{"id":3628,"date":"2021-07-09T13:22:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2021-07-09T13:23:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:23:05","slug":"betty-kamya-hands-over-lands-ministry-to-judith-nabakooba-who-promises-to-stamp-out-corruption-and-implement-recommendations-of-the-land-commision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/betty-kamya-hands-over-lands-ministry-to-judith-nabakooba-who-promises-to-stamp-out-corruption-and-implement-recommendations-of-the-land-commision\/","title":{"rendered":"BETTY KAMYA HANDS OVER LANDS MINISTRY TO JUDITH NABAKOOBA- WHO PROMISES TO STAMP OUT CORRUPTION AND IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LAND COMMISION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>New Minister talks tough vows to follow President Museveni\u2019s directives to secure land rights for bibanja holders<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Bans Bakayungirizi (middle\/conmen) &nbsp;in all land offices across the country<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>&nbsp;Says forests ,wetlands will be protected from encroachment<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Government will mobilise resources to build houses for low income earners<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Our Special Correspondents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New, incoming cabinet Minister for Lands ,Housing and Urban Development , Hon. Judith Nabakooba has assumed her role after she received the office instruments from outgoing Minister Hon.Betty Kamya vowing to win back public confidence in the land sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the handover occasion held at the Ministry\u2019s head office on Parliamentary Avenue Kampala- Nakabooka\u00a0 thanked President Yoweri Museveni for appointing her to head the ministry and vowed to stamp out corruption and implement the recommendations of the land commission .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the years, a lot of studies and commissions have properly documented the problems and solutions to the land issues in our country.\u00a0 We are therefore not coming in to do more studies or inquiries, we are coming in to ensure that some of the best solutions brought forward over the years are well implemented,\u201d Nabakooba stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that the problem of corruption was frustrating peaceful resolution of land disputes , compensation and ownership of land. &nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cWe know that collusion and participation between different officials in government has enabled a lot of fraud and corruption to happen in the land sector,\u201d the Minister stated adding that she will work together with her colleagues to&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201c restore public confidence and trust in the Ministry of Lands by frustrating the actions of the corrupt.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want a Ministry that works for everyone especially the common person at the grassroots.\u00a0 We know the challenges that the common people especially the Bibanja owners continue to face with unfair, unjust and illegal evictions. This is a problem we must confront ,\u201d She said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nakabooka further revealed that the new political leadership in the ministry\u00a0 was aware about  the problem of land \u00a0rights and safety of bibanja owners\u00a0 who should be helped to secure their land rights by providing them with\u00a0 leasehold certificates of ownership \u00a0through the Land Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, this is going to require that the Land Fund is fully supported to operate and serve the purpose for which it was created.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She promised to fast-track government\u2019s \u00a0land \u00a0acquisition \u00a0policy for national development if Uganda was to achieve \u00a0middle-income status.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Nabakooba turned to the land registrars and urged them to embrace technology to ensure that land transaction go-online and all systems are well automated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Calls for automation of land transactions , bans middle\/conmen in land offices across the country<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnline transactions will improve efficiency and reduce corruption that is largely associated with the face-to-face interactions.  Majority of the face-to-face movements in land offices through-out the country are by middlemen \u2013\u201cthe Kayungilizis.\u201d\u00a0  I want to inform all my colleagues in land offices throughout the country and the public that these Kayungilizis are banned from accessing our offices henceforth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said she will implement Justice Catherine Bamugemereire\u2019s &nbsp;Commissions of Inquiry recommendations to protect forests, wetland and lakes; urgent survey of all government land in order to unlock Uganda\u2019s potential for economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commission proposed a reduction in the current land tenures to \u2013 Mailo, customary, freehold and leasehold.&nbsp; She said she will table a paper before cabinet streamline land matters in the country .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nakabakooba further stated that&nbsp; government was &nbsp;aware of the special interests by cultural institutions, the church and many others all over the country on matters of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to reassure all the different parties that their interests will be taken into consideration at all stages during my term in office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister&nbsp; noted the urgent need to for all the newly created cities to have &nbsp;proper physical plans and work to address the critical housing gap that exists in most of &nbsp;the urban centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring my term, we shall endeavor to identify resources and partnerships to build houses for low-income earners and critical government workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She warned in the strongest terms private security guards and &nbsp;people who are&nbsp;&nbsp; engaged in the wanton activities of land grabbing and&nbsp; evictions during the lockdown &nbsp;that the strong arm of the law will be enforced .&nbsp; She repeated that evictions are allowed during lock down and the Ministry is going to set up toll free lines to help people who are faced with evictions .&nbsp; Private guards should never be involved in land matters, Nabakooba stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Minister talks tough vows to follow President Museveni\u2019s directives to secure land rights for bibanja holders Bans Bakayungirizi (middle\/conmen)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3629,"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":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG-20210709-WA0133.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4254,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/police-cid-summons-uganda-land-commission-boss-beatrice-byenkya-nyakayisiki-over-alleged-fruadulent-payments-in-billions-of-shillings-as-minister-nabakooba-takes-over-management\/","url_meta":{"origin":3628,"position":0},"title":"POLICE CID SUMMONS UGANDA LAND COMMISSION BOSS BEATRICE BYENKYA NYAKAYISIKI OVER ALLEGED FRUADULENT PAYMENTS IN BILLIONS OF SHILLINGS AS MINISTER NABAKOOBA TAKES OVER MANAGEMENT","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"October 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporters The embattled Uganda Land Commission Chairperson Beatrice Byenkya Nyakayisiki has \u00a0been \u00a0summoned by the \u00a0Police Criminal Investigations Directorate , (CID) to be questioned about allegations of\u00a0 abuse of office in respect of payments to claimants under the\u00a0 Uganda Land fund. 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