By; Francis Lubega
06th Feb. 2020
Uganda has deployed teams of experts in the Districts of Karamoja at the Uganda-Kenya border to monitor the movement of the deadly desert locusts.
This is after reports that the swarm of the desert locusts is only about 60 kilometers from Amudat and Kaabong districts in Uganda after wreaking havoc in West Pokot in Kenya.
Dr. Francis Inangolet Olaki, the Moroto District Production Officer has said that the district has dispatched four experts led by the Entomology officer to keep watch at the border and report back to the District and Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries but allayed fears that the locusts had already entered the country.
Other districts including Amudat Kaabong and Kotido have also set up teams to monitor the desert locusts.
The Director of Extension Services Beatrice Byarugaba told the media in Kampala recently that the Ministry had requested for Shillings 11-billion for the contingency plan. She however said only Shillings 5 billion was available. She said Uganda was in close contact with the Desert Locust Control Organization based in Nairobi to fight the locusts. Government has been readying at least 2000 UPDF soldiers to carry out small scale spraying.
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