Fredson Wilson Kakooza, the LCIII Chairperson of Nabiswera sub-county, said that although the sub-county was allocated 49 acres of land by the Buganda Kingdom, currently only 25 acres are remaining after others were sold by the chiefs of the kingdom.
In 2019 President Museveni okayed degazettment of Kyalubanga Forest reserve in Nakasongola district and ordered that land be given to the landless persons in the area.
K P Eswar, the Director of Corporate Affairs at Madhvani Group of Companies told URN Friday that the signing of the lease agreement now gives the company a go ahead to commence works on the land.
Hilary Aliku, Chairperson of the Works and Technical Services Committee, revealed that assessments by both the technical and political committees had justified the initial allocation of UGX 336 million, but inquiries into the increased figures met with no satisfactory explanations.
During the launch, Dorcus Okalany, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Lands, highlighted that the portal would help fight land fraud and save the public from traveling long distances for services.
Patrick Nkalubo, the Sembabule LC V Chairperson, says that the district council has resolved to renew their demands by petitioning the Ministry of Land, Housing, and Urban Development, the Attorney General, and the Ministry of Local Government.
Rwot Acana however noted that the current land registration targeting customary land in the Acholi Sub-region is suspicious since time immemorial, such activities hadn’t been undertaken.
In 1989, President Yoweri Museveni instructed the Ministry of Lands and Surveys to allocate 10 square miles of land to enable them to set income-generating activities and education multi-faced agricultural projects.
Kibirango explains that the veterans acquired the land by forceful occupation in 2016 and later in 2019 forged minutes of the area land committee as well as signatures of land officers to apply for land title.
The petitioners who include Juliet Nakabuye Kakande, the Masaka City Woman MP, Nyendo-Mukungwe and Kimanya-Kabonera divisions Chairpersons, and other lower council leaders.
Dave Khayangayanga, the Director of Housing in the ministry said condominiums remain unattractive and they have lined up different players in the sector including researchers in the housing ecosystem, developers and international players to brainstorm on how to make these more affordable.
Isaac Mutenyo, the Project Manager of USMID, says that all extensions have been awarded, but the contractor has failed to meet the deadline, and he is currently in the 100 days of liquidation damages.
Kamya said that her office will conduct a value-for-money audit of the system because it may have been compromised hence losing integrity which has resulted in fraudulent land transactions.
The contract for the road works that were initially one year and was supposed to end in April last year was extended after the contractor gave justifiable reasons for the extension until October and another extension was done again after the contractor asked for more time. The contract was again extended in December by three months.
Unlike the first phase of USMID which focused on Municipal councils, USMID AF is targeting infrastructural development in Refugee Host Districts and other lower Local councils.
Vincent Kasumba, the President of Masaka City Development Forum, a stakeholder engagement platform that is charged with overseeing the implementation of the projects, says the city is finding it hard to carry out maintenance works on some of the earlier completed infrastructure projects.
