UWA, Kasese farmers resolve to settle 20-year land dispute
UWA evicted the farmers claiming they were encroaching on the park land.Maintaining the land belonged to them, the farmers ran to court in 2009 but the matter has still not been resolved.
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The dispute has seen periodic clashes, some violent, clashing violently since 2001 over the ownership of the land, which is adjacent to Kibaale National Park. (Credit: John B. Thawite)
By NewVision Reporter
Journalists @NewVision
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KASESE - Over 5,000 farmers, evicted some 20 years ago in a land conflict with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in Kasese district, may soon sigh