According to Teopista Mbabazi, the Kyotera Deputy Resident District Commissioner, they did not meet the deadline due to delays in the processing of the PAPs documents among other challenges.
Left-Kyotera Deputy RDC Teopista Mbabaziexplaining about the delayed registration and opening of Sango bay boundaries. Right, Some of the Sango bay PAPs in a meeting at Kanamiti village in Kakuuto.
The Oil Palm
Project in Kyotera District has failed to take off due to the delayed boundary
opening of Sango Bay land and registration of all Project Affected Persons-PAPs.
The project
was meant to start in January after compensation of the PAPs which had been
planned to take place in December 2021.
The land
measuring 247 square miles is located in the areas of Kanamiti, Matengeeto,
Mutukula, Lukulavu, Lukoma, and Kabale villages in Kakuuto sub-county, and in
Kabira, Kasasa, and Kyebe sub-counties in Kyotera district.
Sam Mayanja,
the State Minister for Lands had given January as the official deadline for the
registration exercise and boundary opening of the land. However, it was
extended up to the end of last month.
According to
Teopista Mbabazi, the Kyotera Deputy Resident District Commissioner, they did not
meet the deadline due to delays in the processing of the PAPs documents among other
challenges.
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“Registration…
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maaso.”//
The
registration exercise was delayed because it is being done only at Mayanja
Community Centre in Kakuuto sub-county for all the PAPs in Kyotera and Kakuuto
constituencies.
John Paul
Mpalanyi, the Kyotera County MP, says that in the last meeting with Mayanja, it
was suggested that another registration centre be set up at Kabira sub-county
headquarters.
Mpalanyi
adds that the majority of occupants of the land in Kyotera are facing
challenges traveling over 40 kilometers from Kabira to Mayanja for
registration.
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ya…
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baffe.”//
Francis
Kizza, the Kyebe LCIII Chairperson, explains that more than 500 affected
occupants had boycotted the registration exercise claiming they were given
inadequate time to organize.
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Anthony
Wanyoto, the NOPP Communications Officer, the project will be implemented by
BIDCO Uganda Ltd on behalf of the NOPP. He further says they have
nothing to do about the delays but to wait until every process is completed before
the official handover of the land.