Tag Archives: Ministry of Lands

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents neighboring the contested Bugoma forest reserve in Kikuube district are protesting the ongoing boundary exercise. In November last year, the government through the Ministry of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development and the National Forestry Authority-NFA started opening the boundaries of Bugoma central forest reserve. …

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 …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban development and National Forestry Authority-NFA has again resumed the process of reopening the boundary of Bugoma forest reserve. This is the third time government is attempting to reopen the forest boundary. In November last year, the …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has disbursed 11 Billion shillings for the second phase of land compensation in Lakang sub county, Amuru district. Michael Lakony, the Amuru LCV chairperson says that the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development wired eleven billion shillings to the bank accounts of …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands and the National Forestry Authority-NFA have resumed the boundary reopening of Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district. In November last year, the government through the Ministry of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development embarked on the long-awaited reopening of the Bugoma …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) has tasked officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to explain why streetlights in many urban centres and cities are non-functional. The committee chaired by Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, Bardege-Layibi Division MP was on Wednesday, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands will cancel the second title that is registered in the names of Nabisunsa Girls School. This is after realizing that the school had two freehold land titles registered in its name, which sparked a row between the school and the Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Lands, Mario Obiga Kania wants all the district land boards in the Bunyoro sub-region probed for alleged corruption. The minister who is currently in Bunyoro on a working visit says that he has established that several officials in the various land …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A ten year urban physical development plan for Kitgum municipality is in the final phase of approval at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development according to municipal officials. Kitgum municipality with three divisions of Pager, Central and Pandwong last developed it’s physical development …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministerial zonal offices in Wakiso and Luwero district are the most problematic land offices in Uganda according to Lands Minister Beti Olive Kamya. Since 2015, the Ministry of Lands has upgraded 23 land offices into ministerial zonal offices, a move aimed at taking services …