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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A section of residents in Tororo District have claimed part of Tororo hospital land, Daily Monitor has learnt.<\/p>\n

The locals say the land in Nyangole \u201cA\u201d Cell belongs to their forefathers.<\/p>\n

Mr Stephen Olebe, a resident, said they are demanding compensation from the district.<\/p>\n

\u201cTelling me that I have encroached on hospital land is an insult because I am the one demanding compensation from the district. They are now accusing us of having encroached on our own land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A whistleblower also accused the senior management staff of selling plots to private developers.<\/p>\n

The chairperson of the hospital management committee, Mr Peter Ekikina, however, said government through Uganda Land Commission, acquired the land in the 1930s to house a treatment unit for the wounded soldiers of World War II.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe land remained under management of the hospital up to date but we were surprised that some people are now claiming its ownership,\u201d Mr Ekikina said.<\/p>\n

He said records indicate that during acquisition, all land owners were compensated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis land belongs to the hospital legally and we don\u2019t know the circumstances under which these land grabbers found their way into this land. We want the anti-corruption unit to investigate who allocated these pieces of land,\u201d Mr Ekikina said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cAs board, we have a duty to safeguard public land which is meant to cater for continuous expansion of the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daily Monitor also learnt that the hospital had the proposal to relocate its staff houses to the disputed land after the current one got affected by the ongoing construction of the Standard Gauge Railway.<\/p>\n

Mr Leo Madango, a resident, said the hospital land has clear boundaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have co-existed with the hospital without any problem and recently, some people decided to temper the boundary marks for their selfish reasons,\u201d Mr Madango said.<\/p>\n

Mr George Mabonga, the village chairperson, said most of the people being accused of grabbing the land were introduced to his office by some of the hospital senior officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that these people started developing on this land without the knowledge of the hospital authorities because what I know is that all their plans were approved by the Tororo Municipal Council including the titling because almost all of them have surveyed their land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The hospital medical superintendent, Dr Thomas Ochar, said most of the encroachers at one point requested the hospital administration to allow them put up temporary structures.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were, however, surprised when they went ahead to put up permanent structures including transferring ownership into their names,\u201d Mr Ochar said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThey came to us requesting to put up temporary structures and we allowed them but am surprised that they are accusing us of having sold them the land, which is not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Way forward<\/b><\/p>\n

The assistant chief administrative officer in charge of health and production, Ms Samali Sabano, who also visited the disputed land, said they have asked the district staff surveyor to work together with the Tororo Municipal Council physical planner to open boundaries.<\/p>\n

Ms Sabano also asked all individuals accused of encroachment to go to her office with supportive documents showing how they acquired the land. \u201cThey should to come to my office with supportive documents showing how they acquired the land,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. A section of residents in Tororo District have claimed part of Tororo hospital land, Daily Monitor has learnt. The locals say the land in Nyangole \u201cA\u201d Cell belongs to their forefathers. 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