BUWEMBO: MPs! Don’t be mischievous...the military is on a mission to save fish
Lake Victoria’s water samples were recently found to have only two grammes of dissolved oxygen yet four is the lowest expected to allow fish to thrive! ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA | NMG
Uganda’s parliament closed for the Christmas break on a dramatic note: members resolved to suspend a year-long Uganda People’s Defence Forces operation against bad fishing methods on Lake Victoria.
The MPs’ declaration was dramatic because President Yoweri Museveni has been passionately supportive of the operation amid complaints of soldiers’ not-too-gentle handling of the fishermen.
