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A senior lands officer is arrested in connection to the Kiryandongo district land grab saga.
Kiryandongo – Uganda – A team of police detectives attached to the Land Protection Unit, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), and the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) have arrested a senior lands officer, Kiryandongo District Land Board for land fraud that caused a forced displacement of thousands of natives off their land.
Gov’t reconsiders compulsory land acquisition
Cabinet has started considering fresh amendments to the different laws relating to land management. The State Minister for Urban Development, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, says there are plans to amend the Land Act to allow for compulsory land acquisition to eliminate one of the main bottlenecks to kickstarting large infrastructure projects. Baryomunsi was speaking during a presentation of the ministry's achievements in line with NRM's manifesto.
A glimpse into Uganda’s land tenure systems
To most people, acquiring land in Uganda comes with a justified dread of having to navigate a rather tenuous sea of uncertainty regarding what rules they will have to play by, both during and after acquiring property.
More women are going to be sexually abused and forced to lose their land to the rich/investors as Uganda goes into a semi lockdown of 42 days
Opondo Cathy, (not real name due to the sensitivity of the matter), has never owned even a small radio in her entire life. This is a clear indication that the villager may not be aware of critical developments in the country. And this does not come as a shock, since the first time she heard the news of the COVID-19 in Uganda was when she visited her neighbor who’s 500 meters away from her home, barely a month after Uganda had even registered a first case COVID-19.
Vidéo. Mauritanie: vers la fin de la spoliation des terres de la Vallée du fleuve Sénégal
Après les annonces relatives au changement de la politique de l'accaparement des terres de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal, les autorités mauritaniennes sont passées à l’acte. Kane Ousmane, ministre mauritanien des Affaires économiques et de la Promotion des secteurs productifs, s'est rendu ce week-end à Dar El Barka à la vallée du fleuve Sénégal, en compagnie de son collègue de l’Agriculture, Sidina ould Sidi Mohamed ould Ahmed Ely.
Njuki Calls For Speedy Issuance Of Title Deeds
Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki has called on the national government to complete the land adjudication process and issue title deeds before initiating the process of replacing the late chief of Kamaindi Location who was killed way back in 2019 over land related issues.
20,000 Kenyans Face Eviction in Land Dispute With Govt
The Agriculture Development Corporation (ADC) is involved in a scuffle with residents of Kaskini, Kilifi County.
A report by the Nation on Monday, June 14 stated that the government parastatal is claiming ownership of 900 Acres which the residents state to have been given to them by the government in 2006.
The dispute began in 2014, when ADC laid claim to the land which had been occupied by locals for decades.
How state has been paying billions for its own land for roads
The government has been paying billions of shillings in compensation for its own land in questionable payouts by the National Lands Commission.
The compensation, which involves the acquisition of land for public utilities, is allegedly a cash cow for well-connected individuals who fleece taxpayers.
Two years ago, the government spent Sh1.5 billion of taxpayers’ money to acquire the Ruaraka land that later turned out to belong to the public.
Land value index plan to tame speculators
The State is set to roll out a value index to make Kenya’s land market transparent and cut wasteful public project spending due to speculative activity that drives up costs, the World Bank has said.
The long-awaited index is also expected to boost own-source revenue collection by counties from land property.
Kenya currently lacks standardised land value information—a loophole that has been exploited by cartels over the years to entrench fraud and exploitation in property prices.
Help us reclaim land from top civil servants, Oparanya urges NLC
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has asked the National Land Commission to assist in repossessing land allocated illegally to senior civil servants.
Oparanya said that prime plots were allocated to former and current civil servants, politicians and influential businessmen who are demanding compensation for the land.
"We are battling cases where senior public officers allocated plots fraudulently are demanding compensation. This is an area where we require NLC's intervention because the plots are lying idle," Governor Oparanya said.