Tag Archives: evictions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and residents of Bamunanika county in Luweero district have attributed the loss of the incumbent Member of Parliament and State Minister in Charge of Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo on his silence on key issues affecting the constituency. Muyingo lost in the just …

Hoima,Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kyandondo East Member of parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi wine has blasted President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his National Resistance movement-NRM party for the rampant land grabbing and evictions in Bunyoro sub region and other parts of the country. According to Bobi Wine, a number …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has directed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ensure residents evicted from Apaa village are protected. More than 600 people were displaced following attacks on the residents of the contested land. Over 1,000 grass thatched houses burnt and several people injured. On Thursday, the …

THIS WEEK: Lusanja evictions illegal, court Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Dec.14, court ruled that an eviction of hundreds of people from a 75-acre piece of land in Lusanja village in Mpererwe on the outskirts of Kampala was illegal.  In his judgment, High Court Judge John Eudes Keitirima ruled …

VIDEO: Kayihura tasked to explain implication of illegal land evictions Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The Commission of Inquiry into land matters has grilled Uganda’s Police Chief Kale Kayihura over the involvement of his subordinates in illegal evictions in Jinja district. It was revealed that senior police officers oversaw the …