The arrests were prompted by a heated meeting between the victims, who are residents of Nsowe, Kyabagamba, Bujunjuzi, Kigayaza, Kalyabuwolu, and Kabaleakamugole villages, and the State House Land Protection Unit officials, headed by Brigadier Moses Lukyamuzi, on Wednesday.
Bonnie Payira, who represented Northern Broadcast Company Ltd, one of the landlords noted that the land in question on plots 18 and 2A was lawfully purchased from the Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) in 2005.
Uganda Radio Network has learned that the breakthrough occurred during a high-level meeting at the State House last week, chaired by President Yoweri Museveni.
The President made the remarks at State House Entebbe while delivering a lecture of opportunity to 210 post-medical interns who had completed their 10-day patriotism and ideological training at the National Leadership Institute (NALI), Kyankwanzi. The President’s proposal comes at a time when a good number of medical interns are stuck over delay by the government to release funds for them to start their internship.
The Rwenzori Cluster prepared a budget of 2.17 billion shillings to ensure successful celebrations. With a pledge of UGX1.5bn from President Yoweri Museveni, the committee has been hunting for UGX600 million from the faithful and well-wishers.
Richard Bwabye the Luwero Resident District Commissioner explained that the PDM SACCO Chairpersons and parish chiefs stole the money from beneficiaries by extending fewer funds than the authorized one million shillings.
President Yoweri Museveni says that while the human race has been struggling with nature and its effects like disease, hunger, droughts, floods and earthquakes among others, there is oppression from fellow men resulting in unnecessary interruptions caused by imperialism, feudalism and other forms of dictatorships.
The user facility which will help youths trained in life skills start producing their own work and earn a living will be equipped with various equipment which will be freely accessible to the youth to make their own products for sale.
Prof Joe Oloka Onyango, a Law Don from Makerere University pointed out that the 1995 Constitution exclusively empowers Parliament to make laws on matters of the peace, order, development and democratic governance which regrettably the House has lost firm grip of.
In Katakwi, the LCIII Chairperson of Palam Sub County Chairperson Emmy Ojirot and the District Male Councilor representing Ngariam Sub County, Francis Okwameri, were appointed as Deputy RDCs for Kapelebyong and Kalaki Districts respectively.
In the meeting with the residents and Wright, the secretary to the president on land matters, Hajjati Namayanja read a letter from the president in which he ordered that residents fully accessing the land without any restrictions and that the private security guards should as well vacate the main gate to the village. But Wright's lawyer says there is before court and so the state house directive has taken then by surprise.
It is alleged that the suspects impersonating as employees of State House under the Land Directorate forced Daniel Walusimbi a resident of Kasoma zone in Luwero town council to sign transfer forms of 80 acres of land to the names of Emmanuel Mayambala.
The providers blamed the high charges on high utility bills and cost of sundries and hospital equipment which spiraled due to shortages caused by the pandemic.
The Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba has said Ministers can only continue with their work if President Museveni issues a special instrument allowing them to work.
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has accused two Government officials of misusing the Statehouse switchboard to meddle in affairs of the Legislative Arm of the State. She advises MPs to tell the callers to ask the President to call them himself
During the meeting, Dr. Asuman Guloba, the Director Development Planning at the National Planning Authority (NPA), said they have just concluded a study as part of the implementation of the National Development Plan III, which found no problem with Uganda’s curriculum.