Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bwera LCI in Kyangwali sub county, Kikuube district have killed 40 cows and torched four houses belonging to Pastor George Baguma from Bwera Miracle church over land wrangles. The more than 500 residents are feuding with the pastor over approximately 300 acres of land …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A decade and half after insurgency ended in Acholi with the defeat of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebels, lasting peace is still being threatened by growing fights over land and the suspicious influx of ‘balalo’ with their unimmunized herds. The post-conflict region is being …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Land wrangles and welfare of the clergy remain the greatest challenges facing Luwero Anglican Diocese as it marks 30 years of existence. On Saturday, Anglicans will congregate at St Mark Cathedral church in Luwero town council to mark 30 years after the diocese was carved out …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A survey report on Kyambogo University land ownership blames the endless land wrangles at the institution on the irregular existence of two separate and active freehold certificates of title. Over the years, Kyambogo University land has been at the center of the dispute involving several interested …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Kasese have accused the office of the RDC for exacerbating land wrangles between the Basongora cattle keepers and Bakonzo cultivators. In August last year, the Kasese RDC Lt. Joe Walusimbi halted all activities on the contested piece of land to prevent conflicts and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party presidential candidate Nobert Mao promised setting up a special tribunal’ to solve land wrangles in Kayunga district. Mao who was addressing residents of Kayunga said that the tribunal will comprise of judges who will determine the rightful owners of land in the …
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Next fight between Kabaka, Museveni? Did President Yoweri Museveni recently summon Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II to a hurried meeting over the rampant land evictions in Buganda? Possibly he did or possibly he did not. What is known is that a meeting took place between them on April 07. …
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VIDEO: Lands Minister Betty Amongi has warned that the increasing land wrangles in the oil rich Hoima district might scare away potential investors in the Albertine region. Her warning follows the increasing cases of land disputes where powerful individuals are allegedly illegally evicting locals without any compensation. The minister is pointing …
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By Julius Odeke A UPDF officer Capt Eliano Franco attached to the Chieftaincy of Production shot and injured one person over land wrangles in Bululu Sub County in Kaberamaido district. The suspect one Capt Eliano moved in company of an LC I chairman and other village mates to the Sub …
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