Kampala — PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has promised free legal services to victims of land evictions, a practice he said has rendered many people landless.
According to a statement from State House issued yesterday, the President, who was addressing residents of Kiryabyoya village, Nakitoma Sub-county in Nakasongola District, said: "The government will provide lawyers to defend tenants in courts of law, free of charge."
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