Ibamba Central Forest Reserve is a protected Forest Reserve under the mandate o
National Forestry Authority
and is located in

Hoima District Hoima District is a district in Western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Hoima. Location Hoima District is bordered by Buliisa District to the north, Masindi District to the northeast, Kyan ...

, western Uganda. The Forest Reserve is situated nearby to the villages Kihuule and Kicwamba.

Hoima Hoima is a city in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Hoima District. It is also the location of the palace of the Omukama of Bunyoro. Location Hoima is approximately , by road, nort ...

is a city found in the Western part of

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and is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center for Hoima District, also known as the Oil City.

Setting and structure

Ibamba Central Forest Reserve is found at

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1.42° or 1° 25' 12" North and

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31.4051° or 31° 24' 18" east. The Forest Reserve is in close proximity to the villages Kiryabana and Buhanika.

Language

Ibamba Central Forest Reserve communities largely speak the Nyoro language also known as

Runyoro The Nyoro language (autonym: ''Runyoro'') is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda. It has two dialects: ''Orunyoro'' (Nyoro proper) and ''Rutagwenda''. A standardized orthography was established in 1947. It's most closely related ...

Controversies

Ibamba Central Forest Reserve over the years has faced challenges ranging from Encroachment, felling of trees, charcoal burning, land for agriculture and sugarcane growing, including court orders resulting from illegal occupation of the Central Forest Reserve. In 2014, the High Court ordered

Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) is the public broadcaster network of Uganda. It was founded as a result of the "Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act, 2004", which merged the operations of Uganda Television (UTV) and Radio Uganda. It started ...

(UBC) to pa
National Forest Authority
(NFA) $104,808 (about sh262m) in un-cleared license fees since 1950s for iligaly occupying Ibamba Central Forest Reserve land. NFA sued UBC for continuously occupying two of its plots of land in Kigulya Central Reserve in Masindi and Ibamba Hills in Hoima where the corporation erected masts without paying.

References

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Setting and structure

Language

Controversies

See also

References