Today the High court at Masindi is expected to start hearing an application filed by more than 200 residents of Rwamutonga village, in Bugambe sub-county, Hoima district, who claim they were illegally evicted from their land to pave way for the construction of a waste treatment plant.
The application is before Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama, the Masindi resident judge. The residents were evicted in August last year by a one Joshua Tibagwa, the alleged landowner, after he allegedly leased the disputed piece of land to McAlester Energy Resources Limited, an American firm, to pave way for the construction of an oil waste treatment plant in the area.
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