The government through the Attorney General sued the Project Affected Persons, accusing them of declining to receive the compensation fees allocated to them during the property evaluation process, which threatens the implementation of the pipeline project.
Murengyezi is accused of fencing off more than four square miles of land from which he blocked community access to grazing fields, plantations and water sources. Murengyezi is claiming ownership of seven square miles of land in the same area and had initially threatened to evict more than 1,000 residents.
At one stage the outgoing CIID director Grace Akullo said the department concluded its investigations and sent the file to the DPP for further recommendation.
Abitex had organised the concert in Tanzanian territory, where there are no restrictions on crowds and movement as the case is, in Uganda. But border authorities issued tough conditions for Ugandans planning to cross to Tanzania for the concert requiring them to first take a COVID test within 72 hours before exiting the country.
Richard Kalanzi, the Kabira Sub county LC III chairperson, says that the exercise has become very tricky without facilitation. He says that the government tasked them to register residents without providing any financial and logistical support to implement the directive.
race Akullo, the Director-Criminal Investigations Department, says the department concluded its investigations recently and sent the file to the DPP for review and recommendation.
Bishop Kaggwa described the incidents in Arua as highly regrettable and dehumanizing to the country. He condemned security agencies for brutalizing the politicians.
Michael Mugambe, a relative of the deceased says they are not convinced by the manner in which the matter was handled by police, leading to the eventual acquittal of the suspects. He says that the family was betrayed by the poor investigations conducted by the police.
