The more than 1000 residents argue that in August 2021, they each paid 30, 000 Shillings to Bugongi Town council and were each given an acre of land for cultivation.
The Physical Planners says they spend between 200,000 and 500,000 to hire private surveyors to locate coordinates for government land to get titles which is a requirement by the Zonal physical planning office.
Moses Egaru, the Programs Manager IUCN, says that they are targeting to restore five wetlands of Nyakajumo, Rwamuganga, Kyarikunda, Bigona, in Sheema district and Kanoni wetland system in Buhweju.
