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.


Communities Under Siege: New Report Reveals World Bank Failures in Safeguard Compliance and Human Rights Oversight in Tanzania

A decade of displacement: How Uganda’s Oil refinery victims are dying before realizing justice as EACOP secures financial backing to further significant environmental harm.

Carbon Markets Are Not the Solution: The Failed Relaunch of Emission Trading and the Clean Development Mechanism

Govt launches Central Account for Busuulu to protect tenants from evictions

Uganda’s top Lands Ministry official has been arrested and charged with Corruption and Abuse of Office, a significant event that will have far-reaching implications for land governance in the country.

A decade of displacement: How Uganda’s Oil refinery victims are dying before realizing justice as EACOP secures financial backing to further significant environmental harm.

Govt launches Central Account for Busuulu to protect tenants from evictions

Environmentalists raise red flags over plan to expand oil palm fields in Kalangala

Innovative Finance from Canada projects positive impact on local communities.

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
Resource Center
- LAND GRABS AT GUNPOINT REPORT IN KIRYANDONGO DISTRICT
- RESEARCH BRIEF -TOURISM POTENTIAL OF GREATER MASAKA -MARCH 2025
- The Mouila Declaration of the Informal Alliance against the Expansion of Industrial Monocultures
- FORCED LAND EVICTIONS IN UGANDA TRENDS RIGHTS OF DEFENDERS IMPACT AND CALL FOR ACTION
- 12 KEY DEMANDS FROM CSOS TO WORLD LEADERS AT THE OPENING OF COP16 IN SAUDI ARABIA
- PRESENDIANTIAL DIRECTIVE BANNING ALL LAND EVICTIONS IN UGANDA
- FROM LAND GRABBERS TO CARBON COWBOYS A NEW SCRAMBLE FOR COMMUNITY LANDS TAKES OFF
- African Faith Leaders Demand Reparations From The Gates Foundation.