Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have sued the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire-led land commission over illegal arrests. The four Annette Natukunda, Irene Akiteng, Immaculate Ayebazibwe and Elly Ampurire were arrested on March 12, 2019, when the commission invaded Prime Housing Estates offices in Masooli, Wakiso District. The company is …
Read More »Over 1500 households fear eviction by Hima cement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10,000 residents of Mwello parish in Mulanda Sub County in Tororo district are living in fear of eviction by Hima Cement Limited. The affected residents from over 1500 households occupy eight villages including Pamaraka, Mairo and Agumiti among others. Hima acquired a …
Read More »Lands registrar grilled for mishandling land registration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herman Galiwango, the Masindi district senior registrar of titles has rough time on Monday evening before the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire Land Commission. Galiwango was appearing as a witness in the registration of a disputed piece of land in Lwengo District. In 2016, Galiwango transferred …
Read More »Former estate manager grilled for evicting 70 families
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nicholas Kabagambe, a resident of Mengo in Kampala has come under fire from the Land Commission for evicting 70 households in Kassanda District. Kabagambe told the Commission Chaired by Justice, Catherine Bamugemereire that in 2010 Moses Kiwa Ssebunya introduced him to Kisibika Estate in Kalwana …
Read More »VIDEO: President’s relative implicated in Jinja land wrangle as probe resumes
VIDEO: President’s relative implicated in Jinja land wrangle as probe resumes Kampala, Uganda | NTV | The Commission of inquiry into land matters chaired by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has heard that a Ugandan businessman Simpson Birungi fraudulently acquired plot 60 and plot 62 along Alidina Visrum road in Jinja municipality by …
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