{"id":4805,"date":"2021-02-22T19:49:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2021-02-22T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:31:00","slug":"mayuge-timber-dealers-accuse-nfa-of-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/mayuge-timber-dealers-accuse-nfa-of-extortion","title":{"rendered":"Mayuge timber dealers accuse NFA of extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Wood traders under Mayuge District Timber Dealers Association (TDA) have accused the National Forestry Authority (NFA) of double standards and extortion.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Musa Kisita, the association\u2019s chairperson, at the weekend alleged that NFA and police arrest them for cutting down trees yet leave sugarcane growers to uproot young trees.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kisita also accused NFA officials of soliciting money from them to transport timber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides the Shs50,000 transport permit charge we pay to Mayuge District Local Government as revenue, we are asked for another Shs20,000 by NFA officials. Unlike us who cut down fully-grown trees, farmers encroach on some of the gazetted forests to clear land for sugarcane growing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf NFA is serious, sugarcane growers should be the right people to be arrested and charged first for cutting down trees because we do not cut young trees and sometimes cut trees after planting others,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tenywa Kibuka, who has been in the (timber) business for more than 27 years, accused sugarcane growers of carrying out large scale of deforestation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch as NFA blames destruction of trees on timber making and charcoal burning, sugarcane farmers have done a lot to clear trees not only in Mayuge but also in other districts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Joseph Basalirwa, another timber dealer, wondered why NFA is selective.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ms Aisha Alibhai, the NFA communications and public relations manager, said they do not allow people to cut trees from forest reserves, adding that whoever is found doing so is arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNFA neither charges timber dealers a transport licence nor asks for kickbacks. Our work is to protect government gazetted forest reserves. If our officers are stopping anyone from cutting trees in forest reserves, it is within the law because nobody is supposed to cut trees in a government gazetted forest,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>On the organisation\u2019s officials soliciting bribes, Ms Alibhai said NFA is there to fight corruption among its officials, and whoever engages in it, and is culpable, is charged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall deal with those involved in corruption issues because it taints the organisation\u2019s image,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Alibhai urged residents to always report any NFA official soliciting money from them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Wood traders under Mayuge District Timber Dealers Association (TDA) have accused the National Forestry Authority (NFA) of double standards and extortion. Mr Musa Kisita, the association\u2019s chairperson, at the weekend alleged that NFA and police arrest them for cutting down trees yet leave sugarcane growers to uproot young trees. 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