Govt clears 300 landlords
Aug 27, 2006
THE Government has so far bought over 35,000 acres of land from 300 Baganda absentee landlords in Bunyoro.
By Mary Karugaba
THE Government has so far bought over 35,000 acres of land from 300 Baganda absentee landlords in Bunyoro.
A Mubende-Banyoro Committee delegation from Kibaale district, led by chairperson Simon Musoke and secretary general Henry Ford Mirima, who is also Bunyoro-Kitara’s press secretary, on Tuesday said out of 4,000 land titles, the Government had bought only 300.
This was during a meeting with lands minister Daniel Omara Atubo at his office in Kampala.
The delegation demanded that the minister hands over the 300 land titles which were returned by Baganda absentee landlords in 2005.
Mirima said in 2005 the absentee landlords returned over 300 land titles, following the provisions of the 1995 Constitution, where a Land Fund was established to compensate Baganda absentee landlords.
Atubo, flanked by lands state minister Atwooki Kasirivu, said, “I am sorry that this historical long-standing problem of the lost counties has not been solved up to now in spite of the fact that the land fund was established for it.â€
He asked the delegation to select a team to meet him in the next few days to review the problem and find out why it has not been solved up to now.
The delegation also asked the minister why the Ruth Byamukama Commission of Inquiry appointed by President Yoweri Museveni last year, to investigate the land problems in Bunyoro-Kitara, has not yet made recommendations.
Atubo said the Commission of Inquiry falls under the Minister for the Presidency, Beatrice Wabudeya.
THE Government has so far bought over 35,000 acres of land from 300 Baganda absentee landlords in Bunyoro.
A Mubende-Banyoro Committee delegation from Kibaale district, led by chairperson Simon Musoke and secretary general Henry Ford Mirima, who is also Bunyoro-Kitara’s press secretary, on Tuesday said out of 4,000 land titles, the Government had bought only 300.
This was during a meeting with lands minister Daniel Omara Atubo at his office in Kampala.
The delegation demanded that the minister hands over the 300 land titles which were returned by Baganda absentee landlords in 2005.
Mirima said in 2005 the absentee landlords returned over 300 land titles, following the provisions of the 1995 Constitution, where a Land Fund was established to compensate Baganda absentee landlords.
Atubo, flanked by lands state minister Atwooki Kasirivu, said, “I am sorry that this historical long-standing problem of the lost counties has not been solved up to now in spite of the fact that the land fund was established for it.â€
He asked the delegation to select a team to meet him in the next few days to review the problem and find out why it has not been solved up to now.
The delegation also asked the minister why the Ruth Byamukama Commission of Inquiry appointed by President Yoweri Museveni last year, to investigate the land problems in Bunyoro-Kitara, has not yet made recommendations.
Atubo said the Commission of Inquiry falls under the Minister for the Presidency, Beatrice Wabudeya.