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Public Disclosure Authorized SMEC INTERNATIONAL PTY LT UGANDA ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LTD Public Disclosure Authorized Review and Up date of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for 137km Public Disclosure Authorized Kawanda – Masaka 220kV Transmission Line Public Disclosure Authorized For: Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited NOVEMBER, 2010 Review and Update Kawanda Masaka 220kV, 137km T Line 5116008 | Revision No. 1 | 01 December 2010 Page | i Project Name: Review and Update Kawanda Masaka 220kV, 137km Transmission Line Project Number: 5116008 Report for: Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited PREPARATION, REVIEW AND AUTHORISATION Revision # Date Prepared by Reviewed by Approved for Issue by Revision 0 29/11/2010 Mr. Alfred Tumusiime & Team Dr. Michael Clarke Munesu I. Dizamuhupe Revision 1 01/12/2010 Mr. Alfred Tumusiime & Team Munesu I. Dizamuhupe Munesu I. Dizamuhupe ISSUE REGISTER Distribution List Date Issued Number of Copies Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited: 01/12/2010 6 Copies SMEC staff: 01/12/2010 1 Copy Associates: 01/12/2010 Soft Copy only SMEC Uganda Office Library (SMEC office location): 01/12/2010 1 Copy SMEC Project File: 01/12/2010 1 Copy SMEC COMPANY DETAILS SMEC International Pty Ltd P.O. Box 37294, Kampala Tel: 256 31 2 2202104, +256 31 2 108175 Fax: +256 31 2 202105 Email: www.smec.com The information within this document is and shall remain the property of SMEC International Pty Ltd Review and Update Kawanda Masaka 220kV, 137km T Line 5116008 | Revision No. 1 | 01 December 2010 Page | ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATION .................................................................................................................................................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................................................................................vii LIST OF ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................................................................................... viii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... x 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Background ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Line Routing ........................................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 The Project .......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Project Location ................................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Project Justification.............................................................................................................................. 7 1.6 The Need for ESIA .............................................................................................................................. 8 1.7 The ESIA Process ............................................................................................................................... 9 2 PLANNED PROJECT ACTIVITIES............................................................................................................. 11 2.1 Transmission Line Design ................................................................................................................. 11 2.1.1 Steel Lattice .................................................................................................................................. 11 2.1.2 Steel Monopoles ........................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Project Construction and maintenance ............................................................................................. 14 2.3 System Protection and Communication ............................................................................................ 15 2.4 Construction Activities ....................................................................................................................... 16 2.4.1 Over view ...................................................................................................................................... 16 2.4.2 Construction of Transmission Lines.............................................................................................. 17 2.4.3 Access Roads ............................................................................................................................... 18 2.4.4 Equipment ..................................................................................................................................... 18 2.4.5 Labour Force ................................................................................................................................. 19 2.4.6 Operation and Maintenance (O & M) ............................................................................................ 19 2.4.7 Decommissioning .......................................................................................................................... 20 3 POLICY, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................... 21 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 21 3.2 Policy Framework .............................................................................................................................. 21 3.2.1 National (Ugandan Policies) ......................................................................................................... 21 3.2.2 World Bank Operational Policies .................................................................................................. 23 3.3 Legal Frame Work ............................................................................................................................. 25 3.4 International Legislations................................................................................................................... 33 3.5 GAP analysis ..................................................................................................................................... 33 3.6 Environmental Performance Analysis ............................................................................................... 38 4 BASE LINE PROJECT AREA (BIO-PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT) ............................................................ 59 4.1 Wakiso-Mpigi distric........................................................................................................................... 59 4.1.1 Transmission corrodor characteristics .......................................................................................... 59 4.1.2 Project area Flora and fauna (Wakiso and Mpigi) .................................................................... 67 Review and Update Kawanda Masaka 220kV, 137km T Line 5116008 | Revision No. 1 | 01 December 2010 Page | iii 4.1.3 Forest biodiversity surveys on small mammals, birds, butterflies and large moths ..................... 74 4.1.4 Wetlands ....................................................................................................................................... 77 4.1.5 Settled and cultivated areas ....................................................................................................... 78 4.2 Kalungu-Masaka district .................................................................................................................... 78 4.2.1 Transmision corridor characteristics .......................................................................................... 78 4.2.2 Wetlands /Swamps ...................................................................................................................... 81 4.2.3 Vegetation communities on sites with impeded drainage ............................................................ 83 4.2.4 Mammalian Fauna ....................................................................................................................... 83 4.2.5 Avifauna (Birds) ........................................................................................................................... 85 5 BASELINE PROJECT AREA (SOCIO – ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT) ................................................ 88 5.1 Administrative boundaries ................................................................................................................. 88 5.2 Population .......................................................................................................................................... 88 5.3 Socio – economic characteristics of the PAPs.................................................................................. 89 5.3.1 Household Size ............................................................................................................................. 89 5.3.2 Age Distribution ............................................................................................................................. 89 5.3.3 Education Levels ..........................................................................................................................