{UAH} Uganda cops charge fishermen Sh3,000

Uganda cops charge fishermen Sh3,000

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Fishermen at Migingo Island on Lake Victoria, which is in the centre of a dispute between Kenya and Uganda, in February 2012.

BY ROBERT OMOLLO

November 21, 2015

Ugandan security officers have barred fishermen from five islands from fishing on Lake Victoria unless they pay Sh3,000 licence fee.

"The officers arrest them if they fail to comply," Ringiti Beach Management Unit chairman Leonard Apollo said.

Addressing journalists in Homa Bay town on Friday, Oranga said the Ugandan government demands Sh68,000 for fishing boats seized and taken to Uganda.

"Last month they got hold of two boats and took them to their country. Nine fishermen on the boat were released after they gave out Sh10,000," he said.

The affected fishermen are from Ringiti, Rhemba, Takawiri, Mfangano and Atego.

Mfangano MCA Kenneth Oranga said Uganda has deployed police officers to patrol the lake and tax Kenyan fishermen regardless of the boundaries.

"The police officers bar fishermen from operating in what we know are our lake waters. We've been fishing here for many years but we've never experienced such kind of exploitation," he said.

The two urged the national government to negotiate with its Uganda counterpart to ensure the East African Trade Agreement is respected.

"We are now worried because we do not have any source of living," Apollo said.

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