President Yoweri Museveni has explained to the people of Northern Uganda and the country as a whole that the proposed Land Amendment Bill will quicken the time taken by government development projects to kick off and also ensure that government is not cheated in the exercise of land compensations. The President made the remarks last […]
Acholi sub region Members of Parliament from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party have threatened to block the Madhvani project of sugar cane growing in the area over using government to secure land. In 2008 Madhvani applied for a 49 lease to acquire land to grow sugar cane at lakang village, Amur Sub County in Amuru district. The […]
Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked government to explaining the continuous delay in tabling a proposed bill that seeks to regulate landlords and tenants in the country. The move follows a petition from Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) demanding that Parliament enacts a law to regulate landlords and tenants to save the frequent confrontations […]
Lands minister, Betty Amongi, has revealed that the ministry is working tirelessly to come up with a cabinet paper that will see the country have in place a law on real estate agencies coupled with licensing agencies that can access the land registry offices. According to Amongi, the country is faced with a number of […]
Cabinet has issued a directive to the lands ministry to cancel all land tittles in wetlands, central forest reserves, wild life reserves and any ecological tourist areas. The minister for lands, Betty Amongi, told the parliamentary committee on natural resources on Thursday that the move will help the ministry to control environmental sensitive areas including rivers, […]
Women Members of Parliament have condemned the acts of women stripping naked in some parts of the country over land grabbing. Addressing a news conference at parliament, the women MPs under the Uganda Parliamentary Women Association said that they do not support women stripping naked to demand justice for any matters. The chairperson of the Uganda […]
Members of Parliament on the social services committee of parliament have expressed their dissatisfaction on the way resources from the ministry of health are distributed. They say that the ministry favours some district hospitals while distributing resources living others in a demanding situation. According to Oyam county south mp Betty Amongi, the way the resources […]
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has cautioned women Parliamentarians to be focused as they transact their legislative roles so as to benefit their electorate. Speaking shortly after the elections of new Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) executive at Parliament, Kadaga said a lot is in place to be handled by during this 9th Parliament which […]
The Uganda People’s Congress has disowned the pressure group sat yesterday saying the group is illegal. Yesterday a group led by party’s chief whip Betty Amongi and Jimmy Akena sat at Christ the King and condemned the leadership of the party saying it was illegally elected. UPC Vice President Joseph Bbosa says UPC as a peaceful and a […]