Museveni to resettle more than 5,000 in Mpigi District
NRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni arrives at Buwama in Mpigi District yesterday. Photo by STEPHEN WANDERA
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Task. Mr Museveni told RDCs to be the first point of contact with residents in case of land conflicts
MPIGI/BUTAMBALA.
NRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni yesterday promised to buy three square miles of land from a prince to resettle more than 5,000 people in Mpigi District.
President Museveni, who was campaigning in Buwama, a township along Kampala-Masaka Road and the neighbouring districts of Butambala and Wakiso, also ordered Resident District Commissioners to intervene in land wrangles. “I want RDCs to become your advocate in all land matters,” Mr Museveni said, adding that the RDCs must fight for the landless.
The president recently called some RDC’s “useless” for failure to monitor government programmes.
He said if the RDC fails to settle land disputes, they should write to the Minister for Presidency and should the minister fail, he would intervene himself, adding that even if matters are before courts of law, as a fighter, (Ssabalwaanyi), he does not fear courts.
“As far as the disputed land in Bunjakko and Nabyewanga is concerned, people should not worry, I am going to look for the son of the prince [David Mawanda Wasajja] and pay him so that he can leave my people alone,” Mr Museveni said amid cheers from hundreds of supporters.
The owner of the disputed land [six villages] in Bunjakko, Prince Namugala, also attended the rally but struggled to catch the president’s eye after the security team attempted to block him. However, after he briefly met the President, he told the journalists that to relinquish his land, there must be meaningful negotiation with the government.
According to the Daily Monitor correspondent in Mpigi District, the disputed land in Nabyewanga, Muge parish where more than 1,000 people are facing eviction, belongs to Samuel Kakande of The Synagogue Church of all Nations. The President, however, did not promise any negotiations with Pastor Kakande.
Mr Museveni vowed to fix roads, extend power to the villages, fix the education sector and equip public hospitals. He promised to elevate Buwama health Centre III to Health Centre IV. He also cautioned against security on government money—the Youth Fund, Women Fund, Microfinance. He also cautioned people against HIV/Aids, asked them to fear God and support his NRM government.
