Officials from NFA backed up by armed anti-riot police officers and Uganda People’s Defense Forces [UPDF] Soldiers on Thursday embarked on reopening boundary of the 8,548 hectares of land.
Daniel Babikwa, the Director District Support Coordination and Public Education at the National Environment Management Authority-NEMA, has partly blamed the problem to the authorities in the local government over their failure to strictly enforce the set-out regulations on public health.
The construction that started in August last year stalled at the foundation level putting much of the already bought materials to waste. Materials including bricks have been stolen and the sand is being washed away by rain.
The volunteers are tasked with introducing culture of savings among rural women, mentoring Ugandan teachers and health workers and introducing American ways of life to the people.
Murembedzi says the New York summit should critically deliberate on the opportunity cost of foregoing the development of fossil fuel reserves - goal, oil and Gas being discovered on the African Continent for countries like Uganda and Kenya to sustain their development trajectories in line with the UN Sustainable development goals (SDGs).
