Police, Army Hunt For Poachers Who Shot UWA Ranger Dead
By Keefa Nuwahereza
A joint operation of the Uganda Police, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) and other sister security agencies are hunting for a gang of poachers who shot dead a game ranger in Kibale National Park.
According to officials at URA, Sgt. Matsipa, who had been deployed on a team to thwart poachers from the national park, was shot dead on December 5th,2020.
A statement from UWA about Matispa’s death issued December 7, 2020, reads in part thus;
“It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Sgt. Emmanuel Matsipa who was killed by poachers while on duty in Kibale National Park on December 5, 2020.
The late Sgt. Matsipa together with five colleagues were ambushed by about five armed poachers in areas around Kanyantare in Kyenjojo distric...
