By witnessradio.org Team Mubende district resident Judge Joseph Murangira has recused himself from a hearing case involving 28 land rights defenders among others. The 28 human rights defenders were arrested and charged with nine

By witnessradio.org  Team A case in which Kaweeri Coffee Plantation Limited is accused of dispossessing 11.6 square mile piece of land for over 2000 inhabitants in Mubende district for a coffee plantation and factory

By witnessradio.org Team Less than two decades, former Kaweeri Coffee Planation limited evictees who were settled on Block 168, plots 22 and 23 Kanseera word, East Division, Mubende district are being evicted again by

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

Extracted from the Independent , January, 2012. As people celebrate Christmas, it is a luxury that others can even hardly afford to think about and have spent their last 10 Christmas like that—sad, poor

By witnessradio.org Team as extracted from Author’s report… A very different story was told by the New Forest company sent to audit NFC for the FSC certification of its Namwasa plantation in Mubende. The

By witnessradio.org Team, a Third Series The story of neighbouring Mubende just months later echoes the events of the 2008– 2010 Kiboga evictions. In both cases, the local people believed they had legal claims

By witnessradio.org Team, as extracted from Oxfam report Oxfam research indicated that around 7,400 people were living on the Namwasa plantation and at least 15,191 people on the Luwunga plantation. NFC and government officials

witnessradio.org is running the report in series When the New Forests Company (NFC) was formed in 2004 its management’s aim was for it to become East Africa’s biggest forester. The UK registered company has

By witnessradio.org Team A mother of 8 children whose husband was kidnapped by agents of tree planting company is struggling to feed her children and raise school frees. Since the family land was grab

  Francis Longoli, a small farmer from Kiboga district of central Uganda, is tearful: “I remember my land, three acres of coffee, many trees – mangoes and avocados. I had five acres of bananas, 10

London-based New Forests Company (NFC) would seem to be the design blueprint of how a young modern company should conduct a major land investment in Africa in a responsible way. Oxfam’s investigations reveal, however,

By witnessradio.org Team A new wave targeting small holder farmers in Mubende is on increase as security agencies are aiding companies to grab communities’ land. Natives with bigger pieces of land are targeted with

By witnessradio.org Team Witnessradio.org a non- governmental organization wants Mubende district land board disbanded and immediate investigations into those responsible for the displacement of native communities. The organization says the board is responsible for