Uganda approves $1.8m in efforts to fight locust invasion
A resident scares away desert locusts from a farm in Embu County, central Kenya, on January 25. 2020. The Ugandan Cabinet on Monday approved an extra Ush7 billion ($1.8 million) to be used to fight the locust invasion. PHOTO | GEORGE MUNENE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The Ugandan Cabinet on Monday approved an extra Ush7 billion ($1.8 million) to help in the fight against the locust invasion.
This was after it came to light that $3 million of the initial $4 million released for the same was used to pay membership arrears to the Desert Locusts Control Organisation for East Africa (DLCO-EA).
