R.E: Petition to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development to protect artisanal salt miners being displaced from Lake Katwe

Greetings from Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) and over 5,000 artisanal salt miners including women, youth, the elderly and others who work at Lake Katwe in Kasese district.

AFIEGO is a registered public policy research and advocacy organisation one of whose main objectives is to promote environmental conservation and community rights in the extractives sector.

The over 5,000 Katwe artisanal salt miners that are co-signatory to this letter live in Katwe-Kabatoro Town Council in Kasese district. They make a living through sustainably mining for salt from Lake Katwe.