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Col Nakalema Edith, the head of the State House Anti-corruption Unit has warned police not to let anyone evict the people around the Mutungo-Butabika area.
Over 200 families are living in fear of evicting by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) without any compensation. Apparently, the residents on this land occupied the land illegally.
This saga has gone on for 20 years but Col Nakalema has asked police to protect the people from eviction.
“Police don’t allow any new occupant to come in this place. No one has a right to evict any person from this place at the moment. Please stay calm, the government will resolve this matter.”
Nakalema requested the Ministry of Lands to nullify land titles of the contested piece of land. She says the titles were illegally acquired because it is a wetland that can neither be titled nor sold by a private individual.
She, therefore, instructed the surveyors to work with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). This is to ensure they accurately mark the boundaries between Mutungo and Butabika, one of the issues causing conflict in the area.
Meanwhile, Allen Kagina, the executive director at UNRA, shared that the Constitution guides that land in swamps or wetlands cannot be titled or owned.
She said they are planning to construct a road through this area but they can’t compensate anyone in the midst of conflicts.
“We are planning to construct a road through this area but we cannot compensate anyone before conflicts are resolved because we may compensate the wrong people,” she said.
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