Farmers cry for help as monkeys destroy maize farms

A dog keeps vigil in a maize plantation in Gatongu village in Kabaazi where farmers use them to scare away monkeys that invade their farm destroying crops. [Boniface Thuku/Standard]

Farmers in Rwatama, Teso North Constituency, are seeking help to save their farms from destruction by monkeys.

They said the monkeys, from forests in Kekemer and Rwatama, had so far destroyed more than 10 acres of maize plantation.