Uganda: Museveni Orders Foreigners to Vacate Gold Mines

19 November 2018

The president of Uganda his Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered foreigners who had flocked the gold mines in mubende and Kasanda districts to vacate this area on grounds that foreign countries were benefiting more from the trade compared to Ugandans.

President Museveni expressed this during the youth day celebration at Umea primary school in Kikandwa village in Kalwana sub county Kasanda district; where thousands of artisanal and small scale gold miners were evicted last year, and remain unemployed until date.

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