Allocation of public land in city irregular, frustrating - Musisi
KAMPALA.
The allocation of public land in Kampala City is irregular and frustrating due to competing interests of the different government agencies, the commission of inquiry into land matters, has heard.
Ms Jennifer Musisi, the executive director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), said Uganda Land Commission (ULC) and Buganda Land Board (BLB), without consultation, dole out to private investors land controlled by Kampala District Land Board (KDLB).
“What is most baffling is the allocation of a lease by ULC over KCCA land upon which KCCA possessed a freehold title. We have several cases with similar facts and the land commission gives out a lease over our freehold title without due regard to Kampala physical development plan or environmental concerns or the fact that a fellow government agency maintains an interest over the same and we are challenging some of them in court,” Ms Musisi said.
KCCA, according to Ms Musisi, has already warned the various controlling authorities about the potential litigation and financial exposure that government faces if sale of such titled continues unabated.
Ms Musisi also cited the takeover by Buganda Land Board of titled KCCA land in Mulago, Kibuye and Namirembe alongside Kagugube markets as contested decisions.
She complained that ULC has doled out Nabagereka and Nakasero primary schools’ land to Boost Investments Ltd and Prestigious Apartments, respectively, without City Hall’s consent.
