ENCROACHERS GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO LEAVE MT. ELGON
Uganda Wildlife Authority has given encroachers on Mt. Elgon National Park three months to leave or face eviction. UWA Executive Director Moses Mapesa said the communities living around the park were trespassing.
He said since H.E President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign directive stumbling the eviction of encroachers in January, over 39.28 square kilometres of the park had been encroached on.
Mapesa said that they were given only three months to leave after harvesting their crops or face eviction.
Mapesa was addressing residents of Lugongo village during the hand over of Shs15 million to Mt. Elgon Bee Keeping Community to thank them for conserving natural resource Encroachers given three months to leave Mt. Elgon
Uganda Wildlife Authority has given encroachers on Mt. Elgon National Park three months to leave or face eviction.
UWA Executive Director Moses Mapesa said the communities living around the park were trespassing.
He said since President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign directive halting the eviction of encroachers in January, over 39.28 square kilometres of the park had been encroached on.
“They were given only three months to leave after harvesting their crops or face eviction,” Mapesa said.
Mapesa was addressing residents of Lugongo village during the hand over of Shs15 million to Mt. Elgon Bee Keeping Community to thank them for conserving natural resources. This is the first time UWA has extended such a gesture to communities neighbouring the park which will promote a good community park relationship.
Mapesa said whereas people did not have land for expansion, it was illegal for them to encroach on the national park through poaching, grazing in protected areas, cutting down trees and settling there. He urged local leaders to seek audience from area MPs and the Prime Minister’s Office to resettle encroachers.urces.
This is the first time UWA has extended such a gesture to communities neighbouring the park.
Mapesa said whereas people did not have land for expansion, it was illegal for them to encroach on the national park through poaching, grazing in protected areas, cutting down trees and settling there. He urged local leaders to seek audience from area MPs and the Prime Minister’s Office to resettle encroachers.