“Under the law, a Kibanja owner is not supposed to buy a plot of land bigger than three acres, is not supposed to establish a long-term investment, long-term investments can only be done by landlords. Bibanja owners only grow food crops like beans, cassava, and potatoes,” Buikwe RDC told the meeting.
Father Mathew Okun Lagoro, the Chairperson Acholi Bur Parish disclosed that because of the short life span of the cassavas they were forced to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Bukoona Agro Processing Industry Limited on May 5th 2019 to buy the cassavas before it rots in the garden.