Timber growers association wants everyone to plant trees
April 12, 2021 Tree seedlings
Uganda Timber Growers Association (UTGA), an organisation of commercial tree growers, has embarked on a campaign to see everyone plants trees.
This was stated by Solomon Osewe Oketcho after his appointment as UTGA’s new board chairman for 2021 to 2023; the appointment is renewable. Oketcho was elected by the annual general meeting of the assembly sitting at Silver Springs hotel, Bugolobi on March 18, 2021; he replaces Dr Kiremire Noreda Bashabe.
Oketcho is also a board member of the Deposit Protection Fund of Uganda (DPF) and an executive director for Strategy and Risk Management at Bank of Uganda.