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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Work in Kayunga was temporarily paralysed yesterday after a section of leaders and residents staged a demonstration against the a Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF) officer they accused of defying orders to vacate a disputed piece of land.<\/p>\n

The group accused Brig James Kinaalwa of illegally occupying a prime piece of land adjacent to Kayunga Town offices and Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital.<\/p>\n

During the protest, the group that was led by Mr Steven Ssebaana, the Kayunga Sub-county speaker, carried placards that read; \u201cBrig Kinaalwa you should vacate the Kayunga land. Nobody is above the law\u201d<\/p>\n

They stormed the construction site carrying photos of the decorated army officer, which they later pasted on to the ironsheet fence at the construction site.<\/p>\n

They also carried all letters that had been written to the brigadier by the Kayunga chief administrative officer, Ms Roselyne Adong, directing the officer to vacate the land.<\/p>\n

Brig Kinaalwa, who claims to have bought the 70ft by 100ft piece of land from Buganda Land Board ( BLB), was not at the contested land, where he is planning to construct a storeyed commercial building.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can a full UPDF officer who knows the law defy orders by the district authorities to vacate our land? We are asking for President Museveni\u2019s intervention,\u201d Mr Ssebaana said.<\/p>\n

Police later arrived, calmed the protesters and later allowed them access the construction site where they ordered the workers to halt any further construction works.<\/p>\n

The move by the protesters attracted the attention of Kayunga Town staff, patients and staff at the hospital, who gathered to see what had happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall bring our beddings and sleep here if he doesn\u2019t vacate this land,\u201d Ms Prossy Naava, the Kayunga Town Council secretary for health, said.<\/p>\n

Mr Dennis Bugaya, the BLB spokesperson, declined to speak about the matter.<\/p>\n

Brig Kinaalwa, however, said he bought the land at Shs35m and wondered why Mengo was not the one protesting his occupancy of the land.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet them go to court if they think I just grabbed this land,\u201d Brig Kinaalwa said.<\/p>\n

The Kayunga Resident District commissioner (RDC), Mr Ssempala Kigozi, who earlier directed the brigadier halt construction works said his office had received a complaint by Kayunga Sub-county leaders and was planning to summon Brig Kinaalwa to hear his side of the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to summon all parties involved in this saga so that I get the truth,\u201d the RDC said.<\/p>\n

But Ms Flavia Byekwaso, the UPDF spokesperson, said Brig Kinaalwa was doing so in his individual capacity and not UPDF.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the council feels it is not satisfied, there are other channels to take,\u201d Brig Byekwaso said in a phone interview.<\/p>\n

Kayunga District is a hotbed of land wrangles which has attracted the attention of President Museveni but is yet to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n

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