About maritime situation is the best

1. Turyahumura Bibian
The Maritime Administration Department is under the
MoWT. Est. 1/07/2016 →July 2017.
Maritime Information
Technology Officer
Department of Maritime
Administration, MoWT.
BSc. IT, UCU (Uganda)
Post Grad.IS, UMI(Uganda)
MSc. Maritime Affairs,
WMU, Sweden
Fellow, SPF
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2. Commissioner Maritime
Administration
Assistant Commissioner/
Safety of Navigation and
Training
Assistant Commissioner/
Inspections, Registration,
and Licensing
Assistant
Commissioner/ Ships,
Ports and Security
Inspection Licensing
and
Registration
Safety of
Navigation
Training Ports
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Ships and
Security

3. No regulations &
old legal framework. Not registered and
regulated
No IMO conventions
implemented
No Search and rescue facilities
No training institutions
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Maritime
issues at the
start
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4.  Inland Water Transport
laws:
•The Inland Water
Transport Act
2021;
•Lake Victoria
Transport Act,
2007;
Legal
Framework
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5. Current Maritime And Ocean Situation
Developing maritime Regulations
to operationalize IWT Act 2021
Setting up Search and Rescue Centres
(Kaiso, Zengebe, Kiyindi, Kaazi and
Panyimur)
Conventions acceded and
now being implemented.
Established a call code that will be
part of MRCC-(Call 110)
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6. Current Maritime and Ocean Situation
Establish waste oil reception facilities
Planning to build a cargo port
Developing oil spill contingent plan
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7.  Maritime Sector is still young
 Support is needed from relevant stake holders.
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8.  Working Group 1
Air pollution,
Greenhouse gas emissions,
Under water noise pollution,
Oil and Chemical Spills
 Working Group 4
Blue Economy
Fisheries Management and Development
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