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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Property owners and land developers in Namutumba Town Council have been plunged into uncertainty after information that authorities plan to adopt a new 10-year physical development strategy to remodel, modify and demolish poorly-setup buildings.<\/p>\n

The plan is being designed by Spatial Data Consultant and Planners, in partnership with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.<\/p>\n

This comes after authorities, who developed the 2007 plan did not guide residents on the type of houses to be constructed and also did not plan for low, medium and highly populated areas.<\/p>\n

Mr Waiswa Mukama, a resident, said the new plan should focus on underdeveloped places.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not heard them say they will demolish schools which were built in wetlands. All we want is a fair judgment when it comes to the demolition of poorly-built houses in town,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Ivan Makembo, another resident, at the weekend said: \u201cDemolishing houses is not the solution; but rather, let authorities plan and gazette places for Mayor\u2019s gardens and other industrial hubs among others, instead of demolishing our houses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plan comes after the old one, which was done in 2007 by a Kenyan consultancy firm, expired in 2017.<\/p>\n

The Namutumba Town Council chairperson, Mr Godfrey Mwembe, said the Kenyan consultant did not plan well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was need to have a new detailed plan for the next 10 years which, if completed, we are optimistic will gazette places for a public cemetery which is lacking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Amari Mwanja, the chairperson Kangulumo Zone A, warned of kickbacks from the authorities and failure to come up with a detailed plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge planners not to become money-minded while doing their job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Thomas Naigubya, a physical planner from Spatial Consultants, said it would take them \u2018a few months\u2019 to complete the plan, which will then be handed over to the Ministry of Housing approval.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new plan is going to be detailed and as we work on it, we are also revise the old plan to see whether it was well-implemented,\u201d Mr Naigubya said, adding that during the implementation process, they would limit demolition of houses because of implications.<\/p>\n

\u201c….Instead [we shall] negotiate with land developers on the badly-built houses to have them remodelled and modified. The plan is going to favour everyone because we shall involve locals in the [planning] process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not our first time to plan for urban centres. The Namutumba plan is going to be better than that one we did in Iganga; so we urge locals to work with us,\u201d Mr Naigubya added.<\/p>\n

Mr Samuel Tigaza, the Namutumba Town Council physical planner, said his office has started marking houses which were badly set up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI urge the owners of such houses to seek guidance from the office of physical planner before they start construction,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n

Mr Peter Dyogo, an environmentalist from Spatial Data Consultants and planner, said the plan seeks to address areas of no settlement such as wetlands and forest areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople had started settling in wetlands, which is not allowed. Our plan will identify places of wetlands and reserve them for other purposes but not settlement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Daniel Kaddu, a physical planner from the Ministry of Housing, said their role is to supervise and monitor the planning process, and offer technical guidance to avoid mistakes.<\/p>\n

Mr Kaddu also dispelled concerns that they had come to grab residents\u2019 land.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not want people to run away from town because the new plan is not favouring them. We want a plan which is pro-people based on their needs in communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIf you solicit for kickbacks from people, the planning process will not be successful and as a ministry, we shall take action against cases of corruption. We need value for money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Kaddu also urged private developers to access building plans from the district planner at an affordable price to avoid putting up structures which do not match the new plan.<\/p>\n

Mr Samuel Kabakubya, the Namutumba Town Clerk, said people with site plans will be allowed to construct their houses and plots which are not 50 by100 feet are not allowed t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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