Sebaggala Vows Not to Vacate Wetland.

Byline: Gerald Tenywa and Florence Nakaayi

Kampala Mayor Nasser Sebaggala has vowed not to vacate part of the wetland his workers occupied over the weekend.

"As long as I am mayor nobody is going to enter this part of the wetland and destroy it. I would rather see trees than houses in this wetland," he said at a press conference in Bugolobi yesterday.

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) had earlier accused the mayor of encroaching on part of Nakivubo land, a proposed wetland reserve.

However, Sebaggala claimed that the Uganda Land Commission and NEMA were collaborating to give out the land to investors.

"The commission …