By; Ben Musanje
The Land Commission of Inquiry has officially announced its closure of business and it will resume the public hearing on January 8, 2018.
Addressing the media in Kampala, the Commission Chairperson Justice Catherine Bamugemereire said that their officials and investigators will continue operating by receiving complaints and investigate the field cases the whole of this week except on the Christmas day and eve.
In May this year, the seven-man commission commenced its probe operations five months after its installation by President Yoweri Museveni into the effectiveness of law, policies and processes of land acquisition, land administration, management and registration in the country.
Bamugemereire says that a total of over 4,500 complaints have been received from all regions of the country and 27 cases were registered from United Kingdom as well as Austria and Dubai.
Among the complaints received, 30% are land grabbing and evictions, 19% are corruption and fraudulent practices, 12.4% are related to landlords’ verses kibanja owners, 10.7 % ranges in land registration and management among others.
59.6% of the complaints were filed by men and 20% from the females and 20.4% were done by groups include organizations and .families among others, yet the Month of June had the highest complaints of 30.1% received by the commission and May with the list of 4.5%.
According to Bamugemereire, government officials, business persons, politicians and security officers are the most land grabbers. These people tend to connive and leave most of Ugandans displaced from their land.
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