Tag Archives: land grabbing

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament Betty Aol Ochan has asked Speaker Rebecca Kadaga to institute a Select Committee to investigate the rampant land evictions in the country. Ochan was presenting a petition to parliament on Tuesday on behalf of 32 people regarding their eviction …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NRM sub county and division chairpersons in Wakiso have thrown a bash to celebrate the appointment of Justine Mbabazi as the new RDC and to thank President Yoweri Museveni for transferring people they described as land brokers away from their district. The Wakiso NRM leaders …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10,000 families in six villages in Kigorobya sub county in Hoima district are on the verge of being evicted forcefully from their ancestral land. The affected families are from Kigomba, Kyamucumba, Kalyambuzi, Kyataruga, Kamugembe 1 and Kyamugembe 2 villages. The residents are feuding …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All presidential candidates who have held campaigns in Greater Luweero are promising one major issue, ending land grabbing, a problem that has persisted in the area for ages. Reports of land grabbing have been mostly in the sub-counties of Kapeeka, Semuto and Kasangombe in Nakaseke …

Kalangala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP presidential candidate Norbert Mao has promised to establish a Stolen Assets Recovery Tribunal to address land conflicts in the country. Mao who was campaigning in Kalangala explained that the tribunal would ensure that Kalangala residents will reclaim their land, which was allegedly …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Independent presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleta has pledged to give free titles to all persons holding land in Rwenzori Region to end land grabbing.  Addressing voters in Kasese on Sunday, Kabuleta blamed most of the land conflicts in the region, which often result in deaths on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Independent candidate Nancy Linda Kalembe aims to stop land grabbing, to improve Uganda’s economy. According to Kalembe, due to land grabbing in Uganda, people cannot produce goods and contribute to the economy, have collateral to business or merge with others who have the human and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 families in three sub-counties neighboring the contested Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district are living in fear that their ancestral land could be grabbed by Hoima Sugar Limited if the company wins the battle to destroy Bugoma forest reserve for sugarcane …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of Kampala Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has warned of the growing menace of government officials grabbing church land. Speaking at the 54th Anniversary Day of Kampala Archdiocese on Sunday at Rubaga Cathedral, Archbishop Lwanga said lessons should be learnt from past governments …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential aspirant, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu says that the demolition of a church in Ndeeba should be an eye-opener to religious leaders in the country to speak up against injustices like land grabbing across the country. His comments came up just a day after the demolition …