Tag Archives: Land Acquisition Act

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Government obsession with allocating chunks of land to wealthy investors is not improving the lives of ordinary Ugandans but increasing inequality, a new report by Oxfam Uganda states. According to the report, at times, land given to investors doesn’t result in employment or even …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has called for the amendment of the Land Acquisition Act of 1965. Bamugemereire says that the law does not clearly define the person who has powers to acquire land compulsorily. She gives an example of Tanzania where powers over land are …