Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is set to avail 10,000 land titles to Hoima residents at a reduced cost to combat the escalating land-grabbing cases in the district. The project that is funded by the World Bank will benefit residents in …
Read More »Kabaka to take Lands Minister to court over controversial Kaazi land claims
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, has directed his legal team to take action against the Minister of State for Lands, Dr. Sam Mayanja, over his alleged disregard of court rulings concerning the disputed Kaazi land, which is officially owned by the …
Read More »Kikuube RDC petitions minister over issuance of fraudulent land titles
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amlan Tumusiime, the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner has petitioned Sam Mayanja, the State Minister for Lands, about the issuance of fraudulently acquired land titles. In his petition dated October 24, 2022, the RDC contends that the current situation of land eviction threats in the district …
Read More »Minister reinstates evicted kibanja holder
Mityana , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Lands, Sam Mayanja has directed Anna Namirembe, a Kibanja holder in Mityana district to return to her plot of land where she was evicted after occupying it for the more than four decades. It is alleged that the landlord identified …
Read More »Sango bay oil palm project fails to start over delayed boundary opening
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The oil palm project in Kyotera district has failed to take off due to the delayed boundary opening of Sango Bay land and registration of all Project Affected Persons-PAPs. The project was meant to start in January after compensation of PAPs which had been planned …
Read More »Minister orders cancellation of six freehold land titles in Luwero over fraud
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Lands, Sam Mayanja has ordered the cancellation of six freehold land titles that were fraudulently created on seven square miles belonging to the family of the late Cranmer Kaaya. In 1969, the late Kaaya, a prominent businessman acquired a 49-year lease on …
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