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Uganda wildlife Authority moves to evict 4000 people from Bokora & Matheniko wildlife reserves.

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In a bid to increase the number of tourists visiting the northeastern tourism corridor on their Uganda wildlife safaris, the Uganda Wildlife Authority together with other stakeholders have embarked on numerous strategies to see to it that the Uganda wildlife tour destinations in region become vibrant and can easily be able to allure to attract tourists to visit them on their Uganda tour.

What tourist attraction sites are found in the northeastern tourism corridor?

A Uganda safari tour to the north eastern side of Uganda puts you in a position to encounter numerous  Uganda trip destinations like Kidepo valley national park, Bokora Wildlife Reserve, Matheniko Wildlife Reserve and Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve.

These safari Uganda destinations are quite unique given the that they an extension of the dry savanna grasslands that span all the way roam Kenya hence they are filled with a myriad of savanna wildlife mammals such as the cape buffaloes, African bush elephants, hippos and a variety of bird species, for example, Kidepo Valley Park alone is home to 475 bird species which make a viable destination for anyone interested in engaging in epic Uganda birding safari tours.

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However, the wildlife reserves here have been facing a number of challenges which made them less appealing to tourists on a safari in Uganda to visit. Some of the challenges they faced included reducing stock of wild animals here due to poaching, encroachment on the wildlife reserve land by locals and inaccessibility of these wildlife reserves due to poor transport infrastructure network in this region. However various stakeholders right from the government have done a commendable job to see that most of these problems are fixed so as to allow tourism to flourish in this tourism corridor.

Over the past few years UWA has restocked these reserve with numerous wild animals ranging from impalas and giraffes from other well established national parks such as Murchison falls parks where they translocated 15 giraffes from to Pian Upe wildlife reserve.

In the same spirit a few days ago, Uganda Wildlife Authority embarked on a campaign to evict 4000 people from Bokora & Matheniko wildlife reserves.

A group of people from various districts of Teso settled in the game reserve in 2014 under the guidance of the local leaders. They engaged in commercial agriculture and also constructed semi-permanent structures on the land.

A team of UWA assisted by the police and other security organs on Monday started evicting the group which had encroached on the protected area.

According to Charles Wilfred Okula, the warden Security and Law Enforcement Matheniko- Bokora wildlife reserve, the group will leave the game reserve by the end of the year. Tom Omongole who has already left the area for Kumi said he was disappointed that they were ordered to leave before harvesting his crops.

eviction in Bokora-MathenikoHowever, this move has faced deep resistance from the locals who own food crop gardens in the contested lands “I have nine acres of cassava in the garden. We asked to be allowed to wait for our crops to get ready but to no avail. They handled us like criminals,” said Omongole on phone.

“I am now landless, I had sold my share of land in Kumi in order to acquire a large portion in Kotido and now I have been thrown out without any compensation,” added Lomongole. However, Okula says that those with crops will return to harvest them later and those who bought the land illegally should follow up from those who sold it to them.

“I encourage them to go back or settle anywhere outside a protected area. They can also go to the containment areas in Opopongo, Kalosarich and Kobebe in Abim, Kotido and Moroto respectively. The Kidepo Regional Police Commander, Stephen Onencan confirmed the orders by UWA for the community to move out of the protected area. He said police had not yet registered any cases of violence resulting from the eviction.

Making a Uganda trip to any of these reserves as part of your Uganda safari is can be done especially when using road transport. However, during such a Uganda adventure, you’re advised to use 4×4 cars for hire which is study enough to cope with the somewhat this rather long journey as these reserves are about 520km or 12 hour drive away from Kampala. Car hire rentals Kampala Uganda offers a wide variety of 4×4 safari cars for hire in Uganda that have been customized to give you a comfortable ride to any of your destinations around Uganda. Some of the 4×4 cars for hire that are available include 4×4 safari land cruisers or  4×4 safari jeeps, 4×4 safari vans and 4×4 coasters for hire.

Would you like to make a uganda safari to any destination in Uganda? Feel free to check out our website which ultimately gives you a preview of some of our safaris in Uganda packages that have been designed to lead you on an adventure to various parts of the country giving you unlimited access to the best of Africa safari attractions in Uganda. Our Uganda gorilla safaris packages that have been feature here are designed to give you an encounter with the magical gorillas as the major attraction while Uganda wildlife safari packages cater for those that are interested in epic Uganda savanna wildlife as well as our fascinating and quite interesting culture birds and gorillas if you need them to be included.

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Regardless of your intended length of stay in Uganda for a Uganda wildlife tour or Uganda gorilla tour experience, we’ve got you covered with our wide range of packages which include short Uganda wildlife safaris, these run from as low 2 days Uganda safari to Lake Mburo or 2 days Uganda wildlife tour to Queen Elizabeth. our  Long Uganda wildlife safaris, start from  7 days to and run to as long as 18 days even more depending on your choice of number of days you intend to spend while traversing this pristine Pearl of Africa.

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