Uganda, March 20 -- President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to remove the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) from the water bodies and entrust the administration of fishing communities to local elders.

Speaking at Amatiburu Primary School in Kangai Sub County, Dokolo District on Tuesday, the president emphasized the need to involve elders in lake management. He was campaigning for Ms Janet Adongo Rose Elau, the NRM flag bearer for the Dokolo District Woman Parliamentary seat.

"I want you the people who are near the lakes to guide me, to get the elders of this area; they should be the ones to tell us who is spoiling the lakes so that the army can go away and the people themselves look after the lakes," he said.

"The minister for Northern Uga...