Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has tasked beneficiaries of the Shs10.6 billion land compensation to put their bribery allegations against Uganda Land Commission chairperson, in writing. Representatives from the Kosia Rwabukurukuru family told legislators on the Committee that Beatrice Byenkya Nyakaisiki …
Read More »Nabbanja pleads with Museveni to intervene in Byenkya’s saga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has pleaded with the president to intervene in the affairs of the embattled Uganda Land Commission-ULC chairperson, Beatrice Byenkya Nyakaisiki. According to Nabbanja, Byenkya is innocent and is being fought by some powerful individuals in the government who want to …
Read More »Beti Kamya did not sanction ULC chairperson prosecution: Deputy IG
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Government (IGG) Beti Olive Kamya did not sanction the prosecution of Uganda Land Commission-ULC Chairperson Beatrice Nyakaisiki Byenkya, according to officials from the Inspectorate of Government (IG). The issue came up during an interface between legislators and officials from the Inspectorate who appeared …
Read More »Parliament clears compensation of Ndeeba church, Lusanja land owners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has cleared the payment of 17.7 Billion Shillings to six landowners. The Adhoc committee on land compensation led by Veronica Eragu Bichetero has been investigating the compensation of property owners by the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development in Bunyoro and Buganda regions. The …
Read More »Land Commission fails to account for land compensation for the past 18 months
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Land Commission-ULC is unable to give an account of people they have compensated for the last 18 months. This is after the Adhoc committee investigating land compensation tasked the Land Commission to provide a detailed list of the people they compensated overtime. However, the …
Read More »Minister Namuganza blames Amongi, Byenkya for land mess
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Lands Persis Namuganza has accused former Land Minister Betty Amongi and Land Commission chairperson Beatrice Byenkya of interfering in her work, and leading to the reported current mess in the lands sector She has attributed the mess in land compensation to management style …
Read More »Land commission chair unveils rot in compensation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Land Commission (ULC) chairperson Beatrice Byenkya Nyakaisiki has decried gross corruption and irregularities in land compensation in the country. Byenkya was on Thursday appearing before the Adhoc committee of Parliament investigating compensation in relation to land in Ndeeba on which a Church …
Read More »Gov’t officials top land grabbers list –Land Commission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government officials are at the centre of grabbing public land across the country. This is according to the chairperson of the Uganda Land Commission, Beatrice Byenkya Nyakaisiki. Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Byenkya who has been in the position since …
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