One of the victims identified as Ronald Munyasonza, 50, was shot dead while his son, Bosco Twikunda, 23, was shot and critically injured in the leg when the NFA enforcement team comprising of the Uganda peoples Defense forces (UPDF) and the police reportedly opened fire at them while at their home in Rwenkobe village, Kaseeta parish in Kabwoya sub-county, Kikuube district on Sunday afternoon at around 12:30 p.m.
In November last year, the government through the Ministry of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development embarked on the long-awaited reopening of the Bugoma forest reserve boundaries. However, a few weeks after the start of the boundary reopening, Kikuube district officials halted the exercise citing irregularities.
In 2016, the Kingdom leased out 22 square mile piece of land adjacent to Bugoma central forest reserve situated in Nsozi village, Kyangwali sub county, Kikuube district to Hoima Sugar to aid sugar cane growing.
