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Re: [Ugnet] KASANGWAWO THIS OBOTE IS REALLY BAD

Owor Kipenji
Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:26:36 -0700

All this is Obote's fault. Afterall Mutesa is already 36 years dead.
Kipenji

Edward Mulindwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
 
Mengo angry at govt over Kabaka’s land
ROBERT MWANJE
KAMPALA

MENGO is angry at the central government over alleged allocation of tracts of the Kabaka's land in Kiboga to Rwandese refugees. The land, part of the famous 9,000 square miles, has also been allocated to senior UPDF officers, district councillors and officials.

Kalangala RDC Katenda Luutu (formerly posted to Kiboga) confirms that Rwandese refugees have been allocated part of the Kabaka's land in Kiboga.

"I witnessed this when I was serving as RDC in Kiboga. These people were ferried in buses and trucks in the night, I tried to fight it by arresting them but they had stronger forces behind," Luutu said recently. However, the district chairperson, Mr Siraje Kizito Nkugwa, distanced himself from accusations that he backed the move. He said: "I was not even around when the district council passed that resolution."

Further information filtering out of Kiboga cites six current and retired officers who got part of the said land. They include: Lt. Gen. Elly Tumwine, Col. Paddy Kashumba, Col. Kizza Besigye, Col. Sam Kawagga, Col. Livingstone Kateregga. Officials in Kiboga District have also reportedly allocated themselves part of the said land.

Other sources told Sunday Monitor that Kiboga district councillors and administration officials recently passed a resolution to sell more of the said land to interested developers.

Buganda kingdom deputy Premier Kaaya Kavuma said Kiboga land belongs to the Kabaka but government decided to leave it under the custody of the district. "What is happening in Kiboga justifies our dissatisfaction. We have remained unhappy because that land has not yet been returned to us," he said, adding that Mengo would take legal action against the illegal tenants in Kiboga.

The kingdom's Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Youth and Information, Mr Peter Mayiga, told Sunday Monitor that Mengo is unhappy that the Buganda Land Board lacks powers over the said 9,000 square miles. "Government instead gave the land to districts under the district land boards which have not done enough to protect it" he said.

Mayiga said the kingdom was still studying the situation and a collective response would be announced soon. "Land is not like a fruit, which can be carried away," he said.

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