Tag: Locusts Invasion

By Elite Reporter Just as Uganda was still struggling with the fight against Coronavirus, a new calamity has befallen the country after a swarm of locusts invaded several parts of the country over the weekend. As a result of the new locust invasion, the Ministry of Agriculture  Animal Industry and Fisheries  has asked government for  Shs16Bn to fight the pests which are already causing massive destruction to plants vegetation and vegetation. This revelation was made by the Agriculture Minister Vincent Bamulangakai Ssempijja, who revealed during a  presser at the Uganda Media Centre that the money is needed as urgently as possible if the ministry is to mitigate the destruction being caused by the locusts. The insects descended on gardens of cow peas, soya be...