Tag Archives: land

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A dispute has arisen between the police in Mbale City Industrial Division and the Mbale District Local Government over land in Malukhu. The disputed land measures half an acre and is located opposite the old Mbale district offices near, the Inzu ya Masaba Cultural …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Lands, Sam Mayanja has ordered the opening of boundaries on the disputed Nkoko-Kayanja land in Kitswamba Sub-County, Kasese district. Mayanja says that the directive is to ensure the issues surrounding the contested land are amicably resolved and people are able …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …