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Uganda: Nakawa Speaks Out On the Land Bill
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New Vision (Kampala)
14 May 2008
Posted to the web 15 May 2008
Kampala
LAST week the Parliamentary Committee on the Land Amendment Bill 2007 consulted residents of Nakawa Division. Aidah Nanyonjo brings you the excerpts:
Norah Ssemogerere, Naguru resident According to what I have learnt from this discussion, the bill is not fair. It is so dangerous and likely to cause more chaos than we are witnessing. How can the bill allow a tenant to betray his landlord by going to the minister to ask for the certificate of ownership? If the owner does not want to sell his land, why should you force him? This matches with the common saying in Buganda, "Etaaka lyaffe balitwala" (Our land is being taken).
Eva Magambo, the finance secretary for Nakawa Division Women's Council In order to get an independent version of the Land Bill, the Government should bring in an external body to carry out the assessment. The land issue is sensitive, therefore, it should be handled with care. Jaberi Bidandi Ssali, former local government minister The Land Bill should not be applicable to privately-owned and institutional land like that of churches, mosques and kingdoms. There are many sitting tenants on church or mosque land. if you just allow them to get certificates of ownership from the minister, such institutions will lose their land.
Rovina Nampereza councillor Kiswa Parish I am disappointed with the presentation on the land amendment bill 2007, we have got today from the government's side. I haven't heard from the Buganda government's side, but it should also come and give us their side so that we understand the bill.
Faizo Kibirige, chairman Mutungo Zone 4 The bill is good, but it seems some issues are not stated clearly. I am not satisfied with the 9,000sq miles, which the Buganda government is demanding from the central government. The Government should come up with a clear explanation on the bill and return land to its owners. The Government should not take land matters lightly because this can cause blood shed. The colonialists left the 9,000sq miles of land under the Buganda Land Board.
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Kaziba Moses, Mbuya resident It would have been a good law if politicians were not included. Those who owned land before 1900 should be given certificates of ownership and should not pay ground rate. These people did not get ownership of their land because of the king's unfair distribution of land.
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