Deputy CDF Okiding issues fishing guidelines and seven-day ultimatum to Pakwach leaders at Kwonga Village

At a sensitisation meeting in Kwonga Village, Dei Sub-county, Deputy Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen Sam Okiding and a UPDF lawyer presented new fishing guidelines to fishermen on Lake Albert and the Albert Nile, URN reports in The Independent. Leaders were given seven days to set up vetted landing site management committees and told to close illegal landing sites, with limits on boats and fishermen. Residents raised concerns about livelihoods and asked for compensation.