Florence Namayanja, the Masaka City Mayor says the urban local government is working out guidelines that will help in aligning the boda boda industry as one of the approaches towards maintaining the general order.
The canceled land title is located on Elgin Road in Masaka Town; measuring measures 2.17 acres whose ownership has been under dispute between Masaka City Council and the family of late Francis Kakumba which also claims to have acquired the same land in 2011.
The investigation comes a week, after a bitter fallout between the City Mayor Florence Namanyaja and area Members of Parliament who resisted the takeover of the Masaka Children Park by a private developer.
In the two conflicting petitions submitted to the Parliament Committee on Local Government and Public Service, the leaders indicate that they are operating in uncertainty over a protracted dispute on the management of physical assets in their areas.
Dr. Abed Bwanika, the Kimanya-Kabonera division Member of parliament and Chairperson of the Masaka City Roads Committee, revealed that he has received numerous complaints from people who were forced to pay significant sums of money before having their physical development plans approved for construction.
Maria Nambooze, one of the vendors dealing in Matooke says the upper floor of the market has a poor ventilation system, which renders it uncomfortable for business.
Wamala is accused of undertaking construction works that deviate from the approved plans by the building committee hence causing substantial damage to the open green space, measuring about 2 acres.
Rogers Buregyeya, the Chairperson of the Finance and Administration sectoral committee accuses the technical staff of deliberately frustrating the work of his committee by declining to attend any of its statutory meetings despite being served with formal invitations.
The committee which is chaired by Dr Abed Bwanika, the Kimanya-Kabonera Division Member of Parliament has instructed the City Physical Planning and Law Enforcement departments to ban parcelling and sale of small plots of land, as well as the creation of roads that are not catered for in the city design.
According to Nakafeero some of the land titles are only in photocopies while several others can't be traced completely and are currently occupied by private individuals who claim to have lawfully obtained them from the former Municipal council leaders.
Charles Kwewayo Kiyimba, an opinion leader and landlord in Masaka city, says that the traditional urban centre has gradually been losing its civility, shared values and unique humane character that best described the people living in it.
Engineer Flavia Bwire, the Executive Secretary of NBRB, who inaugurated the committee indicated that it is charged with ensuring effective enforcement of the National Building Control Act of 2013, which is aimed at guiding proper structural development and construction of buildings in the country.
Florence Namayanja, Masaka City Mayor together with security and the technical teams, condemned the leadership of the association for abusing the agreement granted to them to manage the taxi industry on behalf of the City Council.
Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament who also doubles the Nyendo-Mukungwe Division MP in Masaka city faulted the government for what he describes as inefficiencies, which may lead to misuse of program funds.
Godfrey Bemanyisa, the Masaka City Clerk, says that the current arrangement is inconveniencing them hence the need to put all administration offices under one building to ease coordination of services and staff.
The Masaka City Roads Committee has unanimously resolved to formally petition the Inspector General of Government-IGG to investigate the two officials for alleged abuse of offices and corruption.
