Court order on immature coffee - Impounded sacks burned, culprits sentenced

The Kibaale Magistrates’ court and Uganda Coffee Development Authority Officials in conjunction with security organs have burnt over ten bags of premature coffee berries that were impounded and culprits sentenced to Jail. Early this month, officials from Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in conjunction with Kibaale police conducted an operation to crackdown those that are both harvesting and trading in immature Coffee in Kibaale District. During the operation, Kibaale police detained George Nsereko, a coffee dealer from Masindi district operating in Kituutu Trading Center, Karama Sub County who was found with over 10 sacks of immature coffee valued at over 40m shillings.