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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Charcoal dealers have given the government one week to unconditionally release their impounded merchandise and trucks.<\/p>\n

The charcoal and trucks are currently detained at the National Forestry Authority (NFA) offices in Gulu City.<\/p>\n

This newspaper saw a copy of the July 7 letter by the charcoal traders\u2019 lawyers Omara Atubo & Co Advocates to NFA, threatening to sue the agency if it does not release their trucks and charcoal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurrender those trucks to the owners unconditionally within three working days. If you have a legal basis for holding those trucks on environment-related issues, transfer those trucks with immediate effect to the yard of National Forestry Authority in Kampala within three working days.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompensate each of the vehicle owners for the vehicles disclosed above Shs22 million for the business loss incurred while the truck is in your custody.<\/p>\n

On the same day, Kaganzi & Co Advocates wrote to NFA asking them to release trucks belonging to their clients Francis Ssemanda, George Asiimwe, and Sharon Musimenta.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur clients claim that the said vehicles are hired per day at Shs1.7m. Our clients\u2019 vehicles have spent several days in your custody without a legal basis in which our clients have incurred losses, damages and operating expenses since their goods have not been delivered.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have declined to release the said motor vehicles besides having no jurisdiction as the same has to be handled in a Court of Utilities at Buganda Road Court in Kampala within 24 hours,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

Efforts to get a comment from NFA were futile by press time.<\/p>\n

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