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
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By witnessradio.org Team A magistrate court in Mubende district has charged witnessradio.org‘s member Nantubiro Grace with murder and aggravated robbery before being remanded to Kaweeri prison. Nantubiro who’s the in-charge of civic engagement and
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Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda greets Chris Baryomunsi who represented the Lands minister Betty Amongi at Gulu state lodge on December 7. Looking on is Ms Grace Kwiyucwiny, Northen Uganda State Minister. PHOTO BY
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Kampala. The Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters has directed for a fresh boundary opening on various plots of land on Block 185 in Namavundu, Namugongo to establish the right owner of the contested land.
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The Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into land matters, Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, at one of the public hearings. PHOTO BY RACHEL MABALA The High Court has quashed the order by the Commission of
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In one of the most heart-rending revelations, a senior registrar of titles at the ministry of Lands, has admitted masterminding a fraudulent land transaction in which she created and issued a fake special certificate
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Kampala. The 500 families facing imminent eviction from land in Seeta–Miggo and Nkwale in Mityana District were not given an opportunity to buy the land for themselves or compensated before the family of the late
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By witnessradio.org team Its a 3rd anniversary of no action since the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural and Social Rights (CESCR) called on the government of Uganda with immediate effect to ensure
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Masaka. At least 700 residents in two villages in Kyesiiga Sub-county, Masaka District, have up to January to look for alternative land for settlement or else be evicted. The residents say they have settled on
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Kampala. Rice farmers in Butaleja District have petitioned the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters seeking to block prominent businessman Malik Koire, Mr Kadri Hifude and some police officers from utilising the contested land where
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By witnessradio.org Team It was supposed to act as a guideline to what is accepted in society including recognizing land tenure systems, directing land access, ownership and land use. Twenty years down the road,
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By witnessradio.org team Lydia Nakawunde was only seven years when government evicted thousands of people 18 years ago to pave way for coffee growing by German-firm Kaweeri coffee factory. Memories of men in Ugandan
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Mityana. The Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters has halted the eviction of more than 2,000 families from four villages in two sub-counties in Mityana District pending investigations into ownership disputes. During a fact-finding
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A Court of Appeal judge has in a no-holds-barred missive exposed the rot in courts and Judiciary, offered evidence on how judges connive with land grabbers, and lashed out at what she called the
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The Kampala Catholic Archdiocese has strongly denied accusations that it’s trying to fraudulently take over Ntinda nursery and primary school land located in Ntinda in Nakawa division. The Universal Primary Education (UPE) school based
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State Minister for Water Ronald Kibuule has been named before the land inquiry for backing eviction of hundreds of families from a 488-acre land comprising three villages in Nama Sub-county, Mukono District. Lawyer Peter
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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
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One of the most contested issues underlying land disputes is the concept of a kibanja, which was introduced in Buganda land system in 1928. Since 1975, people have been moving on registered land without
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Cross Culture Foundation of Uganda’s Fredrick Nsibambi addresses the media flanked by Joel Cox Ojuko of Equal Opportunity Commission at Media Centre in Kampala. Photo by Ramadhan Abbey The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) and
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Probed. State Minister for Lands Persis Namuganza Kampala. A minister on Tuesday questioned the usefulness and work methods of the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire-led Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters, and said the commissioners need to
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Minister Onek appears before the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO BY EPHRAIM KASOZI KAMPALA- The Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters has asked Refugees minister Hilary Onek and ex-Tooro Kingdom
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On duty. Justice Catherine Bamugemereire and other members of the land probe commission inspect a wetland in Luzira, Kampala, on June 13. PHOTO BY EPHRAIM KASOZI Authorities at the ongoing Commission of Inquiry into
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Arrested. The UETCL Principal Environment Officer, Mr John Othieno (centre), appears before the land probe in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO by EPHRAIM KASOZI KAMPALA: The Commission of Inquiry into land matters has blocked payment of
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RUKUNGIRI. Residents of Kikarara Parish in Bwambara Sub-county have asked government to reverse a plan to evict them from a piece of land, which is claimed to be part of Queen Elizabeth National Park in
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Former State minister for Economic Monitoring Henry Banyenzaki. Kampala- Former State minister for Economic Monitoring Henry Banyenzaki and businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba have been named among individuals and companies owning land titles in a central forest
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LUWEERO- Dozens of people that live in fear of being evicted from a 125-acre piece of land that was sold to government by Mr Pius Bigirimana, the Ministry of Gender Permanent Secretary, have camped at
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Interrogated. The acting director of geology in the Energy ministry, Mr Zachary Baguma (right), with his lawyer Geoffrey Ojok before the land probe commission yesterday. PHOTO BY BY EPHRAIM KASOZI Kampala. A senior government official
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Probe. Justice Catherine Bamugemereire (left), the head of the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters, and other members of the commission, listen to an official from the Nakaseke District land office at a public
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By witnessradio.org Team, “…Land in Uganda belongs to the citizens of Uganda and shall vest in them in accordance with the land tenure systems provided for in this Constitution…” states article 237 of the
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Entebbe Municipal Council town clerk, Charles Magumba The Commission of Inquiry into land matters detained the Entebbe Municipal Council town clerk, Charles Magumba over Isimba hydropower dam double compensation claims. Magumba is one of
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In a public hearing conducted at the Archives and Records Centre in Nakasero, the commission was stunned by the incredible story of how a 24-year old was paid excess of over sh1b. The land
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UGANDA: The Justice Catherine Bamugemereire ongoing judicial inquiry into land matters has as expected generated multi-dimensional controversies with some people, especially those in the financial sector, lawyers in private practice, and some beneficiaries accusing
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Lands minister Betty Amongi has today appeared before the Commission of Inquiry into land matters for the second time to answer questions regarding Asian property dispute and management of the land fund. Ms Amongi
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The executive director of the National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) James Saaka has come under the spotlight before the Land Probe Commission over the Shs 402 million he received from the Land Fund.
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President Museveni has extended the term of the Commission of Inquiry into land matters by at least 18 months following the expiry of its term on May 9, 2018. In December 2016, Museveni appointed
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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
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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
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By witnessradio.org Team On March 14th, 2018, the Land Inquiry Commission opened investigations into violent land eviction of indigenous communities from former government ranches in Kiryandongo district and directed immediate halt of evictions until
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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,
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By witnessradio.org Team Hundreds of natives under Nyamalebe Landless Association who were settled by the government on government former ranches in Kiryandongo district have petitioned Land Inquiry Commission accusing police and office of the
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