The illegal nets captured by the FPU operatives including the species known by their local names of ‘kokota’ (500 pieces), ‘bungulubbu’ (227 pieces), ‘manyala’ (9,000 pieces), ‘ponyoka’ (234 pieces), ‘wuzi kamba’ (145 pieces), and among others. Fishing folk from Mukono district are praising the commander of the UPDF’s Fishing Protection Unit (FPU) Lt. Col. Mercy […]
President Museveni also emphasized that the army’s continued presence was necessary to safeguard national interests and provide stability in the fishing sector. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed that the indigenous fishermen will manage the lakes, assisted by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF)’s Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU). The President made the directive on Tuesday […]
“Emyalo okusigala nga misibe kiwadde ba nnakigwanyizi omwaganya okukamula ensimbi okuva mu bakazi bano abawejjere, ekintu ekibongedde obwavu,” Namugga bwe yagambye. Abakazi abali mu mulimu gw’okuvuba, okusuubula n’okutunda mukene mu distulikiti okuli Wakiso, Mukono ne Kalangala ge bakaaba ge bakomba olw’abasirikale b’eggye lya UPDF abalwanyisa envuba embi ku nnyanja be babagamba nti basusse okubabuzaako emirembe. […]
Women engaged in the fishing business in the districts of Mukono, Wakiso and Kalangala have predicted a total breakdown of homes, rooted in vices like starvation, failure to provide education to children, biting poverty and an upsurge in related gender based domestic violence. The women from the three districts noted that as their counterparts worldwide […]
A section of personnel from the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) and police officers today fired live ammunition to disperse a group of fishermen protesting the death of one of their colleagues and the detention of another. The two fishermen, Richard Ngobi and Collin Omuntu, from Masese Landing Site in Jinja City, went fishing around 11:00 […]
Capt. Simon Tibaijuka is the notorious commander of the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) in charge of Mukono district whom the residents and the local leaders have pinned on enormous human rights violations which he committed together with his juniors in the name of fighting illegal fishing on Lake Victoria. Capt. Simon is said to have […]
Bizzeemu! UPDF Officer Shoots One During Illegal Fishing Operation Fear gripped the fishing community at Kiyindi landing site in Buikwe district following the shooting of one of their own by a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officer attached to Fish Protection Unit. The Police Spokesperson for Ssezibwa Region, Hellen Butoto, identified the suspect as Second […]