Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands has issued new guidelines for investors who want to mortgage government land. Lands Minister Beti Kamya said that cabinet decided that any foreign investor using public land should prove that they have at least 60 percent of the total investment …
Read More »Gov’t starts verification of Tooro kingdom properties
Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started a verification exercise of Tooro Kingdom properties. This comes after President Museveni last year signed a Memorandum of Understanding with King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV to return the kingdom’s properties. Tooro kingdom is demanding its properties from the …
Read More »Lands Ministry intervenes in Masindi land wrangle
Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands has intervened in a wrangle between Uganda Investment Authority-UIA and over 2,000 residents over a contested piece of land in Masindi district. The land measuring approximately 60 square miles is situated in Kimengo sub-county Masindi district. More than 2,000 people …
Read More »Lands Ministry starts opening of Queen Elizabeth National park boundaries
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands and Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) have commenced surveying and opening of boundaries between Katwe-Kabatoro town council and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese district. The exercise started with the validation of the 1952 geodetic reference frames made up of …
Read More »Security Committee investigating land eviction in Kabarole
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabarole district security committee is investigating circumstances under which more than 20 people in Kichwamba sub county, Kabarole district were evicted from a piece of land on Sunday. The 1.7 acre piece of land belongs to Kichwamba sub county. Last year, the district council …
Read More »Gov’t halts land evictions during COVID-19 lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands has halted all kinds of land evictions during the time when the country is on lockdown. This is parts of the interim land management guidelines issued by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to protect the rights and …
Read More »MPs demand Land Fund utilisation report from Minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the committee of Physical Infrastructure have asked the Ministry of Lands to avail a report on how the Land Fund was spent in the 2018/2019 financial year. Led by Kasilo County MP, Elijah Okupa and Butaleja West MP, James …
Read More »Upgrading land information system for Kampala zonal office to start next week
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development will next week start upgrading its Ministerial Zonal Office in Kampala. Upgrading will start from 16th to 20th September in the Department of Survey and Mapping at the zonal offices. The Ministry started the upgrade at …
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