Tag Archives: Hellen Adoa

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has re-opened the Mpondwe border fish market in Lhubiriha town council, Kasese district. Last year, government suspended cross-border business and border markets as part of the Covid-19 preventive measures. The State Minister for Fisheries Hellen Adoa, who officiated at the re-opening of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fisheries directorate at the agriculture ministry and the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU, have this Wednesday started distributing stocks of  impounded smoked fish to Uganda Prisons Services and the vulnerable who include orphans and widows within Kampala Metropolitan area. The immature fish, …

Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Egyptian government has offered to support the clearing of the Kamuwuga landing site in Kalungu district, which has been overrun by water hyacinth and other aquatic weeds. The landing site which is located in Lukaya town council, Lwera wetland is the main fishing ground …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fisheries State Minister Hellen Adoa has threatened to name and shame illegal fishermen on Lake Victoria and the other major water bodies masquerading as State house officials. Addressing staff at the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute-NaFIRRI in Jinja city on Wednesday, Adoa claimed that …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Ministry authorized a pilot study on the catching of synodontis fish locally known as ‘Nkolongo’ in Mukono, Buikwe and Buvuma districts. The decision stems from a public outcry from fishermen about the scarcity of other species of fish such …

Jinja, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has resolved to forcefully eject all persons who encroached on wetlands and shorelines along the different lakes across the country. State Minister for Fisheries Hellen Adoa Says that many of the encroachers have failed to heed to calls to vacate the shoreline, …