The county chiefs are also questioning the circumstances under which 22 square miles of the forest reserve land was leased out for 99 years to Hoima sugar at only shs 3 billion.
Dr. David Alobo, the Executive Director Xsabo Group says they downgraded the capacity of the plant from 2 Megawatts to 500KW after a baseline assessment indicated that it will adequately meet the current demands of the area.
The debate comes barely a month after a declaration by agriculture ministry officials that the government was considering a ban on Nomadic Pastoralism in order to promote crop farming and paddock grazing in order to reduce food insecurity and increase family incomes.
Obbo says that a number of land title are in areas which are targeted for several government projects including the awaited multi billion Bukasa Inland Port among others. He says that all people occupying the land whose titles have been canceled will not be compensated when the said projects kick off since they are illegally occupying the land in question.
Majbrit Holm Jakobsen, the Head of Mission at the Royal Danish Embassy of Denmark in Uganda said NURI is one of the eight programs within DANIDA portfolio allocated the largest budget allocation to deliver the desired results.
