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Kyagulanyi condemns rampant land grabbing in greater Luwero

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform Party President Robert Kyagulanyi has condemned rampant land grabbing which has left many people landless in the Greater Luwero districts. The matter was first raised by area Members of Parliament Brenda Nabukenya, Luttamaguzi Ssemakula and Allan Mayanja during a rally held …

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Clerics condemn rampant land grabbing in Luwero

  Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslim leaders in Luwero have condemned the ongoing land grabbing which has left hundreds of tenants crying foul. According to the Police crime report, Luwero District registered the highest number of cases of malicious damages to property in 2022 after 172 cases were …

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Gov’t to avail 22,000 land titles to Kikuube residents

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to avail 22,000 land titles to Kikuube residents at a reduced cost to combat the escalating land grabbing cases in the district. The initiative to be implemented by the Lands, Housing and Urban Development Ministry and funded by the World Bank …

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Buhaguzi East MP on the spot for alleged land grabbing

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stephen Aseera, the Buhaguzi East Member of Parliament in Kikuube district is on the spot for alleged land grabbing. The MP is accused together with Charles Ochaki Nyabongo and Job Muhumuza, of illegally processing a joint title for 127 hectares of land covering three villages …

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IGAD to develop joint strategy against rampant land conflicts

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), is developing a joint strategy against the rampant land-grabbing cases in the East and Horn of Africa. The strategy will be unveiled at a Conference in Kampala next week, which is organized by IGAD and the International Development Law …

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1,500 families in Kikuube district face forceful eviction

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,500 families from six villages in Kikuube district are facing forceful eviction from their ancestral land. The affected families are located in Ndongo, Kisoba, Kahara, Nyanseke, Nyakabaale, and Hohwa villages, in Kaseeta parish, Kabwoya lower sub-county. The land in question measures 501 hectares …

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Hoima councilors want district land board investigated

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district councilors are demanding investigations into the activities of the district land board. The call follows the escalating cases of land grabbing and the existence of fraudulently acquired land titles in the area. The councilors accuse the members of the board of allegedly conniving with …

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Jinja city officials under probe over illegal sale of school land

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the State House Anti-corruption Unit, alongside their counterparts from the Internal Security Organization-ISO and the Kiira regional police command, have intensified investigations into complaints of land grabbing orchestrated by Jinja city officials. The officers who flagged off their operations with a stakeholders meeting …

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Nabbanja blasts Buliisa land board for conniving with land grabbers

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja is up in arms against Buliisa district land board members for allegedly fueling land grabbing. According to Nabbanja, the land board members connive with land grabbers to conduct illegal and brutal evictions in the district. Addressing the Parish Development Model-PDM coordinators …

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Land grabbing cases surge in Mbale city

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last week, 80-year-old Priscila Nakamya Ouma, a resident of Doko Kasanja I in Mbale City Northern Division lost her home to a private developer. According to Nakamya, the developer fraudulently bought part of her land from her son, Kiiza Kubiita. Nakamya is just one of …

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