[3] The lake is shared by the districts of Kassanda, Mityana, and Gomba in the Buganda Region of Uganda.

[5] Lake Wamala covers an area of approximately 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi).

A variety of animal species such as sitatunga, wild pigs, hippopotamus, bushbuck, waterbuck, vervet monkey, baboon, guinea fowl, and turaco live near the lake.

[3] During the 1960s and the early 1970s, Lake Wamala was an important source of both fresh and smoked fish sold locally and in the big towns in Buganda.

[7] One of the cleanest lakes in Uganda and with calm waters (Researched by Ariiho Robert Kahiigi).