KISORO: Leaders vow to demonstrate after illigal acquisition of public land by investor

 

Kisoro district councilors have vowed to stage a peaceful demonstration on 8^th next month to show their dissatisfaction over the three plots of land which Uganda land commission gave out to an investor without the knowledge of the district authorities.

During the district council sitting on Thursday 28th March 2024, councilors wondered how an investor in the name of Agaba Abel acquired a land title for the plots of land in question.

Philip Ntacotugira said that it is a shame to see public land being taken without the knowledge of the district.

Other councilors who visited the plots under contention found some renovation works going on which prompted them to say that they will demonstrate so that the Land’s minister and the president can intervene in the matter.

Amos Hakizimana the district speaker said that they will mobilize all leaders in the district for a demonstration on 8^th next month before the court registrar the plots on 12^th April this year.

The district LC5 chairperson Abel Bizimana said he wrote to various authorities after discovering that someone has taken the land.He advised leaders to make emotional outcry to relevant authorities so that they can intervene in the matter.

In a few previous years the property at the said land was leased out to sub mines owned by Nambajimana Alex but later the council found out that there were un clarified procedural measures, terms and conditions that had not been spelt out and ordered the developer to stop works at the site.

Meanwhile Agaba Abel filed a civil suit number 005 of 2024 in Kabale High court against Nambajimana Alex who is renovating the old structures

According to the court order document that was authored on 27^th March 2024,the assistant court registrar Twinomuhwezi Henry  put an interim order to Nambajimana Alex (Vice district Chairperson) to preserve the status quo of the suit land in issue by restraining any construction the visiting of the in quo on 12^th April 2024.

According to a source the land title indicates that plot 2, 5 and 7 is located in Kabale not in Kisoro.