Ku wa gatatu, Uganda yavuze ko ubushakashatsi buherutse gukorwa bwerekanye ko bufite ubutare bwa zahabu bungana na toni zigera kuri miliyoni 31 kandi bukaba bushaka gukurura abashoramari bakomeye kugira ngo bateze imbere urwego kugeza ubu rwiganjemo abacukuzi bato.
Mu myaka ibiri ishize, ubushakashatsi bwo mu kirere bwakorewe mu gihugu hose hakurikiraho ubushakashatsi no gusesengura ibijyanye n’imiterere n’ibinyabitabire, nk’uko byatangajwe na Solomon Muyita, umuvugizi wa Minisiteri y’ingufu n’iterambere ry’amabuye y’agaciro, yabwiye ibiro ntaramakuru Reuters.
Muyita yavuze ko toni zigera kuri 320,158 za zahabu zitunganijwe zishobora gukurwa muri toni miliyoni 31 z’amabuye y’agaciro.
Byinshi mu byabitswe byavumbuwe i Karamoja, agace kegeranye cyane mu majyaruguru y’uburasirazuba bw’igihugu ku mupaka na Kenya. Muyita yavuze ko Wagagai, isosiyete y’Abashinwa, yashinze ikirombe i Busia mu burasirazuba bwa Uganda kandi biteganijwe ko uyu mwaka uzatangira kubyaza umusaruro.
Guverinoma ya Perezida Yoweri Museveni yashakaga kongera ishoramari mu bucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro kugira ngo iteze imbere umutungo nk’umuringa, ubutare bw’icyuma, zahabu, cobalt, na fosifate.
Inteko ishinga amategeko mu ntangiriro zuyu mwaka yashyizeho itegeko rishya ry’amabuye y’agaciro, namara gushyirwaho umukono na perezida, rizatanga inzira yo gushinga sosiyete icukura amabuye y’agaciro.