We must protect wildlife at all costs
Sunday April 04 2021
Last month, six lions were atrociously killed at the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kanungu District, southwestern Uganda. After a Shs10 million bounty was put out by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) for anybody with the information leading to the arrest, four suspects were arrested. The people behind the act were arrested during a joint operation mounted by UWA, UPDF, and Police in Kihihi Sub County, Kanungu District.
According to a story in the Daily Monitor of March 24 titled, ‘Killers of lions wanted body parts for sale – officials’, Mr Gad Rugaaju Ahimbisibwe, the Kanungu deputy Resident District Commissioner said the lions were targeted for their parts which would later be sold.
Killed lions were targeted for trade - RDC
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Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 16 2021
Between the months of August 2020 and January 2021, at least 3,126 teenage pregnancies were registered in the district
Summary
Dr Micah Lopita, a consultant gynaecologist, said these teenage pregnancies, early marriages and defilements expose the young girls to gynaecological complications which put the lives of the girls at greater health risks.
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Mr Robert Mutemo made the revelation while speaking to Daily Monitor at the weekend.
He said he made the discovery during a random inspection of Primary Seven classes in the district.
“Others have been married off or decided to drop out of school during the lockdown,” he said.