Community fishermen are typically poor and buried in debt as they lose out to dynamite fishing as well as commercial fishing boats intruding into municipal waters. A proposed law will exacerbate their woes.
“We hope that an alternative minerals management bill would be legislated to rationalize mining and the use of minerals in the country”
Bishop Alminaza echoed Pope Francis’s stance highlighting the intrinsic link between the dignity of work and worker safety
“We fully support the Masungi Georeserve Foundation for its successful reforestation and management of the Masungi Georeserve Park”
Environmental groups, however, believe that the military operations are connected to the mining operations in the region
As the negotiations near, the challenge lies in overcoming resistance from industries and certain nations against strict provisions