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President Yoweri Museveni has committed to rolling out the Fisheries fund to support fishermen with affordable credit for fishing gear.
While meeting leaders of fishermen from the different parts of Uganda at the State lodge in Jinja City on Tuesday, Museveni noted that this fund will enable the already sensitised fishermen to transition into acceptable legal fishing gears.
Museveni made this commitment while responding to fishermen who urged him to champion efforts to empower them to quit illegal fishing.
Led by Jackson Mulindambura, the chairperson of Lake Albert Silver fishers association, they say that setting up a complete boat, which is well equipped with legal fishing gears, requires about 10 Million Shillings.
