Tag Archives: Tenants

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Physical Infrastructure Committee of Parliament have clashed with the State Minister for Housing regarding the consideration of the Landlord and Tenants Bill, 2021. The Bill that seeks to regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants was returned to Parliament by President …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Col. Edith Nakalema, the head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit has ordered Mukono diocese and Buganda Land Board-BLB to carry out a joint verification of tenants on Nakanyonyi church land. The land measuring 426 acres is under contention between the residents, who claim to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Foreign Affairs Ministry has finally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the occupants of Uganda House in Nairobi to pave way for renovations. The renovation works have stalled for five years even after a contractor was identified and funds availed for the …

Masaka, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Moses Kaliisa alias Muto, the proprietor of Muto and Twin-Tower Business Complexes in Masaka Municipality has waived off the rent fees for his tenants affected by the lockdown for the month of March and April, 2020. In a memo sent out to at least …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kyetume trading center in Mukono district have stopped landlords from admitting new tenants following the influx of commercial sex workers. According to the authorities, commercial sex workers have been flocking the trading centers since government designated the inland container depot and bonded warehouse …

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 …

Dakar, Senegal | AFP |  After months of threats from his landlord, visits to the police and a court hearing, Djibril Diagne came home on New Year’s Day to find the water had been cut off. Today, Diagne, his second wife and five children use outdoor taps to wash and cook. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking an interim order to block the mass ground rent collection exercise by the Buganda Land Board. The exercise which was launched on Friday requires all tenants on the Kabaka’s land to pay rent as set by …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Real estate dealers in Uganda were left astonished by the enactment of a new law that banned the payment of rent foreign currencies. The law that will regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants, was passed by parliament last evening amid contention. Paying …

Cabinet reviews the Landlords and Tenants bill Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposed Landlords and Tenants Bill that seeks to repeal the current Rent Restriction Act of 1959 and the Distress for Rent Act of 1933 will soon be tabled after cabinet reviewed it. This was revealed by Lands …