UWA withholds Shs1.5bn Queen Elizabeth revenue-sharing funds over eight districts' failure to account for previous funds

The Queen Elizabeth National Park chief, Captain John Tugume, told visiting district communication officers that the Uganda Wildlife Authority cannot release Shs1.5 billion in revenue-sharing funds meant for communities near the park. He said the Chief Administrative Officers of eight neighbouring districts had not accounted for Shs1.2 billion disbursed earlier, and asked the officers to press them to do so.