Tag Archives: land

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Geoffrey Wako, a senior pastor from Live by Faith church in Masese in Jinja district is on the spot for the alleged fraudulent acquisition of land in Buvuma district. Over 100 residents of Kirayita and Galigatya villages in Busamuzi Sub County accuse the pastor of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The physical planning department of Masaka city has prohibited the sale and purchase of plots below dimensions of 50 by 100 meters as a way of regulating infrastructure development in the area. The Physical Planning Act-2010 and its amended version of 2020 gives powers to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has dismissed with costs a petition filed by the Registered Trustees of Africa Muslim Community (Juma Sect) in which they sued Uganda Muslim Supreme Council claiming ownership of the land where Nateete town mosque is constructed. On Friday, Justice Jesse Byaruhanga …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakaseke district authorities are struggling to acquire land for seed schools. The government received a loan from the World Bank through Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer (UgIFT) program for construction of seed secondary schools in selected sub counties in Uganda. At least 115 new seed secondary schools …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The sale of  10,000 acres of land in Amuru district for the establishment of Madhvani sugar factory is at the centre of a fight between Kilak North MP Anthony Akol and Aruu MP Odonga Otto. MPs Otto and Akol fought physically in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Douglas Mutumba, a resident of Namugongo in Wakiso district is a very unhappy over the sudden loss of a significant section of his three-acre piece of land.  Mutumba says the problem began in June this year when a survey firm visited the land to subdivide …

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  |  A couple has dragged the Workers’ MP Dr Sam Lyomoki to court for breach of contract.  In their suit filed before the Land Division of High Court, Vincent Seruma and Monica Elizabeth Seruma, they are suing Lyomoki alongside his wife Margaret Lyomoki Kamondi.   The petitioners …

Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A section of residents forcefully evicted from the contested land in Amujeju village in Kamutur Sub County in Bukedea district are accusing their leaders of fueling conflicts and abetting their eviction. There is a dispute between Kamutur and Kambarwa sub counties on who owns the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister General Kahinda Otafiire has been tasked to explain circumstances under which he took over the ownership of land belonging to Njeru Stock Farm. The 1,099-acre farm located at Bukaya West Village, in Njeru municipality, is one of the government …