Jinja black smiths, under their umbrella association have acquired a 0.3 acre piece of prime land in Jinja central division after years of conflicting views from political leaders.
She says when they asked him why he was inspecting the market with Jinja municipal council officials; Kirunda told them they had allocated the market land to a private developer to establish a mall.
The families have however rallied behind their local leadership to condemn the move. Betty Akella, a councilor representing Danida village at Walukuba/Masese division says the municipal council has already served the occupants with eviction notices, in contravention of the laws of the land. She says many of the affected persons are bona fide occupants.
The Investors are concerned that quite often they have been leased land with encumbrance and land in swampy areas, while in some incidences; even locals have also not been receptive to them.
Jinja municipal council is embroiled in a dispute with Mpumudde/ Kimaka Division over a piece of land along Jinja - Kamuli road. Mpumudde / Kimaka Division accuses the municipal council of illegally inspecting 12 acres of land without its consent.
He claims that the land grabbers use their offices and money to bribe area land village committee members to sign their documents, which they use to grab land which doesn’t belong to them.
The officials are Alexander Waibale, Chairperson, Moses Magemeso, board secretary, Councilor Nusura Nabukalu and Esther Namuwaya and James Munabi as members.
Meddy Mbentyo, the LC V councilor for Central Division has written to the Jinja district council speaker to convene a special meeting to disband the land committee.
Office of the Inspectorate General of Government has commenced investigations in to two plots of land in Jinja contested by an Indian Investor and Masese II customary land lords.
