Sam Kigula, the LC 5 Chairperson of Nakasongola district, says that they intend to relocate the 1974 households displaced by the rising water levels and those evicted from the land belonging to Nakasongola Army Barracks.
Daniel Kikoola, the Kakumiro Resident District Commissioner-RDC, says they resolved that the encroachers vacate after six months because many have already planted crops they need to harvest.
Bunyoro Culture Minister Hajji Bruhani Kyokuhaire said that a number of sites are threatened, yet there is no deliberate effort to guarantee their protection in the rush for oil.