The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Museveni said that landowners who reject government compensation and want more money compared to what their property was valued at also challenge government as this in turn delays contractors hired by to do government projects as the cost of things such as cement keeps going up.
The President also faulted government bureaucrats who have access to government contracts and know where the projects will be constructed and thus go to those areas to acquire land so that they can benefit from the compensation.
Museveni said that if the 68% of the Ugandan population that is in subsistence farming is to join the monetary economy; government has to build roads, the railway and electricity so that more employment opportunities are created.
He said it was a shame that the opposition politicians that are against the construction of factories are at the same time the ones complaining that the youth are unemployed. “In Amuru, there are leaders fighting the sugar factories and at the same time they are the people saying they do not have jobs,” he said.
Museveni therefore called upon the media to educate Ugandans about the amendment of the land law and the need for Ugandans to protect their environment. He said instead of wasting time abusing and spreading falsehoods they should teach Ugandans how they stand to benefit from government projects and about the dangers of swamp reclamation and land fragmentation.
The President also cautioned the public against encroaching government land and warned those that have planted eucalyptus trees in the swamps to remove them before the National Environment Management Authority does so.
On the issue of the women murders in Entebbe and Nansana, the Museveni said government was going to put up cameras in urban areas to check on the crime rate.
He said that in the past government had focused much on the rural areas such as the north and the west, which had, rebels killing people but now the focus will be shifted to urban areas as the country is now peaceful and all the rebels have been defeated.
Earlier on, @VisionGrp‘s CEO @rkabushenga ushers President @KagutaMuseveni into the @radiowestug studio ahead of the #M7OnLand talk. pic.twitter.com/HJtTtlaRnf
— New Vision UGANDA (@newvisionwire) September 5, 2017
