Re:LAND ISSUE WILL CAUSE WAR 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Iam wondering what will happen to all these poeple who have or who will
be evicted from their homes? are they going to keep them in safe camps, as it is in ACHOLI,AND LANGO?Iam of an opinon that this is what the government whats to do.
Re:LAND ISSUE WILL CAUSE WAR 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Enjawulo eliwo n'ekigenda mu maaso ne kya bantu bengulu kubanga Abaganda bakyagaanye okugwa mukatego ako kulwaana kuba kebakozesa engulu era nga buli ajjayo obweenyi nti adde mukibanja kye nga masasi gavuga ngasigalidde kimu kusigala mu camp, kuba walaba nti wewali emirembe songa nawo bayitawo kitta mu kimpowooze gwaate akenyigo ako konna okumala emyaaka gino gyonna. Naye bagamba nti enyindo gyokoma okuginyigiriza emala ddaki nogyaabya .
Luli abantu baali bawoza kasita twebaka ku tulo kati webituuse nawokwebaka tewakyaali investor atayogerwa mannya asaanyaawo ebyaalo nayiwamu ente nabalaalo.
Gavument luli yali yeyinulira okugaba bu sabbuni ne bu sukaali okubuzabuza abatayagala kuzibuka maaso , kati sirowooza nti eriyo akyebase, mpozzi nga sangibwa Kyanamukaaka nga tebanatukayo kugabira investor atayogerwa linnya.
Kati kino ekyo kusenda amasomero gaffe getwezimbira nentuuyo nomusolo gwaffe , Kikolebwa baana baffe kubakumira munguudo then babakube mumakomera mubimpimpi another camp, kati abakadde abasigadde bokka awo waba kumenya mu jjenje kkalu abo osenda nga bwoyagala nga newonna awabadde amasomero bazimbawo bo ebibaletera ssente naye kikoze bulungi kuba luli ba North na Baganda bebabadde babonyabonyezebwa naye kati iron fist erabika egenze eggunda bangi okubazukusa okulaba ekigenda mumaaso . Kati kyekiseera okumanya ekyokkola. Nga ne Mukama atukwatiddeko kuba ali ku side yaffe nga tulwanira byeyakeera okutukwaasa nti byaffe.
Re:lAND ISSUE WILL CAUSE WAR 10 Months, 1 Week ago
‘Abaganda mulwanirire ebyammwe‘
Bya Godfrey Kigobero
OMUBAKA Beti Kamya (Lubaga North) anenyezza Abaganda olw’okulemwa okwegattira awamu mu kulwanyisa ebikolwa ebivvoola obuwangwa baabwe n’okubamalako eddembe.
“Mu kiseera kino tuli mu kulwanyisa etteeka ly’ettaka n’ekya Gavumenti okweddiza Kampala, kyokka bwe tubagamba tukwatize wamu nga mutulekerera nga batukuba ffekka ttiyagaasi,” bwe yeemulugunyizza.
Yabadde mu lukung’aana olwategekeddwa omubaka wa Kyandondo South mu Palamenti Mw. Issa Kikungwe, mu Para Zooni e Namasuba ku Ssande.
Ate akulira ekibiina kya CP. Mw. John Ken Lukyamuzi yanenyezza Pulezidenti Museveni obutasooka kussaawo kakiiko okutalaaga eggwanga nga kannyonnyola abantu ku tteeka ly’ettaka.
“Abaganda batujereze ekimala naye kino ky’ekiseera naffe okugaana,” bw’atyo Lukyamuzi bwe yagambye wakati mu kukubirwa emizira okuva mu baabadde mu lukung’aana.
Re:lAND ISSUE WILL CAUSE WAR 10 Months, 1 Week ago
Uganda: Govt to Face Stiff Resistance On Land Bill
The Monitor (Kampala)
24 January 2008
Posted to the web 23 January 2008
Mercy Nalugo & Agness Nandutu
THE government is headed for a showdown with opposition legislators, especially those from Acholi sub region, who insisted yesterday that they would not endorse the enactment of thel Land Amendment Bill 2007 in its entirety.
The development comes hot on the heels of a decision by MPs from Buganda region who recently gave the government the green light to table the Bill before Parliament.
Addressing a news conference yesterday, the Acholi Parliamentary Group said the decision to object to the Bill's tabling, was reached "unanimously" at a meeting of all MPs from the region, on Tuesday.
"The Bill, if passed into law, as it is, will subject the whole country and all types of land to eviction," said group chairman, MP Okello Okello (Chua County), while reading out a joint statement yesterday.
