Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-three suspects are in police custody at Kikuube central police station for allegedly beating a man to coma over a land conflict. Some of the suspects that include both men and women have only been identified as Opar, Ofoi, Mita, Ogenrwoth, Aduba, Joyce, Jarieko and Uucha, …
Read More »Gov’t faulted for not resolving Apaa land conflict
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have accused the government of failing to resolve the prolonged disputes over the control and ownership of Apaa land. Several failed attempts by the government to harmoniously end the decade-long conflict have interrupted the livelihoods of the inhabitants who have suffered burning …
Read More »Victims of violent land conflict in Amuru struggling to survive
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 victims of a violent land conflict in Pawel Langetta village in Opara sub county, Amuru district are struggling to survive. In October last year, there was a bitter land row between Palaro and Pakwayi clans, all in Amuru district over the ancestral …
Read More »Select committee to investigate Apaa conflict
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has resolved to set up a select committee to investigate the continued land conflict in Apaa Parish, Amuru district. This was prompted by a statement made by the Minister of state for Internal Affairs, Hon Mario Obiga Kania on the continued conflict during plenary …
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