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LOP Mpuuga faults gov’t for failing to resettle Kyangwali evictees

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has faulted the government for failing to resettle residents evicted from their ancestral land in Kyangwali sub-county, Kikuube district. The more than 1,000 residents mainly women and children were evicted from Bukinda, Kavule, Bwizibwera, Kyeya, Nyaruhanga, …

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Kikuube residents say Museveni misled on Kyangwali land

Kyangwali , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The more than 1,000 people evicted from their ancestral land in Kyangwali sub-county in Kikuube district are protesting a letter authored by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni referring to them as liars who want to steal government land. The residents who have pitched camp …

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Bunyoro kingdom seeks Museveni’s intervention over Kyangwali evictees

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom has called for the immediate intervention of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni into the affairs of the over 1,000 Kyangwali evictees. The affected people have since February this year pitched camp in the precincts of the office of Kikuube Resident District Commissioner following their …

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COMMENT: The power of empowering refugees

An experiment in refugee education from Kyangwali in Uganda, shows the way to self-sufficiency COMMENT | JOSEPH MUNYAMBANZA | In a small community on the equator, children from diverse backgrounds attend classes in one of the region’s top primary schools. The school has a brass band, a farm, an artists’ collective, …

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Whose mess is Kyangwali camp?

By Haggai Matsiko UNHCR , army, Prime Minister’s Office, sucked into ugly eviction of 60,000 residents When Mohammed Abdi Adar, the Country Representative of the United Nations Commission for Refugees heard what was happening near Kyangwali, one of the biggest refugee camps in Hoima district, southwestern Uganda, he instantly picked …

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