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Article: Ugandan parliament demands gov't status report on forests
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- March 30, 2007
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Ugandan parliament demands gov't status report on forests
KAMPALA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan Parliament has given
Minister for Water and Environment Maria Mutagamba an ultimatum of
two weeks to produce before it a comprehensive report regarding the
status of all forests in Uganda.
Alice Alaso, the Soroti Woman Member of Parliament was quoted by
Daily Monitor on Friday as demanding to know when the government
would come up with a statement on the degazzetement of Mabira forest
and the status of other forests.
Okupa Elijah, another legislator from eastern Uganda urged the
government to immediately take up the land it was given by one of the
traditional leaders in the country instead ...