Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have blocked Gulu city, Bardege-Layibi division authorities from allocating market space to vendors evicted from the streets. The division authorities led by the Mayor Patrick Oola Lumumba had asked the evicted vendors to converge at an open space along Walter Opwonya road on Tuesday to …
Read More »Evicted residents in Kikuube district face starvation
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 residents of Kyangwali sub county in Kikuube district who were brutally evicted from their land are at the verge of starvation. The affected are mainly women, men and children from Bukinda A and B, Bukinda 2, Kavule, Bwizibwera A and B, Kyeya A …
Read More »Encroachers on railway land in Mityana given three months to vacate
Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of people occupying land owned by the Uganda Railway Corporation-URC in Mityana district have been given up to March to vacate or be forced out. In April, the URC management issued a 6 months notice requiring all the occupants to vacate the railway land …
Read More »Evicted Lake Albert fishermen stranded
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 fishermen who were evicted from landing sites on the shores of Lake Albert remain stranded as the COVID-19 restrictions continue. The fishermen and their families were evicted on Thursday from Songagagi and Nana landing sites in Kigorobya and Buseraku sub-counties, Hoima …
Read More »More than 1000 sand miners evicted in Katabi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 sand miners have been evicted from Kyewaga wetland, part of Kyewaga Central forest reserve in Katabi town council, Wakiso district. The eviction also affected persons involved in Bricklaying and crop cultivating, in the wetland located about six kilometres from the Lake Victoria …
Read More »300 charcoal dealers evicted from Gulu district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 charcoal dealers have been evicted from Palaro sub –county in Gulu district. The one-week operation was headed by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces –UPDF of the fourth division barracks, with assistance from the police and the local leaders. Last month, the …
Read More »Evicted families live in misery two months after relief aid delivery by OPM
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 families that were forcefully evicted from a contested piece of land in Kyabisagazi I and II villages in Kigrobya Sub-county Hoima district are still in misery despite receiving food relief from the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM. The families were forced from …
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