Tuesday , March 19 2024
Home / Tag Archives: land wrangles

Tag Archives: land wrangles

Kikuube residents kill 40 cows over land wrangle

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bwera LCI in Kyangwali sub county, Kikuube district have killed 40 cows and torched four houses belonging to Pastor George Baguma from Bwera Miracle church over land wrangles. The more than 500 residents are feuding with the pastor over approximately 300 acres of land …

Read More »

Land battles, balalo invasion worry Acholi leaders

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A decade and half after insurgency ended in Acholi with the defeat of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebels, lasting peace is still being threatened by growing fights over land and the suspicious influx of ‘balalo’ with their unimmunized herds. The post-conflict region is being …

Read More »

Kyambogo University land has two active titles – Report

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A survey report on Kyambogo University land ownership blames the endless land wrangles at the institution on the irregular existence of two separate and active freehold certificates of title. Over the years, Kyambogo University land has been at the center of the dispute involving several interested …

Read More »

Kasese farmers accuse RDCs of fueling Kabukero land conflict

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Kasese have accused the office of the RDC for exacerbating land wrangles between the Basongora cattle keepers and Bakonzo cultivators. In August last year, the Kasese RDC Lt. Joe Walusimbi halted all activities on the contested piece of land to prevent conflicts and …

Read More »

Mao promises to set up tribunal to solve land wrangles in Kayunga

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party presidential candidate Nobert Mao promised setting up a special tribunal’ to solve land wrangles in Kayunga district. Mao who was addressing residents of Kayunga said that the tribunal will comprise of judges who will determine the rightful owners of land in the …

Read More »

VIDEO: Bunyoro land and the oil curse

VIDEO: Lands Minister Betty Amongi has warned that the increasing land wrangles in the oil rich Hoima district might scare away potential investors in the Albertine region. Her warning follows the increasing cases of land disputes where powerful individuals are allegedly illegally evicting locals without any compensation. The minister is pointing …

Read More »