The race, the rangers and the cost of protecting Uganda’s wild places SPECIAL REPORT | RONALD MUSOKE | At around six o’clock on the morning of September 19, as the first orange light of the sun began to spread across the savannah in the northern sector of Murchison Falls …
Read More »Murchison poachers kill hippos for meat, not ivory
Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s stringent law against poachers has remarkably impacted the butcher of elephants and hippos for their teeth and tusks. However, there has emerged a concern that local poachers are still killing the iconic hippos, and thereby threatening the country’s ecosystem and the tourism sector. The …
Read More »Uganda coffee federation cautions against whipping coffee farmers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The executive director of the Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF) George Byamukama has said whipping Ugandans who are growing coffee is tantamount to imperialism. Byamukama was making reference to the ongoing discussion on the National Coffee bill 2018 which is currently being scrutinized by Parliament’s Agriculture …
Read More »Coffee federation asks gov’t to use existing groups to register farmers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF) has proposed that registration of farmers be conducted by value chain actors through their affiliated groups and not government. The National Coffee bill 2018, proposes the registration of farmers capturing details of the size of land, number of coffee …
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