The unclean water, according to Catherine Agoe, an Aquatic Animal Health Pathologist at the Aquatic Research and Development Centre, is drawn from underground, from where it comes with impurities that are not safe for fish eggs. The water lacks sufficient aeration which affects the newly hatched fish fingerlings.
The state Minister for Environment also the Kitgum Municipality legislator revealed to URN in an interview on Thursday that the project will be undertaken through her ministry.
According to Muhindo, about 10,000 tilapia fish perished in his two fish ponds in Kibenge village Nyakabingo III ward in Bulembia Division in Kasese Municipality resulting from the poisoning by unknown people.
Under the program, farmers would receive free cages and fingerlings to engage in cage fish farming on selected swamps through operation wealth creation, a government program started to enhance household participation in commercial agricultural production.
The committee, which last month made on-site visits to Lwera, Kalungu district to investigate reports of mass sand mining, established that Aqua World Uganda Limited, a company owned by Pastor Kakande of Synagogue Church of All Nations in Mulago, has been illegally mining sand in the area.
Steven Mwebesa, the Principal Fisheries Officer, Luweero district, describes the campaign as timely, saying they intend to recruit two more fisheries officers to offer advice to farmers.
George Kalera, an administrator at a fish farm in Nakakabala village in Kamuli district says the increased cost of agricultural produce is taking a toll on fish farmers.
Recently, ACDP started reclaiming Walumbe wetland to pave way for the establishment of fish ponds meant for training students at that East Africa Community College that is managed by ACDP.
