{"id":11085,"date":"2023-12-30T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=11085"},"modified":"2023-12-30T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:00:36","slug":"army-should-not-be-involved-in-land-matters-gen-museveni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/army-should-not-be-involved-in-land-matters-gen-museveni\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Should Not Be Involved In Land Matters-Gen Museveni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>President promises to write executive order <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Yower Museveni, has said  the army should not be involved in land matters and  has promised to issue an executive order banning soldiers from getting involved in land conflicts .  Museveni was answering questions from journalists .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president said  Cabinet resolved that the army must not get involved in any land matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will issue an executive order, they will get out. We have discussed it in Cabinet. I am going to draft an executive order and they should not be part of land matters. Soldiers should be fighting, not patrolling land boundaries,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Museveni says his government is working to implement several reforms to streamline these recurrent concerns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe good thing is that we are moving forward and at the right time, we shall deal with the issue of the land. The 1998 Land Act was very strong because it protected the bibanja and when you see people being evicted it is because they don\u2019t know about that land act. We also have the issue of the elite not helping the ordinary people. That is part of the problem, otherwise, the existing law would protect those people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar recommendation was made by the Bamugemereire Commission that conducted a countrywide inquiry into land matters, with emphasis on keeping soldiers out of land evictions, accusing the men in uniform of instigation and perpetrating violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Richard Muganzi, the executive director of Landcode Initiative, a non-governmental organisation focused on the promotion of land rights, welcomed the development as a step in demilitarising civilian domains.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an important development regarding the intersection of military usage in civilian domains.\u2026there is a need to improve the capacity of the Uganda Police Force at sub-county level to effectively handle any uprising on land-related matters at the village level. The police not only have to keep law and order but they also need to protect life and property,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kilak South Member of Parliament, Mr Gilbert Olanya, who also serves as the Acholi Parliamentary Group secretary general, was less enthusiastic about the development, saying several presidential directives are not implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately presidential directives are not being respected, for example on Balalos. Army generals are the ones violating [the directives]. \u00a0His Excellency fears the army the most, therefore, even if he gives orders, it won\u2019t be honoured,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President promises to write executive order President Yower Museveni, has said the army should not be involved in land matters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11092,"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-11085","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\/m7-8-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5252,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-nabakooba-issues-guidelines-to-implement-president-musevenis-directive-stopping-land-evictions\/","url_meta":{"origin":11085,"position":0},"title":"LANDS MINISTER NABAKOOBA ISSUES GUIDELINES TO IMPLEMENT PRESIDENT MUSEVENI\u2019S DIRECTIVE STOPPING LAND EVICTIONS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"March 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporters Minister of Lands Ms. Judith Nabakooba has called upon the RDCs and the District Security Committees to adjust their terms of reference to include implementing President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s recent directive stopping land evictions across the country . \u201cThe District Security Committee must ensure no land eviction takes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Land&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Land","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/land\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/na-1.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/na-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/na-1.jpg 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10389,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/roaming-balaalo-must-leave-northern-uganda-and-west-nile-president-museveni\/","url_meta":{"origin":11085,"position":1},"title":"Roaming Balaalo Must Leave Northern Uganda And West Nile- President Museveni","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has spent some quality time with the wanaichi in the Northern disyrict of Amuru to have deeper understanding of the Balaalo issue and has now directed the UPDF Division Commander, RPC and the Minister for Northern Uganda to ensure that anybody with cows in an unfenced\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\/2023\/11\/F-B4jO8WUAETp8g.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F-B4jO8WUAETp8g.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F-B4jO8WUAETp8g.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F-B4jO8WUAETp8g.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F-B4jO8WUAETp8g.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12173,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/museveni-asks-developing-countries-to-push-for-land-registration-as-uganda-hosts-global-land-learning-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":11085,"position":2},"title":"Museveni Asks Developing Countries To Push For Land Registration As Uganda Hosts Global Land Learning\u00a0Week","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporters President Yoweri Museveni has called upon developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa to push for land registration to ensure security of land tenure and realise economic transformation. 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