River Wamababya in Hoima District at the verge of drying up as encroachers clears off Bujawe Forest Reserve.
HOIMA: The Bujawe Forest Reserve which is an a catchment area for River Wamababya, in Kayera Village, Buseruka Sub County Hoima District have been depleted by Farmers.
This was discovered by a team of the Hoima district Leaders lead by Michael Kyakashari the Deputy District Resident District Commissioner (RDC) while on tour to the encroached land.
The land which is about 310 acres located in Buseruka Sub County Hoima District have been depleted by people to grow Tobacco, Maize, and Beans not forgetting burn Charcoal activities.
The Hoima D/RDC Michael Kyakashari, and his team were shocked to find that the Forest that was impenetrable two months ago, is now an open field of Crops.
The RDC confided to this reporter that whenever the district leadership intervenes to evict the encroachers, they get intimidated receiving phone calls from people who claimed to be powerful politicians/well connected.
“When we talk about climate change, people just take it for granted but climate change is real. So if you come and degrade all this area, with impunity and when we talk we the law enforcers you want to take us personally to Court that we are depriving You the right own land” said Michael Kyakashari.
The Hoima district National Resources officer Ms. Joslyn Nyangoma Claimed that they were not aware that the forest had been depleted. “For sure it’s highly degraded the damage is massively done and we feel there has to be a stop or a change so that we have the Natural generation of the trees that are in there and the Rivers” said Joslyn Nyangoma.
