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Police in Amuru launch land rights awareness campaign

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Amuru district have started land rights and usage awareness campaigns. The campaigns include community policing on land laws, rights, documentation processes, and peaceful conflict-solving mechanisms. They are carrying out the initiative with support from REDEEM International, a rights group operating in Gulu …

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‘We are being victimized for our work,’ says AFIEGO director

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) director, Dickens Kamugisha says they are being targeted for their work on land rights and environment. He says while the organization is operating within the law, some individuals in government are working hard to silence it from raising …

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DP to defend rights of property owners along crude oil pipeline route

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party has announced plans to join the fight to defend the rights of property owners along the crude oil pipeline route. The US$3.5 billion oil pipeline project that runs through more than 10 districts stretches from Uganda’s Albertine region to Tanzania’s seaport of Tanga. …

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