[Monitor.CO.UG] More than 1,000 farmers in Adjumani District have vowed to drag the government to court over the continuous destruction of their crops by about 50 elephants.Farmers from Dazipi and Arinyapi sub-counties said the animals from Nimule National Park have destroyed hundreds of acres of food crops, leading to fears of possible outbreak of hunger next year.
Mr George Uzzi, who spoke on behalf of the farmers, some of whom are beneficiaries of the Naads programme, said most of the affected are those who were displaced by the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency. "All of us have agreed to contribute Shs10,000 to hire the services of a law firm to allow us battle the matter in courts since the government has abandoned us," Mr Uzzi said.