Byanyima land: Government appeals

Dec 13, 2000

THE GOVERNMENT has appealed against a High Court judgment to evict squatters from Mr. Boniface Byanyima's land.

By Juliet Nankinga THE GOVERNMENT has appealed against a High Court judgment to evict squatters from Mr. Boniface Byanyima's land. The High Court last month ordered the squatters on Byanyima's land to leave and awarded him sh42m in damages for unlawful occupation. The application filed in the High Court by the Attorney General said the squatters are protected by the 1997 Land Act. Justice Moses Mukiibi who presided over the case is to hear the application today. The judge ordered the illegal occupants to vacate the land within 30 days from November 9, the date of judgment. Byanyima sued in 1996 for trespass and damages for loss of land. Ends.

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