Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Land Board (BLB) and FIDA Uganda are joining hands to help women in the central region acquire full rights to their land. The two entities announced as they unveiled a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together. The programme is set to begin rolling …
Read More »Mukono district, Kyaggwe county feud over property
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bitter row has erupted between Mukono district council and Kyaggwe county over management of properties. The properties include the youth centre, community resource centre building, and the ground space opposite the Chief Magistrates court. The properties were handed over to Kyaggwe county by the …
Read More »HFB Buganda Land Board inks deal to support bibanja owners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Housing Finance Bank has strengthened its partnership with Buganda Land Board, (BLB), and this time easing the process for Bibanja/kibanja owners to acquire lease-hold certificates of title. The kingdom, in a bid to speed up the kyapa processing time has launched a campaign called the …
Read More »COVER STORY: Will Kabaka fire Mayiga?
ANALYSIS: Anger, anxiety, unease over Buganda monarch’s fights over land Kampala, Uganda| Andrew S. Kaggwa | Buganda kingdom Prime Minister, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga could be punished with a sacking over court cases over land involving his boss, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Muwenda II. At least that is what some of …
Read More »COVER: Buganda land wrangles
Next fight between Kabaka, Museveni? Did President Yoweri Museveni recently summon Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II to a hurried meeting over the rampant land evictions in Buganda? Possibly he did or possibly he did not. What is known is that a meeting took place between them on April 07. …
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