Mr Okello said the government should immediately withdraw the Bill and come up with comprehensive land policy proposals which can be agreeable to all Ugandans. But such proposals, he said, can only be created, through public dialogue.
"It is only after a good land policy is put in place that the Land Act will be appropriately amended," he said.
Although the amendment Bill is yet to be tabled before Parliament, already two warring sides, those for and those against it, are working round-the-clock in pressing for their positions.
The government is now at a crossroads with Mengo, the seat of the Buganda government over the draft Bill.
According to the new proposed amendments, a landlord cannot lease or sell his or her land without the consent of the tenants, a proposal that Mengo is contesting.
The final draft Bill also hands down a seven year jail term for a landlord who illegally evicts a tenant and also criminalises illegal occupancy.
The Bill also recognises the judicial powers to handle land disputes.
The time frame for payment of the ground rent has been reduced from two years to one year.
The Mengo establishment had earlier been accused of discussing proposals which were not officially issued by the government.
The proposed amendments have been seen by some as an attempt to undermine the Buganda Kingdom, effectively pitting Mengo against the central government.
Mr OKello said other than legalising the relationship between the landlord and tenants on registered land, "the Bill does not offer any solution to the land problems in the country. Piecemeal or adhoc amendments of the Land Act, 2007 cannot therefore be the way forward," he s
Re:lAND ISSUE WILL CAUSE WAR 9 Months, 4 Weeks ago
Museveni warns cultural, religious leaders on land
Evelyn Lirri
MASINDI
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni yesterday warned religious and cultural leaders against commenting on land issues, saying it is not their responsibility.
Museveni was speaking in Masindi at the commemoration of the 27th Tarehe Sita, a day his National Resistance Army (now the UPDF) launched a guellira war in 1981.
Religious leaders and individuals have strongly opposed the proposed land amendments to the 1998 Land Act. Some of the clauses they oppose include the one that recognises bona fide or lawful occupants.
“Why do you comment on things you are not directly responsible for. Should I start baptising people? Is that my responsibility,” he said. “If you want to comment on issues, you should first understand them. You should know where to begin and where to end because it is dangerous for you to talk about things you don’t understand,” he added.
Mr Museveni said he would soon organise a seminar for traditional and religious leaders at Paara Safari Lodge to explain to them how modern countries operate and that not every one should comment on every thing.
Buganda Kingdom yesterday scoffed at the Land Bill tabled by government on Tuesday saying without the stakeholders’ input, the new draft law would remain on shelf.
The kingdom’s minister for Information and cabinet affairs, Charles Peter Mayiga, said the government was wasting time to consider a rejected bill.
Mr Mayiga advised President Yoweri Museveni not to politicise the ongoing land debate but to discuss issues. He said the President should prove claims that Mengo people are liars.
“We are simply telling the truth that the Land Bill has no useful purpose. The existing laws can solve land disputes and in any case, it's his (Museveni’s) army officers and people with high connections in government that are evicting people,” Mr Mayiga said in a telephone interview yesterday.
He added; “Our intention is not to intimidate him but to let the public know that the policy is unfair. He (Museveni) is only trying to divert us from the real issues”.
He said the bill would only benefit land grabbers like pastoralists (Balaalo) who have grabbed people’s land in different parts of the country.
The Land Amendment Bill 2007 fronted by the government seeks to amend some sections of the controversial 1998 Land Act. The five-clause Bill largely gives the Ministry of Lands absolute powers over land matters which Buganda sharply protests.
The kingdom’s attorney general, Mr Apolo Makubuya described President Yoweri Museveni’s statements as misguiding response aimed at avoiding meaningful discussion over land issues.
Mr Museveni also used the occasion to warn teachers who charge children fees, like building fund and lunch fees saying such teachers frustrate the purpose of free education.
He said such teachers would be arrested and jailed.
“I have a problem with head teachers and teachers who charge students money. From today I ask them to stop this habit,” Mr Museveni said. “The money you are charging is the opposite of free education. Asking money for building fund is a responsibility of the government and not schools,” he added.
The President urged parents to provide children with books, uniforms and lunch and leave the rest to the government.
“Education for all means education for all and no one should ask for money,” Mr Museveni said.
He said Parliament will soon pass a Bill that will make it criminal for teachers to ask money from students.
Mr Museveni commended Bunyoro for supporting government plans. He urged the UPDF soldiers to guard themselves against HIV/Aids.
The Chief of Defence Force, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima said the force had been transformed from a guellira army into a professional one.
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