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Government facilities and residents' homes once situated about 200 metres from the shorelines of Lake Albert in Ntoroko District are now under threat of being submerged.

In the past year, the shoreline has expanded, stretching more than 150 metres, and the lake has swallowed large swaths of land.

According to local leaders and residents, the lake has already swallowed houses, toilets, landing sites, docks, and market stalls, leaving buildings that once had a safe buffer now dangerously close to the water’s edge.

This has forced some people to evacuate their homes while fishing boats and transport vessels now dock directly in the lake.

Among the government installations at high risk is the Shs11.3 billion Ntoroko customs port of the Uganda Revenue Authority. The port, which manages the export of goods to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Lake Albert in Kanara Sub-county, is now mere metres from being submerged.

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