In January 2019, the arrest and imminent prosecution of several Vietnamese wildlife traffickers in Kampala excited wildlife conservationists in Uganda and abroad who saw it as an opportunity to disrupt a cartel that had been growing and widening in eastern Africa over two decades. But, the conservationists' excitement soon turned to despair, if not disappointment as they watched the case get smothered and eventually dismissed from Uganda's Anti-Corruption Court, reports Ronald Musoke. Five years on, there are more unanswered questions as to why this case collapsed. Many ask why this case was taken to the Anti-Corruption Court instead of the specialist Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court. Why is it that even when the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), which alongside the Uganda Revenue Authority (the plaintiffs in the case) objected to the Vietnamese men getting bail, the Anti-Corruption Court Grade One Magistrate, Sarah Namusobya Mutebi, went ahead to grant the suspects bail well-knowing they could flee as they had no permanent residence in Uganda. Some ask why their sureties have never been apprehended.