Welcome to LVRLAC

Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Cooperation (LVRLAC) is a network organization of local authorities around Lake Victoria with its regional secretariat in Entebbe, Uganda. LVRLAC was founded in 1997 to coordinate and strengthen collaborative efforts by Local Authorities within the Lake Victoria Basin to sustainably harness the region’s resources and promote the well being of the riparian communities.  LVRLAC is now one of the most dynamic and robust network of grassroots governments closest to the communities and a major developmental actor in the Lake Victoria basin. Learn more about our aims and goals.   

LVRLAC has a current membership of 100 local authorities cutting across three countries namely Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda that share Lake Victoria, with prospective membership from Burundi and Rwanda. Below you can see the member countries. The countries will lead you to a complete list of the members in a given country and their brief profile.

Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo,Rwanda, and Tanzania.

Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. Lying along the Indian Ocean to its southeast and at the equator, Kenya is bordered by Somalia , Ethiopia, Sudan , Uganda and Tanzania.

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in central East Africa bordered by Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.