The Uganda Wildlife authority has started fencing off the borders of the Murchison National park where human settlements are close to wildlife.
State Minister for tourism Godfrey Kiwanda who was in Oyam district to mitigate the human-animal conflict said the Wild Life Authority has begun putting a 10-kilometre fence at borders of human settlement in Juma parish and the park.
“We have been having issues of human life conflicts, our elephants have been terrorising people in this area. We have lost very many people in Oyam district,” he said.
He noted that elephants and buffalos that escape out of Murchison falls national park have greatly affected the lives of people in the area.
“As the ministry, we are now devising means and one of the means is to put up electric fence. We also want to sensitize people about the new law which is coming on compensation,” he said.
Kiwanda noted that new law on compensation will be operational by June next year.
“By July next year next year, next financial year. We shall be compensating people whose crops have been destroyed and those who have lost their dear ones,” he said.
He also said that Oyam district received over Shs500million and this financial year, it received like Shs1billion which will be helping in the compensation process.
