{"id":11257,"date":"2026-06-12T14:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=11257"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:53:17","slug":"state-house-rdc-intervene-over-rising-human-chimpanzee-conflict-in-kagadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2026\/06\/12\/state-house-rdc-intervene-over-rising-human-chimpanzee-conflict-in-kagadi\/","title":{"rendered":"State House, RDC Intervene Over Rising Human\u2013Chimpanzee Conflict in Kagadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Edward Byamukama<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The State House, in conjunction with the Office of the Kagadi Resident District Commissioner, has intervened to address the ongoing human-wildlife conflict in Muhorro Town Council and Mairirwe Sub-county, where residents have for years suffered attacks by chimpanzees that have caused destruction of property and loss of lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The affected areas include Kahyoro A and Kahyoro B, Kyamajaka, and Nyanzige villages in Nyamiti Ward, as well as parts of Mairirwe Sub-county, located in the Katyobona Forest area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">During a meeting held at Mary Cox Nursery and Primary School in Muhorro Town Council, residents expressed concern over the persistent chimpanzee attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">They said the animals frequently stray into their homes, injuring residents and, in some cases, killing children despite repeated appeals to the government for intervention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Muhorro Town Council Mayor Godfrey Nangonza attributed delays in resolving the problem to frequent changes in leadership, which he said have affected continuity in handling the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retired General John Katungwensi from State House condemned alleged land grabbing by businessman Kirungi Abudu, accusing him of acquiring land titles for local residents&#8217; land and later forcing them to sell it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Katungwensi assured residents of the government&#8217;s commitment to finding a lasting solution and urged UWA to capture and relocate the destructive chimpanzees to their natural habitat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kagadi Resident District Commissioner Caroline Nanshemeza urged residents to report any threats of eviction and directed the LCIII Chairperson to compile a comprehensive report on how land titles in the area were acquired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, UWA representative Julius Tumwesigye said the authority has deployed a wildlife veterinarian to track, tranquilize, and relocate the dangerous chimpanzees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Edward Byamukama The State House, in conjunction with the Office of the Kagadi Resident District Commissioner, has intervened to address the ongoing human-wildlife conflict in Muhorro Town Council and Mairirwe Sub-county, where residents have for years suffered attacks by chimpanzees that have caused destruction of property and loss of lives. The affected areas include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bunyoro","8":"category-national","9":"category-news"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11267,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11257\/revisions\/11267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}