Charcoal Dealers Bribing UPDF Soldiers to Facilitate Illegal Trade
By Willy Chowoo Charcoal dealers in Northern Uganda have devised new tactics to evade enforcement of Presidential Executive Order No. 3, which bans the production and transportation of charcoal in the region. The dealers are allegedly bribing Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers stationed at various checkpoints along highways to allow their vehicles carrying charcoal […]
CJ Owiny-Dollo Rallies Acholi Community to Coffee Farming
By Willy Chowoo The Chief Justice and co-chair of the Rocco Paco Foundation, Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chigamoi, has called on district local governments in the Acholi sub-region to enact ordinances promoting compulsory coffee farming as a strategy to combat abject poverty. Speaking during the second day of the Gurre Me Pongdwongo event at Restore Leadership High […]
