US, Iran investors eye Nsambya Police land
Jul 06, 2006
THE US, Iran and South African investors want to buy the land where Nsambya Police Barracks is located, a top official said this week.
By David Muwanga
THE US, Iran and South African investors want to buy the land where Nsambya Police Barracks is located, a top official said this week.
“Before I came here, the former Inspector General of Police Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala had received applications from the National Social Security Fund and National Housing and Construction Company,†Gen. Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General of Police, said.
Kayihura said the Police wants to improve accommodation facilities but lacked funds to build and repair old ones.
“A study is being carried out to see how an investor can build modern houses for the Police in exchange for land,†he said. The IGP stressed that the land had not yet been given away since the study was still incomplete.
“Only that developers have expressed interest,†Kayihura said on Wednesday.
Recently, the Government has allocated land in Kampala to various investors, including that occupied by Shimoni Demonstration School and the former premises that housed the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation TV in Nakasero.
Part of the Luzira Prisons land has also been allocated to 17 investors for various projects.
But the Uganda Investment Authority wants the whole Prisons relocated so that all its 488 acres prime land is given to investors.
THE US, Iran and South African investors want to buy the land where Nsambya Police Barracks is located, a top official said this week.
“Before I came here, the former Inspector General of Police Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala had received applications from the National Social Security Fund and National Housing and Construction Company,†Gen. Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General of Police, said.
Kayihura said the Police wants to improve accommodation facilities but lacked funds to build and repair old ones.
“A study is being carried out to see how an investor can build modern houses for the Police in exchange for land,†he said. The IGP stressed that the land had not yet been given away since the study was still incomplete.
“Only that developers have expressed interest,†Kayihura said on Wednesday.
Recently, the Government has allocated land in Kampala to various investors, including that occupied by Shimoni Demonstration School and the former premises that housed the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation TV in Nakasero.
Part of the Luzira Prisons land has also been allocated to 17 investors for various projects.
But the Uganda Investment Authority wants the whole Prisons relocated so that all its 488 acres prime land is given to investors.