By witnessradio.org Team More than 30 local council one (1) chairpersons, land rights defenders and native land owners are languishing in different prisons in both Mubende and Kassanda districts over defending their land rights,

By witnessradio.org Team Faded hope: over 1500 Families that were part of 2,300 violently evicted and their land was dispossessed by Agilis Partners limited, cannot find resettlement as their new home is now Internally

The university’s holdings in developing markets have proved to be more trouble than they’re worth. Fourteen years ago, a Brazilian farmer named Ruthardo Grun says he was terrorized by armed thugs who shot at

President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an inquiry into an appalling land eviction matter in Lusanja Parish in Ssekanyonyi Zone, Nangabo Sub-County Wakiso District where over 70 families were evicted and 350 houses destroyed affecting

The African Development Bank and the FAO form a new strategic alliance that involves joint advocacy and policy advice activities to promote the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems. The African

By witnessradio.org team As witnessradio.org joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Day in support of victims of torture 2018, acts of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment are existing and

By witnessradio.org Team “The government that settled us on 2600 hectares of land is violently evicting us off the land without resettlement or compensation…please honor your words and actions” Nyamalebe landless farmers association members,

By witnessradio.org Team LandevictionsinUganda.witnessradio.org  with more than 2 million smallholder farmers across Uganda believed to have lost their farming land by 2017. Its an initiative of witnessradio.org that monitors, maps, collects, investigates, analyses, visualize

By witnessradio.org Team  The Land Inquiry Commission is to visit Kiryandongo district to undertake an in-depth investigation into the illegal eviction of over 5000 natives from former government ranches in Bunyoro sub region.  The

By witnessradio.org Team Deep in Canan village in Kiryandongo Sub County, land hosting thousands of indigenous communities totaling to 2600 hectares was silently given out to Agilis Partners limited for agribusiness. Agilis partners is

By witnessradio.org Team “I have lived on this land since 1940. It has been a source of our past and current livelihood as a family. My family has houses, graveyards, coffee and banana plantations

By witnessradio.org Team “I was shot in my left arm while attending my class lessons. It took me about 5 minutes to realize that I had been shot at because when we heard gun

By witnessradio.org Team 15 outspoken natives who have been mobilising fellow peers to resist violent evictions targeting their land are facing persecution from Kiryandongo district security committee. The persecution is meant to threaten community

By witnessradio.org Team People under the association known as Nyamalebe Landless Association accuse companies; Agilis Partners Limited and Kiryandongo Sugar Limited of colluding with the police and the office of the Resident District Commissioner

By witnessradio.org Team   “My ten (10) acres of land were taken after I was forcefully paid Uganda Shillings 1,577,500 equivalent to US $ 439. My land has been my occupation for the last

By witnessradio.org Team Following the Petition filed on 14th/March/2018 by witnessradio.org to the Land Inquiry Commission, the commission led by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has halted violent land evictions in Kiryandongo District. The district security committee including Kiryandongo police,

Witnesradio.Org Petitions Land Inquiry Commission To Investigate Violent Eviction Of Over 5000 Families From Former Government Ranches In Bunyoro Sub Region By witnessradio.org Team witnessradio.org is asking the Land Inquiry Commission to expeditiously investigate

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