Agency
The Uganda Land Commission has begun sensitising the civil servants and other leaders about the need to protect government land from encroachment and land grabbers.
The campaign, being conducted in phases, has started in sixteen (16) cities and municipalities of Jinja, Kampala, Mbarara, Mbale, Gulu, Arua, Soroti, Lira, Tororo Municipality, Mubende Municipality, Fortportal, Hoima City, Kasese Municipality, Masindi, Entebbe, and Masaka.
Christine Amongine Apuru, the commissioner at Uganda Land Commission, said that they are ready to recover all the government lands that have been encroached.
She said once they get the history of government land, they shall cancel the leases and titles of encroachers who are currently squatters on government land.
They are beginning with the sixteen districts, and the program will continue across the country. She urged citizens to desist from grabbing government land.
Ronnie Bahungule, the senior lands officer in the Uganda Land Commission, told a meeting at Tororo Municipality Council Chambers that they have noticed that some investors and individuals have taken advantage of the lack of inventory to fraudulently take government lands.
The Uganda Land Commission is engaging both the Cities and Municipalities Land boards to check their land records and historical documents of government lands, starting from the colonial period up to date, for accuracy and transparency.
