Ociti, a resident of Oberabic in Amuru Sub-county, Amuru District, loads his motorcycle with three bags of charcoal at Zoka C Trading Centre in Apaa Town Board, Adjumani District.
He and three other riders are taking their illicit merchandise, harvested from Zoka B Village to Apaa junction where a truck is parked away from a security (police) checkpoint.
For each trip of three bags ferried, their master, Sseguya, a commercial charcoal dealer, pays them Shs5,000. Ociti on average makes seven trips a day to earn him Shs35,000.
In an interview, Sseguya says he will not withdraw from the business until he repays a Shs20m bank loan he injected into it.
“I bought the trees five years ago from the landowners and added another set last year, where I am now producing the charcoal,” says Sseguya.
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