Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court sitting in Hoima has summoned a Swiss businessman David Ferdinand Heimhofer and his Ugandan girlfriend Mariam Kajumba to file a defense against accusations of putting an illegal caveat on land belonging to Testimony Motors Uganda. The said land worth 5 million Dollars …
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Kole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Widows in Lango have accused Cultural leaders in Lango of mismanaging land disputes. They say the leaders have tended to side with individuals seeking to dispossess them of customary land. The widows sounded the alarm during a meeting held in Ayer sub-county in Kole District. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, has been tasked to follow up the case in which the Minister of Internal Affairs, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, is accused of grabbing a government stock farm in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District. This followed a matter of national …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Presidential Taskforce on Land Matters and Environment headed by Brig. Moses Lukyamuzi has no power to either investigate or detain suspects accused of crimes related to land or the environment. A statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit says that Brig. Lukyamuzi as …
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Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six people have been confirmed dead and 11 others severely injured in separate attacks by unknown assailants in the contested Apaa Township claimed by both Adjumani and Amuru districts. The attacks according to information URN obtained happened between Thursday and Saturday in …
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Why the president and chief justice are making a mistake of trying to resolve commercial disputes using ethnic lenses THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The Chief Justice, Owiny Dollo, was quoted in Daily Monitor raising alarm bells on the problem of “land grabbing” in Acholi region. “I told him,” Dollo …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Experts have called for implementing regional and continental land policies and conventions to address unfolding cross-border conflicts involving dwindling pastoral resources in Africa. The call was made on Thursday at the 2023 Conference on Land Policy in Africa at the African Union (AU) headquarters …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a heated protest on Sunday evening, hundreds of residents stormed the Lira Kato Sub County offices in Agago district, destroying 59 concrete markers owned by the National Forestry Authority (NFA). These markers were intended for placement within an area claimed to be part …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has ruled that beneficiaries of a deceased person’s estate are free to sell their interests in land without seeking the consent of those with the letters of administration. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, the Court ruled …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered Uganda Land Commission (ULC) to compensate the family of the late Sir Apollo Kaggwa for having fraudulently and illegally subdivided their land measuring 14. 31 acres in Munyonyo. This decision was delivered by Land Division Judge Alexandra …
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