This survey was undertaken to supplement the studies carried out previously to
prepare the
Environmental and Social Assessment (ESIA) report by the developer in connection with the proposed
Rwimi Small Hydro Power Project, Kasese, Uganda. Although the National Environmental Management
Authority had already approved the SEIA and conditions of compliances thereto have been conveyed,
it has been necessitated to carry out this supplementary study on the advice of the financiers to
ensure that necessary mitigation actions are well incorporated into the Environmental and Social
Management Plan (ESMP) in respect of conserving aquatic species and to ensure that water use by the
communities will not be impacted due to the project. In this exercise, the survey covered the
aquatic species (with particular reference to the fish species living in the river) and the other
uses of water especially by the adjacent communities. This report will serve the purpose of making
additional mitigation measures if at all there will be environmental and social impact to the
aquatic species and the volume of water to be
extracted by the communities during and after the construction of the proposed project.