Driving out the tsetse fly
The fertile lands that run down to the shores of Lake Victoria in the south of the Busogo district of Uganda have been closed off by the tsetse fly since 1900. The insect, the cause of the deadly illness sleeping sickness, had infested the region to such a point where it had become uninhabitable for humans.
Now the territory is gradually being reopened thanks to the initiative of the East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organisation (EATRS) and the Uganda Tsetse Department’s settlement officer. The plan currently being put to the test began with driving a 20-kilometre…
