Buganda road court has on Tuesday charged Okabo Walter Opio, 24 and remanded him to Kitalya prisons over illegal poaching in a protected wildlife area.
Opio, a peasant and resident of Gweng-Diya village Pamin-Olango was on May 3rd, arrested inside Murchison falls National Park hunting protected animals contrary to wildlife Act.
Buganda Road Court grade one magistrate Fedlise Itao found Opio guilty and charged him with Entering wildlife protected area and hunting in a protected Wildlife area.
He however denied the charges and was remanded to Kitalya government prison until the 27th if this month as investigations continues.
Prosecution states that the suspect and others still at large, on the 3rd of May 2021, at Latoro in Nyowa District, hunted in Murchison falls National Park wildlife protected area without permission by the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
In related stories, same court also remanded 25 year old Kisa David to Kitalya government prison on charges of unlawful possession of protected species contrary to the Uganda Wildlife Act.
Its alleged that Kisa David and others still at large, on 2nd May this year, at Kiyogoma village, had in their possession Pangolin scales weighing 49.4 Kgs without a Valid Wildlife Use licence.
