Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:16:40 +0000 By JACK MAPAPAYI GOVERNMENT has strongly warned people who are illegally engaging in the cutting of Mukula tree and mining in the province. The warning was sounded by North western provincial minister Richard Kapita when he inspected four truck containers detained at Kasempa police station about two weeks ago laden with over 400 logs of Mukula tree. He said people should resist the temptation of engaging themselves in such illegal before the law catches up with them. He said government is losing a lot of revenue from such illegal activities and that Mukula tree dealers were causing deforestation in areas they were harvesting the tree with local people not benefitting from the harvest. ‘’This is a timely warning to all those engaging in the illegal cutting of this precious tree. Let them stop before the long arm of the law catches up with them, he said. The provincial minister […]
