Nakawa, Naguru tenants get eviction deadline
Nov 02, 2010
TENANTS of the Nakawa and Naguru housing estates in Kampala have been given two months to vacate the place.
By Darious Magara
TENANTS of the Nakawa and Naguru housing estates in Kampala have been given two months to vacate the place.
John Kashaka, the permanent secretary of the local government ministry, yesterday told the tenants that the estate would soon be re-developed into a satellite town.
He said this at Kembabazi Catering Centre in Naguru while handing over memorandums of understanding to tenants who signed agreements with the Government to give them priority to benefit from the re-developed housing units.
Kashaka said the exercise, which started on Monday, will last up to Friday.
He added that the President had directed that the plan be rolled out quickly.
Mohammed Mulindwa, the Comer Group Uganda chief operations officer, said Opec Prime Properties, a UK-based firm, would undertake the redevelopment.
He said the satellite city, with houses for middle-income earners and a business district, would cost over $300m (about sh686b).
According to Mulindwa, the bona fide tenants would buy low-cost flats.
The estates, which occupy 66 hectares, have 1,750 dilapidated housing units, which have been condemned by Kampala City Council.
Meanwhile, the Naguru-Nakawa tribunal will wind up work of establishing the right tenants on Friday, Tom Matte, the chairman, said.
TENANTS of the Nakawa and Naguru housing estates in Kampala have been given two months to vacate the place.
John Kashaka, the permanent secretary of the local government ministry, yesterday told the tenants that the estate would soon be re-developed into a satellite town.
He said this at Kembabazi Catering Centre in Naguru while handing over memorandums of understanding to tenants who signed agreements with the Government to give them priority to benefit from the re-developed housing units.
Kashaka said the exercise, which started on Monday, will last up to Friday.
He added that the President had directed that the plan be rolled out quickly.
Mohammed Mulindwa, the Comer Group Uganda chief operations officer, said Opec Prime Properties, a UK-based firm, would undertake the redevelopment.
He said the satellite city, with houses for middle-income earners and a business district, would cost over $300m (about sh686b).
According to Mulindwa, the bona fide tenants would buy low-cost flats.
The estates, which occupy 66 hectares, have 1,750 dilapidated housing units, which have been condemned by Kampala City Council.
Meanwhile, the Naguru-Nakawa tribunal will wind up work of establishing the right tenants on Friday, Tom Matte, the chairman, said.