The District Executive and Natural Resources department conduct a joint inspection on Wetlands in Gobero, Kakiri Sub-County
The District Chairperson Wakiso Dr. Matia Lwanga Bwanika has issued a warning to wetland encroachers in Gobero wetland in Kakiri sub-county to vacate the wetland. Bwanika who was on a joint inspection with the District Executive and Natural Resources department gave the encroachers one a period of one month to harvest their produce and vacate the wetland.
He said wetland encroachment has resulted in to current human calamities and climate change in the District.
The District Natural Resources Officer Rebecca Sabaganzi said that massive restoration of gazetted wetlands will deter the communities from destroying wetlands in the district.
The warning comes months following the Presidential directive of evicting people from wetlands.
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