{"id":11002,"date":"2023-12-23T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T10:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=11002"},"modified":"2023-12-23T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T11:44:07","slug":"no-land-evictions-during-festive-season-says-lands-minister-nabakooba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/no-land-evictions-during-festive-season-says-lands-minister-nabakooba\/","title":{"rendered":"No Land Evictions During Festive Season Says, Lands Minister \u00a0Nabakooba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>G<strong>ovt issues 70,000 free land titles across the country to vulnerable Ugandans<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Government temporarily halts conversion of \u00a0customary land \u00a0to freeholds in Acholi sub region<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Our Reporters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lands Minister, Judith Nabakooba, has re-echoed President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s directive not to allow any land evictions during the charismas and new year holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While addressing an end of year press conference at the ministry headquarters in Kampala, Nabakooba said that during the festive season, all courts and land administration offices will be on holiday and cautioned land grabbers who expect to use this time to harass Ugandans that they will be arrested and imprisoned .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-attachment-id=\"11004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/no-land-evictions-during-festive-season-says-lands-minister-nabakooba\/naba-28\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naba.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"naba\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naba.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naba.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naba.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naba.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naba.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naba.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe president issued this directive which still stands. It has not been withdrawn, it is still in force . I advise all those with court orders or any issue to liaise with the district land security committee headed by the Resident District Commissioners to provide guidance on any evictions,\u201d she stated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nabakooba asked the public to work closely with police and other security agencies to protect their land since the ministry has noted increased greed between administrators and caretakers of estates of deceased persons .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister also urged bibanja holders to create a good relationship with their landlords by paying busuulu as prescribed by the law, noting that her ministry is following up on the incident of land conflict that happened in Gomba and claimed a life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nabakooba said that through her ministry, the government has this year been able to give out more than 70,000 free land titles across the country to vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, titles were issued in Bunyangabo, Rwampara, Kabale and Bunyoro residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thank President Museveni who has been able to help people in some areas who were occupying land with conflicts and were facing evictions. We are now looking at handing over titles to people in other areas such as Mubende, Gomba (400 people).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After acquiring land titles, the minister said families are quickly transforming their lives to join the productive economy and land disputes have reduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is part of the National Resistance Movement score mission of wealth creation, enhancing land tenure security. We visited different parts of the country and in areas with conflicts and threats of eviction, many people have been reassured of their rights and government\u2019s protection,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Balaalo question<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister noted that the president instituted a verification committee to traverse the whole Acholi sub region and verify &nbsp;claims that Balaalo herdsmen were grabbing people\u2019s land .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that the Attorney General also advised the ministry of lands to temporarily halt customary land conversion to freeholds in Acholi sub region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn other areas like Bunyoro, we held a regional land meeting for all the duty bearers to understand their roles and the land systems management and distribution chain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor :msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporters Lands Minister, Judith Nabakooba, has re-echoed President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s directive not to allow any land evictions during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[306],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/naba2.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3763,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-nabakooba-launches-national-call-center-to-stop-land-grabbing-and-illegal-evictions\/","url_meta":{"origin":11002,"position":0},"title":"LANDS MINISTER NABAKOOBA LAUNCHES NATIONAL CALL CENTER TO STOP LAND GRABBING  AND ILLEGAL EVICTIONS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"August 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Toll free number to call is 0 800 100 004Minister says land grabbers will be handled by the strong arm of the lawLand transactions to be moved online to fight corruption BY OUR REPORTERS The Ministry of Lands \u00a0, Housing and Urban development has\u00a0 set up a national call\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210801-WA0140.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210801-WA0140.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210801-WA0140.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210801-WA0140.jpg 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3808,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-intervens-in-land-wrangle-involving-the-church-and-the-locals-in-mukono\/","url_meta":{"origin":11002,"position":1},"title":"LANDS MINISTER INTERVENS IN LAND WRANGLE INVOLVING THE CHURCH AND THE LOCALS IN MUKONO","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"August 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Lands Minister , Hon. 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