Hima Cement taken to High Court over mining in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Activists under the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) has taken Hima cement to the High Court over encroachment into Queen Elizabeth National Park, and engaging in the illegal mining of limestone.

In 2008, Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) permitted Hima Cement to mine limestone in Queen Elizabeth National Park, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated reserve.

However, the environmentalists are challenging the validity of the certificate of approval of environment impact assessment issued by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and power of UWA to issue the mining license and wildlife permit authorizing mining of lime stone in a national park.