{"id":10324,"date":"2021-05-14T16:54:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=10324"},"modified":"2021-05-14T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T15:35:20","slug":"namutumba-leaders-raise-the-red-flag-over-land-grabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/namutumba-leaders-raise-the-red-flag-over-land-grabbing","title":{"rendered":"Namutumba leaders raise the red flag over land grabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Authorities in Namutumba have expressed concern over the rapid encroachment on the district land in Kaiti Village, Namutumba Town Council.<\/p>\n

They say at least 50 acres have been grabbed over the past two years.<\/p>\n

Mr Kizito Mukasa, the chief administrative officer (CAO), on Wednesday said a number of people claim part of the land, adding that the district local revenue is too low to secure a land title.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe land title issue has been hampered by lack of adequate budget. Imagine the 284 acreage of land that the district sits on lacks a land title,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Kizito said the district has resolved to suspend parish chiefs from collecting local revenue with effect from the 2021\/2022 financial year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is on record that during the time the parish chiefs have been in-charge of collecting revenue, it has been misappropriated, making the district unable to meet its development targets,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Parish chiefs in Namutumba have for the past three years been collecting local revenue from retail and wholesale shops, market vendors and weekly markets on behalf of the Local Government.<\/p>\n

Before this, the local revenue collection was being done by individual contractors.However, the district now wants to do away with the parish chiefs after realising that they are not collecting as much revenue as the individual contractors were doing.The land in contention is being used for settlement and farming.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not secure until we get the land title. Also, plans to interrogate land grabbers are underway,\u201d Mr Kizito said.Mr David Wako, the outgoing councillor representing Ivukula Sub-county, blamed the rapid encroachment on the district land board\u2019s alleged failure to process the title.<\/p>\n

Mr Wako said for the past 10 years, the district council has always passed supplementary budgets for processing the land title in vain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people grabbing the land are our own people. I only used to hear about land grabbing in Jinja, but it has now reached our district. If the CAO is to probe whoever is grabbing the land, he should start with the technical staff and district councillors, not forgetting members on the land board,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is need to vacate whoever is settled on the contested land as the district processes the land title and I urge the CAO to involve the police,\u201d Mr Wako added.Mr Wako also accused politicians, technical staff and the district land board members of being behind the vice.<\/p>\n

Mr Emma Maganda, the outgoing district speaker, however, refuted allegations that all the 284 acres of land lack titles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe district land has a title but it seems to have been misplaced, otherwise it was secured some years back,\u201d he said, urging the incoming leadership to follow up on the title because funds have been allocated in the next financial year.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of the land was allocated to Uganda Police Force to construct its headquarters, court and Basoga Nsadhu Institute. Whoever is settled on the land, which was not allocated to them by district council, is occupying it illegally,\u201d Mr Maganda said.<\/p>\n

Mr Simon Peter Wakudumira, the councillor representing Nawaikona Sub-county, called for the need to secure titles for all government land.<\/p>\n

He added that land grabbing is also at sub-county and parish level.<\/p>\n

Residents say<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr Wilber Baguma, a resident, said he inherited two acres of land from his father, but it was grabbed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunate that the district doesn\u2019t know the volume of land it has,\u201d he said.Another affected person only identified as \u2018Yokana\u2019 said the land he is using for farming was given to him by a politician.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not buy this land, but have been using it for four years for farming as a caretaker but it belongs to a politician,\u201d he said.Ms Maimuna Nakiranda, a farmer, said she hired three acres of land from a district councillor who claims to have ownership over it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been using this land for the past 12 years and I pay Shs300,000 each planting season. No local is grabbing the district land, but it is the leaders and technical staff who are doing so,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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