20,000 people to be compensated for encroaching on railway land

“It’s true that railway land has been encroached on and a resettlement action plan exercise was undertaken to identify the project-affected persons of the current line and the total comes to 20,000 project-affected persons,” Wakasenza said.

URC acting managing director David Bulega said PAPS have to be compensated as per the bank policy and that a fraction of the loan funds would be withheld if they are not given their fair share.