL INFORM WATER ALLOCATION PLANNING IN THE MARA RIVER BASIN
  • NELSAP STEPS UP PREPARATION FOR AKANYARU MULTIPURPOSE PROJECT
    TO IRRIGATE 12,474 HA AND GENERATE 14.5MW FOR BURUNDI AND RWANDA
  • COMMISSIONING OF RWANDA-UGANDA POWER INTERCONNECTION AND
    SYNCHRONIZATION OF KENYA-UGANDA-RWANDA-BURUNDI-DRC GRIDS IN 2020
  • NEL MEMBER STATES RECEIVE CAPACITY BUILDING ON INSTITUTIONAL
    SUSTAINABILITY FOR RIVER BASIN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENTnn
  • MESSAGE FROM THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR,
    NELSAP-CU Eng. Elicad Elly Nyabeeya
  • NELSAP IMPROVING ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AND
    ENERGISING NILE BASIN ECONOMIES
  • ENERGY MINISTERS APPRECIATE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS
    OF REGIONAL RUSUMO HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
  • NELSAP-CU REGIONAL COORDINATOR BRIEFS SOUTH SUDAN
    VICE PRESIDENT ON THE NYIMUR-LIMUR PROJECT
  • LEAF II PROJECT HANDS OVER MOBILE
    WATER QUALITY LABORATORIES TO UGANDA
  • NELSAP-CU LAUNCHES ANGOLOLO IRRIGATION
    DEVELOPMENT AND WATERSHED PROJECT
  • DR CONGO CONSTRUCTING FISH LANDING SITES,
    WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS THROUGH LEAF II
  • NELSAP-CU Undertakes Dam Safety Training
    for the Nile Equatorial Lakes Countries
  • The Tanzania Prime Minister Officiates
    NELCOM 2018 Council of Ministers Meeting
  • LEAF II PROJECT PROVIDES 4 FULLY EQUIPPED PATROL BOATS
    TO D.R CONGO AND UGANDA, TRAINS ON THEIR USE

During the 23rd Nile Equatorial Lakes Council of Ministers (NELCOM) Meeting held on 12th November 2020, Ministers responsible for Water Affairs in the Nile Basin and development partners affirmed their commitment to ideals of trans boundary cooperation and pledged to support NBI to deliver on its mandate to countries.

R R Redone Ministers PhotoRepublic of South Sudan: Hon. Peter Manawa Gatkuoth the Minister responsible for Water Affairs thanked the development partners for their support to NBI to enable it provide much needed development for the people of the basin. He stated that South Sudan is and will remain committed in promoting basin wide cooperation agenda and said this position is reflected in an agreement that South Sudan signed in 2018 which dedicates a complete article for collective sustainable management of the Nile River basin for the benefit of its people. Hon. Gatkuoth assured of his country’s commitment to fulfil its obligations and pay its membership arrears, adding that the process of ratification of the Comprehensive Framework Agreement (CFA) by South Sudan is already underway.
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Republic of Rwanda: Hon. Dr. Jeanne D’arc Mujawamariya, the Minister responsible for Water Affairs noted that the NBI platform is of high importance and has helped to advance cooperation and promote joint water related investment projects that are of great interest to the countries. She stated that Rwanda, as the host country of one of the three NBI centres (NELSAP-CU) will continue to provide the necessary support for the smooth running of the program. The Hon. Minister noted that although NBI had surpassed the 20 year mark, cooperation remained stronger than ever with investment worth over USD 6.5 billion, of which over 1.3 billion were under implementation through various programs and projects. Rwanda observed that whereas upstream and downstream water users may have different needs, perspectives and interests, such diversity was the best ground and reason for strong cooperation.
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Republic of the Sudan: The Minister responsible for Water Affairs Hon. Prof. Yasir Abbas Mohamed in his statement, delivered by Dr. Salih Hamad Hamid, stated that Sudan has been at the centre of the history of cooperation among the Nile Basin countries which paved the way, through political commitment and confidence building, to the successful initiation of the Nile Basin Cooperation with commendable support of development partners. The Hon. Minister reiterated the commitment of the transition government of Sudan to strengthen and promote cooperation among the Nile Basin countries for the welfare and aspirations of the people of the basin, saying that Sudan believes that inclusive Nile Basin Cooperation will result into an conducive environment that will pave the way to develop and use the basin resources in an optimal and sustainable manner for the benefit of not only Sudan. He added that Sudan believes that equitable sharing of benefits in good faith, patience, wisdom and responsibility on the part of everyone is a major principle and foundation of future cooperation in the Nile River basin.
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Republic of Uganda: The Minister responsible for Water Affairs Hon. Sam Cheptoris who was represented by Dr. Florence Grace Adongo, pledged Uganda’s unwavering support to NBI noting that the country attaches great importance to the cooperative management of trans boundary resources of the Nile Waters as provided in the Comprehensive Framework Agreement (CFA). He said Uganda is happy to participate in the ongoing trans boundary projects specifically with D.R Congo on management of Lakes Edward and Albert, with Kenya on the Angololo Multipurpose Project, with Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania on the Kagera basin projects and with South Sudan on the Nyimur/Limur on river Aswa. He revealed that he has been informed of yet greater progress in the neighboring countries, specifically on the Rusumo project and added that such projects clearly show that NBI was steadily transiting from pre-investment phase to more concrete action on the ground so that the people on the basin can begin to enjoy the benefits of cooperation.
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Kenya: Hon. Sicily Kariuki the Minister responsible for Water Affairs stated that although Kenya was not able to conclude the agenda of convening the NBI Heads of State Summit during its term of leadership of the Secretariat, the country hopes that this agenda will be taken up by the incoming leadership. She appealed to NBI member states to prioritize projects with regional significance that have been prepared by NBI, put them into their country’s respective national planning to make better use of substantial technical resources that have been used in preparation of the projects so that Nile Basin citizens can enjoy tangible benefits from their implementation.
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World Bank: Speaking on Behalf of the Development Partners, Ms Catherine Tovey, program leader at the World Bank Group said, “By working together, sharing information, jointly prioritizing and planning, by forging strong professional relationships, by investing in joint infrastructure that benefits more than one actor; NBI countries had shown that a win-win future is possible.” She said development partners have noted that NBI processes have led to an impressive pipeline of investment projects and that NBI provides a key platform on which countries can achieve a secure future for all. She added the Development Partners were looking forward to new support to NBI with a focus on climate resilience in the basin.