Uganda: Government On the Spot Over Giveaway of Forest, Ranch to One Investor

Government has been dragged to court for allegedly allocating more than 68,709 acres of land housing a forest reserve and ranches to a single investor without consulting the agencies that were managing it.

It is alleged that government through the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) and the Lands ministry allocated the huge chunks of land to three companies owned by a single businessman.

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