HOIMA, KIKUUBE EVICTION VICTIMS GET RELIEF, GOVERNMENT TO COMPENSATE LANDLORDS

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In Hoima/Kikuube—

Government through the Uganda Land Fund is to start compensating big landlords that have been threatening to evict sitting tenants from their land in the districts of Hoima and Kikuube.

This was disclosed by Persis Namuganza the state Minister for Lands while meeting district officials from both districts, Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Officials and other big Landlords at the Hoima District Headquarters.

The Minister who was sent by the President says this process is aimed at solving long standing land wrangles that have existed between landlords and the sitting tenants.

She says that once the landlords are compensated, tenants would be issued with customary land certificates noting that special consideration would be given to tenants who have customarily lived on the land.

According to Namuganza, the exercise will kick off on Wednesday next week with surveying of the said land in question by the Ministry’s Principal Land Surveyor so that they can be able to ascertain the size of land to be compensated.

The Minister says first priority will be given to Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom on its land at Nyamirima Estate in Kyabigambire Sub-County Hoima District and Rwengambi hunting ground in Kabwoya Sub-County Kikuube District and before rolling out to cater for other landlords.

Both lands are measuring over 100 square miles.

Ronald Mwesigwa the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Chairperson land board welcomed the initiative adding that it is a good thing for the people of Bunyoro to be given land titles on the land they are sitting on.

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