Uganda: Standoff Over Forest Land Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Sold to Hoima Sugar

Tour operators want the government to reverse a decision by the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara to give away part of a tropical forest for a sugarcane plantation.

Bunyoro-Kitara gave 8,000 hectares, which tourist operators and the National Forest Authority say is part of the 40,000 hectares that constitute Bugoma Central Forest Reserve, to Hoima Sugar Ltd to grow sugarcane.

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