Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Forestry Authority-NFA has revealed that there are 703 illegal land titles in different forest reserves. According to Stuart Maniraguha, the Acting Executive Director of NFA, the discoveries were made between last month and the beginning of August during the process to ascertain the …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four land titles are missing from the Lands inventory at Mbarara district headquarters, the auditor’s report has revealed. These missing titles comprise Kamukuzi land measuring 10 hectares, Unicef Land, Kakyeka Stadium land, and Bwizibwera land measuring 110 acres. David Muhwezi, the Chief Administrative Officer of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Committee for Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) urged the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to expedite the processing of land titles for project-affected persons (PAPs) nationwide. During an interaction with a team from UNRA, led by Eng. Samuel Muhoozi, the …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU) has revealed that individuals are voluntarily surrendering land titles that were fraudulently acquired in Lira City and District. In March 2022, the unit launched investigations of the acquisition of land in Lira City following the arrest of a senior …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Land Board (BLB) and FIDA Uganda are joining hands to help women in the central region acquire full rights to their land. The two entities announced as they unveiled a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together. The programme is set to begin rolling …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to avail 22,000 land titles to Kikuube residents at a reduced cost to combat the escalating land grabbing cases in the district. The initiative to be implemented by the Lands, Housing and Urban Development Ministry and funded by the World Bank …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Catholic church has urged the Ministry of Education and Sports to stop asking for land titles for schools established on their land across the country. The leaders at the Catholic secretariat in the education commission made the remarks on Monday afternoon while meeting members …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amlan Tumusiime, the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner has petitioned Sam Mayanja, the State Minister for Lands, about the issuance of fraudulently acquired land titles. In his petition dated October 24, 2022, the RDC contends that the current situation of land eviction threats in the district …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 families from six villages in Kikuube district, have petitioned Judith Nabakoba, the Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development to intervene and revoke three different land titles that have been fraudulently acquired. The affected residents are from the villages of Ndongo, Kisoba, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have called on the law enforcement authorities to consider arresting officers in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development who issue land titles in wetlands. MPs who sit on the Committee on Climate Change said this will quicken the process of reclaiming wetlands …
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