Special Investigative Projects
The program carries out investigations and research on topical issues in the country affecting ordinary Ugandans. The evidence based reports are intended toshape advocacy campaigns for NGOs, inform policy reforms, spur public debate and discussions and and support victims with court evidences among others.
In 2016, witnessradio.org with support from Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA), witnessradio.org commissioned investigations into land evictions and grabbing in Mubende district to understand how much land is grabbed annually, how many families are affected and methods used during evictions.
In January, 2018, witnessradio.org released its shocking findings in a report, revealing that over 1.9m hectares of land had been grabbed in 2016/17 with over 190,000 families were violently evicted; subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment; tortured; facing starvation.


Dwindling number of Africans own land.

Sexual exploitation and violence against women at the root of the industrial plantation model

Business & Human Rights: Industrial Park Development in Buikwe is dispossessing hundreds of Native Families…

U.S. Congress Requires USAID to Create an Accountability Mechanism.

How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review

Trauma and wounds caused by evictions in Kiryandongo still fresh three years down the road…

The World Bank project affected persons have petitioned the court seeking to halt an illegal eviction by capital authority

A tree planting Chinese Company, Formosa Limited in fresh illegal land eviction…

Over 5000 Indigenous Communities evicted in Kiryandongo District

Petition To Land Inquiry Commission Over Human Rights In Kiryandongo District

Invisible victims of Uganda Land Grabs
