Tag Archives: land evictions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has banned all land evictions in the country that are carried out without the consent of the Resident City/District Commissioners. In a statement issued by the presidential deputy spokesperson Faruk Kirunda, Museveni said the District Security Committees-DSC which are headed by …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council leaders in Mpigi district have been asked to block illegal land evictions. The Mpigi RDC, Faridah Mayanja says that the village leaders have the powers to stop an eviction from land and destruction of property. She said that it is disturbing for an …

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba has suspended all Buikwe land official activities for three weeks over irregular land transactions. She also wants that a report after the three weeks, and in case any irregularities are found to be made by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of ICT and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi has said that government is not after weakening Buganda in the yet to be introduced amendments to the land laws. Speaking on Thursday at the Uganda Media Centre, Baryomunsi said the government is just concerned about the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has defended the appointment of former Mityana Woman Member of Parliament, Judith Nabakooba as Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. In his new Cabinet announced on Tuesday, Museveni appointed Nabakooba as Lands Minister replacing Beti Olive Kamya. Nabakooba, formerly serving as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fight against land evictions has dominated the parliamentary campaigns in Nakasongola district. The majority of residents in the Nakasongola district are tenants on land owned by absentee landlords and public land. Several residents have faced evictions from landlords to pave way for the establishment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anybody evicting people from land during the Covid-19 lockdown is nothing but an enemy of the state and will be treated as such, the Security Minister General Elly Tuwmine and his Lands counterpart, Beti Kamya have warned. They were speaking at the government owned …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administrator of the contested land in Lusanja Wakiso District has denied selling the land to its claimants. Paul Katabazi Bitarabeho told court that his sister; Chrispa Bitarabeho illegally sold off some land in Wakiso and land comprising plots 206 and 671 at Sekanyonyi …