Museveni bans road charges on non-tourists using Murchison Park route

President Museveni has ordered Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to waive charges of up to Shs200, 000 imposed on non-tourist travelers transiting through Murchison Falls National Park to connect to and from northern Uganda, following the closure of the main Karuma Bridge route.

“On the use of the park by the people who are travelling to and from northern Uganda during the time of the closure of the Karuma Bridge, I totally forbid the charging of money from travellers who are not tourists.  It’s nonsensical. It’s not correct,” Museveni told the ruling National Resistance…