Residents on islands of Bugaba, Kasizi, Kagoonya and Bukasa in Kalangala District are living in crocodile scare following increasing attacks on humans by the water beast.
Most of the victims are attacked while fetching water from Lake Victoria.
The residents voiced out their fear during a meeting with Kyamuswa County MP-elect Carol Nanyondo Birungi on Wednesday.
Ms Nanyondo visited the area following reports that residents were staying indoors for fear of being killed by the reptiles.
Residents led by Mr Augustine Muwanguzi from Kaazi Bugaba Landing Site in Bufumira Sub–county, said crocodiles have for the last three weeks been coming near the fishing village.
Almost all landing sites in Kalangala District have suffered crocodile threat. Three weeks ago, a crocodile invaded Bwendero Landing Site in Bujumba Sub-county and killed a man only identified as Ssebuyira, who was fishing on Lake Victoria.
Ms Nanyondo asked the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to work with local leaders to address the problem. “We want these reptiles for tourism but peoples’ lives are also important and their concerns shouldn’t be taken lightly, ” she said.
Mr Peter Ogwang, a UWA safety officer, blamed the communities on the lake shores for destroying habitats thus exposing themselves to crocodiles.
He, however, said UWA would soon dispatch a team to the Islands to pick all marauding crocodiles and transfer them to game reserves.
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