Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents who encroached into the land that belongs to Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) declined to give room for the rehabilitation of the railway line. In 2020, before the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) was undertaken, URC signed a contract with the Spanish contractor Imathia Construction to …
Read More »Headteacher arrested for mortgaging gov’t school land title
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero District have arrested a former head teacher of Wobulenzi Public Primary School, which is a government institution in Wobulenzi Town Council, for allegedly using the school land titles to secure a questionable loan of 100 million shillings. The suspect has been …
Read More »Mukono mother, son sentenced to 3 years for hacking neighbour in land fight
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Mukono has sentenced a mother with her son to three years in prison for attempted murder contrary to Section 204 of the Penal Code Act (PCA). The convicts, Suz Isaale, 68 years, and her son Patrick Ssembatya, 37 years …
Read More »Buyende land now a ‘hot cake’ ahead of building Uganda’s nuclear power plant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has warned residents of Buyende District to desist from hurried sale of their land to speculators who are targeting securing it before the sh34 trillion nuclear energy power plant project set for 2031 is built. Government identified …
Read More »Govt finally gives Bunyangabu bona fide occupants land titles
Kibito, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the ministry of lands has handed over certificate of titles to more than 5,000 residents of Bunyangabu district. Government in 2009 and 2022 purchased block 44 plot 2 in Kibito Town Council and block 32 plot 1 in Nyakigumba respectively from the …
Read More »Gov’t hands over title of contested land in Jinja city to UMSC
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government on Friday handed over a land title of 4.2 acres to the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC. The land is located along Mvule Crescent, in South Division, Jinja City, The contested land was donated to the Muslim community in the Busoga sub-region through a …
Read More »Muni University demands Barifa forest land for expansion
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at Muni University have appealed to the government to donate part of the land hosting Arua Central Forest Reserve, commonly known as Barifa Forest for expansion. The University’s acting Vice-Chancellor, Associate Professor Simon Anguma Katrini says that additional land is needed to facilitate the …
Read More »Son beheads father over land in Namisindwa
Namisindwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Namisindwa were gripped with shock on Friday when 24-year old man identified only as Wetaya slashed off his father’s head in a land wrangle. The deceased has been identified as Wilson Masai, aged 70 years of and a resident of Bumakuma village Buwatuwa …
Read More »NSSF: Minister Amongi blocks UGX 400Bn fraudulent land purchase
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Gender, Betty Amongi has said that she blocked purchase of land in Nakigalala due to variance in costs. Amongi told the select committee investigating the operations of the National Social Security Fund-NSSF, that the Fund had requested for 400 billion Shillings while …
Read More »Residential land prices in affluent suburbs of Kampala falls
The residential pipeline activity remains high, with apartment units in Naguru, Kololo and Nakasero coming online in the next 2 years Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residential land prices in Kampala’s affluent suburbs dropped by approximately 10% in the second half of 2022 owing to an increased supply of re-development …
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