UGANDA has imported two white rhinos from a ranch in Kenya in a process to start breeding them in Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) said on Monday. “The two animals, which were transported on trucks from Solio Ranch in central Kenya’s Laikipia district, have arrived at the UWEC in Entebbe and will be kept in quarantine for a month before they are open for public viewing,” said UWEC executive director Betty Kamya. Kamya said the white rhino have been acquired by Uganda under a $100 000 three-phase project aimed at reintroducing the endangered species into Uganda’s wildlife sanctuaries. Kamya said that already a land of 80 square kilometres has been identified in central Uganda, where this breeding centre is going to be located. The white rhino was poached to extinction in Uganda in 1982 for its highly priced horn, which is sold to makers of expensive daggers and is used for the production of aphrodisiacs in Middle and Far Eastern countries. – AFP