North land owners seek
Oct 28, 2007
OWNERS of land where Internally Displaced People’s Camps (IDPs) are located in the north are demanding compensation for illegal occupation and loss of income.
By Josephine Maseruka
OWNERS of land where Internally Displaced People’s Camps (IDPs) are located in the north are demanding compensation for illegal occupation and loss of income.
A World Bank study found that land owners, where army detachments were located, also want compensation. The study conducted in Lango and Acholi regions revealed that 73% of the respondents supported the demand for compensation.
Landowners in the war-torn northern Uganda argue that unauthorised occupation of their land by IDP and the army breached their rights.
They are also demanding compensation for loss of income that would have accrued from their land. They said the land was degraded.
The minister for disaster preparedness, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, has, however, ruled out compensation.
“Landlords’ demands are unrealistic as the landlords have instead benefited from the IDPs. It would not be fair to compensate them because the people only rushed to various pieces of land at different centres due to disaster caused by the Lord’s resistance Army (LRA) rebels since 1986,†the report quotes him as saying.
OWNERS of land where Internally Displaced People’s Camps (IDPs) are located in the north are demanding compensation for illegal occupation and loss of income.
A World Bank study found that land owners, where army detachments were located, also want compensation. The study conducted in Lango and Acholi regions revealed that 73% of the respondents supported the demand for compensation.
Landowners in the war-torn northern Uganda argue that unauthorised occupation of their land by IDP and the army breached their rights.
They are also demanding compensation for loss of income that would have accrued from their land. They said the land was degraded.
The minister for disaster preparedness, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, has, however, ruled out compensation.
“Landlords’ demands are unrealistic as the landlords have instead benefited from the IDPs. It would not be fair to compensate them because the people only rushed to various pieces of land at different centres due to disaster caused by the Lord’s resistance Army (LRA) rebels since 1986,†the report quotes him as saying.