William Atube, the Bukatuube Sub County Chairman LCIII who also resides in Walumbe village, says residents must be given priority. He says the decision to allocate the residents land means that they were wrongly evicted from their land.
Aggrey Sajjabi, the Bukatuube parish chief says most of the affected employees got jobs through his office. The employees have been earning between Shillings 120,000 to 300000 each month.Ayub Isooba, a resident of Buwolomero village in Bukatuube Sub County says he is struggling to fend for his family since he was laid off.
Claimants displaced from Bukaleeba Forest Reserve in Mayuge district are dissatisfied after President Yoweri Museveni failed to meet them during his campaign rally in the district.
Williams Atube, the sub county Chairman laments that the hunger levels have hit an all-time high threatening to destabilize the area. He adds that communities are now threatened with extreme poverty, lack of shelter and land conflicts, and malnutrition.
Basalilwa says investors have become untouchable adding that, whoever raises any complaints against them is asked to shut up on allegations of economic sabotage.
More than 3000 encroachers on Bukaleba forest reserve in Mayuge district have rejected an eviction order issued by Mayuge district local leadership from a 15 hectare piece of land in Buyobo village.
The affected people were accused of encroaching on Bukaleeba forest reserve and cutting down trees. Teddy Nsamba, the manager Busoga Forest Company says several notices were issued to the encroachers to vacate the forest in vain.
Busoga Forest Company has accepted to allocate and recognize special places for the communities living in Bukaleeba forest reserve after 25 years of bickering.
Alphonse Ongom, the LC 1 chairperson Bukaleeba village says the affected families have been tortured and traumatized because of government’s failure to compensate them.
200 members of Bukatuuube Safe Firewood and Environmental Protection Group, a Community Based Organization in Mayuge district say they are planning to sue Mayuge district local government for breach of contract.
Mayuge district officials have been accused of claiming Shs 80 million used for maintaining roads in Bukatuube Sub County. A total of 32 kilometres of marrum roads was maintained by Busoga Forest Company in the 2010/2011 financial year but Mayuge district officials went ahead to account for the money contrary to Uganda’s anti corruption laws.
Busoga Forest company management has accepted to cut down trees planted in the Lake Victoria Buffer zone in Fidrot and Kisumu villages in Mayuge district.
