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The Kanungu District Natural Resources Officer, Gregory Mugabe announced the ultimatum during a sensitization meeting organised by Kanungu district religious leaders forum on environmental management and restoration of degraded eco systems held at Nyamirama sub county headquarters.

Baguma Isoke stunned the Lands Inquiry Commission on Wednesday when he said the file for the lease granted to Birus Properties could have been stolen from the registry.

Otafiire, while serving as Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry allegedly initiated the idea of granting a letter of no objection to Birus Properties, a company owned by Simpson Birungi, the Proprietor of Movit Products.

Bamugemereire notes that the Commission has reached out to the Lands Ministry on the funding problems in vain.

Appearing before the Commission Of inquiry into Land Matters, Lukumu asked the commission to address what he called the unresolved colonial injustice that the Kingdom still faces.

Serumaga, a Kampala-based Journalist, filmmaker in a presentation at the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire Commission of Inquiry into land matters said taking over citizens private land will provoke the same resistance that the previous governments faced.

Area land committees in different parts of the country have been blamed for failure to advise the Lands Ministry on land allocations.

Recently, Daniel Turyajunwa, the Ntungamo Municipal Environmental Officer gave the affected people a 15 days ultimatum to vacate the wetlands or risk being thrown out.

Rice farmers in these districts say their yields have dropped by a half over the last 6 year, because of wetland reclamation for various activities.

Flash floods in Gulu town have left more than 100 people homeless. The Thursday floods, which followed several hours of a heavy downpour, destroyed 28 homes in Holy Rosay sub-ward in Laro division. Many huts were also submerged.