Daily Monitor
Thursday March 11 2021
A section of Lake Kijjanebalora at Kizinga Village in Kyarurangira Sub-county, Rakai District. This is part of the area NFA plans to reclaim as a forest reserve. PHOTO/AMBROSE MUSASIZI.
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The National Forestry Authority (NFA) has rekindled its plan to restore depleted forest reserves within Lake Kijjanebalora catchment area in Rakai District.
According to NFA, more than 20,000 residents in Lake Kijjanebalora catchment area are occupying forest reserves which have been depleted over the years and they want them restored.
The forest reserves NFA seeks to recover are in the sub-counties of Kagamba, Kyalulangira, Kacheera and Kiziba, measuring between 5,000 and 8,000 hectares.