Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 10 2021
An excavator extracts sand at Kayirira Wetland in Katabi Town Council oin 2019. Sand mining is one of the most lucrative business in Uganda s mining sectors. PHOTO/EVE MUGANGA.
Summary
Prices: Miners say sand prices have been fluctuating since last year, and now ranges between Shs25,000 and Shs30,000 depending on the size of the truck.
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Ayub Kirya, 24, a sand miner, left his village in Nabusere, Nakalama Sub-county, Iganga District, two years ago and settled in Namutumba District, with sand mining as his main source of income.
However, Kirya says unlike in the past where the activity used to fetch them some reasonable income, things have changed for the worse.