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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Buganda Kingdom has asked government to pay Shs215.8b it owes the institution in rent.<\/p>\n

The request was made during the Lukiiko (Buganda Kingdom parliament) sitting, chaired by speaker Luwagga Mugumbule on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy last year, rent arrears from the central government stood at Shs215.8b. The central government still operates on some of the land which was returned to the Buganda Kingdom in 2013 and they had to pay rent. Unfortunately, some institutions have failed to pay rent and the debt keeps on increasing,\u201d Mr David Mpanga, Mengo\u2019s special duties minister, said.<\/p>\n

Some of the institutions still operating on the kingdom land include the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF), the Judiciary, the Internal Affairs ministry, Prisons, 80 learning institutions, 78 health centres, 26 security agencies, and the Local Government headquarters, according to Mr Mpanga.<\/p>\n

He also decried the bid by central government to cause amendments to do away with mailo land system.<\/p>\n

Mr Mpanga said Buganda Kingdom owns 950 square miles of land and that is five percent of the total land in Uganda. He said the land is governed by Buganda Kingdom and has helped the institution to undertake different development activities.<\/p>\n

READ:<\/b><\/p>\n

Buganda will not stop demanding for property, federal – Kabaka<\/p>\n

On Kyapa Mungalo, Mpanga said as of last year, 21,000 lease land tittles were released by Buganda Land Board, more than 71,000 residents were surveyed in the mass exercise, which is still going on, and more than 315,000 bibanja owners have been registered and issued their tenure letters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t evict anyone from the 950 square miles of land and all the squatters are settled peacefully,\u201d Mr Mpanga said as he called on governement to drop the idea of scrapping mailo land.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral amendments have failed because the central government does not involve the stakeholders while having consultation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When contacted on Tuesday, Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka said: \u201cAlthough, I am aware about the memorandum of understanding between the President and the Kabaka, I am not aware of the Shs215b rent arrears.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ:<\/b><\/p>\n

Mengo tells govt to leave all Buganda properties<\/p>\n

Background<\/p>\n

President Museveni and Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, have had several meetings regarding the full return of Buganda Kingdom property (ebyaffe) by the central government.<\/p>\n

These are the properties that the government grabbed from the kingdom following the 1966 Kabaka crisis.<\/p>\n

During the 32nd Heroes\u2019 Day anniversary at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala last year, Mr Museveni called the Mailo Land tenure system \u2018\u2019an evil system\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cLand owners should be entitled to full ownership of their land like elsewhere in Uganda,\u201d Mr Museveni said.<\/p>\n

However, during his 28th coronation anniversary at Nkoni Palace in Masaka City last year, Kabaka (king) Ronald Muwenda Mutebi said the Mailo land tenure was a \u201cpillar\u201d and its abolition would cripple the kingdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who are doing this [pushing for the scrapping of Mailo land], want to weaken Buganda. Such things bring us discomfort and prompt us to ask why land in other parts of Uganda is not talked about,\u201d the Kabaka said.<\/p>\n

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