Uganda: Shoot Poachers On Sight - Museveni

Kaabong,  Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has given the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) the say so to shoot on sight at any poacher found in a National Park. The president gave this directive in Kidepo while the national park was going on 50 years in existence. 

This national park was voted as Africa's third wilderness park. Museveni went on to say "if those Toposas and Turkanas come back to disturb our wildlife shoot them. If you can't do it then I will come and do it myself,"
"Anybody who enters Uganda with a gun must be shot,"

Uganda's Karamoja State Minister  indicated that poaching is still a key problem affecting the national parks including Kidepo. He went on to say "Mr. President I don't know what we can do. The Toposas from South Sudan and the Turkanas from Kenya are still armed, disturbing our people and raiding our wildlife,"
He urged people in Karamoja to build more lodges, hostels and grow more food to tap into the benefits of tourism which is fast growing in the country.

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