GREAT LAKES TRADE FACILITATION PROJECT (GLTFP) Environmental and Social Management Plan Mpondwe One-Stop Border Post Plot 29, Block 26 Mpondwe - Lhubiriha Town Council, Kasese District 2020 CONSULTANT: FUNDER: CLIENT: KK PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS THE WORLD BANK MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT in association with Multi-Konsults Ltd, SEKA Associates IBRD.IDA | WORLD BANK GROUP GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA Consulting Engineers Ltd and Orion Associates Ltd Ministry of Works and Transport Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Project (GLTFP) TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 List of Tables: ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 8 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................... 9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Objectives of the Environmental Management and Social Assessment .................................................................... 8 1.3 Scope of this Assessment ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 1.4 Methodology ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.4.1 Document Review .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9 1.4.2 Site Visits and Observation ............................................................................................................................................................ 9 1.4.3 Questionnaire ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.4.4 Public Consultations ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.4.5 Expert and Scientific Data Analysis ............................................................................................................................................. 9 1.4.6 The Consulting Team ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.5 Structure of this Assessment ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.0 POLICY, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................. 11 2.1 POLICY, LEGISLATION AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................... 11 2.2 POLICIES ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 2.2.1 The National Environment Management Policy, 1994 ...................................................................................................... 11 2.2.3 The National Land Policy 2013. .................................................................................................................................................. 11 2.2.3 Uganda Gender Policy ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.4 National Water Resources Policy 1999 .................................................................................................................................... 11 2.3 THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.1 The Uganda Constitution (1995) ................................................................................................................................................ 12 2.3.2 The National Environment Act (1995) and Regulations ................................................................................................... 12 Environmental and Social Management Plan for Mpondwe OSBP ii Ministry of Works and Transport Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Project (GLTFP) 2.3.3 The National Environment (Waste Management) Regulations (1999) ....................................................................... 12 2.3.4 The National Environment (Standards for Discharge of Effluent into Water or on Land) Regulations, S.I. No 5/1999. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 2.3.5 The National Environment (wetlands, River Banks and Lake Shores Management) Regulation (2000) ........... 13 2.3.6 The National Environment (Noise Standards and Control) Regulations, 2002 ....................................................... 14 2.3.7 The Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation 1998 ................................................................................................ 14 2.3.8 The Land Act (1998) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14 2.3.9 The Roads Act 1964 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 2.3.10 The Town and Country Planning Act. CAP 30 .................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.11 Occupational safety and Health Act, 2006 .......................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.12 The Public Health Act ................................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.3.13 The Water Act (1995) ................................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.3.14 The Physical Planning Act Cap 281 ........................................................................................................................................ 16 2.3.15 The Local Governments Act, 1997 .......................................................................................................................................... 16 2.3.16 The penal Code Act cap.120 ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 2.3.16 The Investment Code of 1991 .................................................................................................................................................. 17 2.4 International and Institutional Framework ........................................................................................................................... 17 2.4.1 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights1948 ............................................................................................................... 17 2.4.2 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 1992 ......................................................................................................... 17 2.4.3 The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 1994 ........................................................................................................................ 17 2.4.4 Rio declaration on Environment and Development, 1992 ............................................................................................... 18 2.4.5 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) On June 12, 1992, 154 ............. 18 2.4.6 Environmental & Social Safeguards ........................................................................................................................................