Nakawa tenants served final eviction notice
Dec 19, 2010
TENANTS at Nakawa and Naguru housing estates have been served the last eviction notice by the Government. They have been told to leave the premises by January 8, 2011.
By Darious Magara
TENANTS at Nakawa and Naguru housing estates have been served the last eviction notice by the Government. They have been told to leave the premises by January 8, 2011.
This is according to the notice dated December 15, issued by the permanent secretary of the local government ministry, John Kashaka.
“This is, therefore, to inform the general public about the progress of the redevelopment project and to issue a final notice to the sitting tenants to vacate the Naguru/Nakawa housing estates by January 8, 2011, to avoid any inconveniences,†Kashaka said.
He added that the final eviction notice was in line with the notices that have been issued by the ministry in the last three years.
Kashaka said the Government had recently engaged contractors to start fencing off the estates, so that they can be handed over to the developer. The fencing of the estates is set to commence by January 9, 2011.
The permanent secretary explained that the Government of Uganda signed an agreement with M/S Opecprime properties Ltd, a Comer Homes Group company, based in the United Kingdom, to re-develop Naguru and Nakawa housing estates into a modern satellite town.
He said the agreement, signed in 2007, will require the developer to provide modern public infrastructure, including roads, piped water, a sewerage system, electricity and other utilities.
Kashaka said the developer would construct 1,750 flats to resettle the sitting tenants.
He said they (the developers) would also build executive apartments, commercial blocks and institutional facilities such as schools, clinics and places of worship, using their own funds.
“In order to pave the way for the redevelopment, the Ministry of Local Government has undertaken a number of activities to facilitate the smooth hand-over of the site,†the notice said.
It also said the ministry set up a tribunal in August, which attended to tenants complaints and later signed a memorandum of understanding with them.
The memorandum of understanding offers the tenants the first opportunity to buy and own the new flats at a subsidised price upon completion of the construction.
It has not been established how much the flats will cost.
TENANTS at Nakawa and Naguru housing estates have been served the last eviction notice by the Government. They have been told to leave the premises by January 8, 2011.
This is according to the notice dated December 15, issued by the permanent secretary of the local government ministry, John Kashaka.
“This is, therefore, to inform the general public about the progress of the redevelopment project and to issue a final notice to the sitting tenants to vacate the Naguru/Nakawa housing estates by January 8, 2011, to avoid any inconveniences,†Kashaka said.
He added that the final eviction notice was in line with the notices that have been issued by the ministry in the last three years.
Kashaka said the Government had recently engaged contractors to start fencing off the estates, so that they can be handed over to the developer. The fencing of the estates is set to commence by January 9, 2011.
The permanent secretary explained that the Government of Uganda signed an agreement with M/S Opecprime properties Ltd, a Comer Homes Group company, based in the United Kingdom, to re-develop Naguru and Nakawa housing estates into a modern satellite town.
He said the agreement, signed in 2007, will require the developer to provide modern public infrastructure, including roads, piped water, a sewerage system, electricity and other utilities.
Kashaka said the developer would construct 1,750 flats to resettle the sitting tenants.
He said they (the developers) would also build executive apartments, commercial blocks and institutional facilities such as schools, clinics and places of worship, using their own funds.
“In order to pave the way for the redevelopment, the Ministry of Local Government has undertaken a number of activities to facilitate the smooth hand-over of the site,†the notice said.
It also said the ministry set up a tribunal in August, which attended to tenants complaints and later signed a memorandum of understanding with them.
The memorandum of understanding offers the tenants the first opportunity to buy and own the new flats at a subsidised price upon completion of the construction.
It has not been established how much the flats will cost.