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More women are going to be sexually abused and forced to lose their land to the rich/investors as Uganda goes into a semi lockdown of 42 days
Opondo Cathy, (not real name due to the sensitivity of the matter), has never owned even a small radio in her entire life. This is a clear indication that the villager may not be aware of critical developments in the country. And this does not come as a shock, since the first time she heard the news of the COVID-19 in Uganda was when she visited her neighbor who’s 500 meters away from her home, barely a month after Uganda had even registered a first case COVID-19.
Digital Bangladesh: Land Revenue Court begins online hearing system
Main image: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Photo: File)
Dhaka — Bangladesh’s Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury has inaugurated an online hearing system of the Land Revenue Court in the conference room of the land ministry on Wednesday.
Ministerio de Defensa paraguayo recibe tierras confiscadas al narcotráfico
Financial Inclusion key requirement in Gender debate
A number of heavily entrenched cultural practices and policy orientation continue to frustrate efforts and gender equity in our country.
At the economic level, requirements for example for loans are pegged on collaterals such as land title deeds, yet traditionally women rarely inherited land thus fund almost impossible to get loans from financial institutions.
Museveni slams ‘very bad’ Mailo land policy
President Yoweri Museveni has expressed dismay at the century long ‘‘very bad’’ Mailo land tenure system used in Buganda kingdom stating that it’s ''an evil system.''
"It’s not anywhere else in Uganda," Museveni said during the 32nd Heroes’ day anniversary at Kololo Independence grounds, Kampala, on Wednesday.
President Museveni severely disapproved of the land tenure system that was adopted in the post-1900 Buganda agreement era.
Govt okays proposed legislation to protect agricultural land
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has finalised the proposed legislation to protect agricultural land and green areas and prevent illegal construction activities on agricultural lands.
Terra Firma & Centro Terra Viva initiate new project in Mozambique
After much planning and preparation, we are looking forward to starting a new land governance project in Mozambique with our partners, Centro Terra Viva. With support from the Land-at-Scale programme, we will be able to provide thousands more Mozambicans with proof of their land rights and further develop the CaVaTeCo platform and the Cadastro Popular.
With shallow pockets and no godfathers, how youth are buying property
He had heard from around the town that there was an elderly but vibrant woman selling a piece of her land in Nkozi, close to Uganda Martyrs University.
At the time, Nkozi did not have the status and population it does now. In 2003, a young Vincent Agaba acquired the land.
“A quarter of an acre at Shs3m,” he says. Agaba was neither employed nor earning from any other source. It was from his pocket money that he saved money to acquire the sizeable land.
Why it’s time we woke up and listened to the ocean
The importance of protecting biodiversity is not lost on Tanzanians. Our country is well known for its incredible beauty and diverse ecosystems: home to an incredible 24 percent of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
Ogieks lay case for Mt Elgon Forest reoccupation
A three-judge bench has begun hearing a petition in which the Ogiek community has sued the government for evicting them from Mt Elgon Forest.
The Ogiek community living in Chepkitale in Mt Elgon Forest says the government erred in evicting them from the land and gazetting it as a national game reserve.
Community members say they have occupied the land since 1932 after colonialists chased them away from their farms in Trans Nzoia.
Their case is being heard by judges Boaz Olao, Stephen Kibunja and Nelly Matheka.
Samia revokes title deeds for 11 farms
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has revoked title deeds in respect of 11 farms with a total of 24,119 acres in Kilosa District, Morogoro Region which would be allocated to the people to be used for various activities including farming and livestock keeping
The president has also endorsed the revival of 49 farms on 45,788.5 acres that were nationalized, but the residents had no certainty of their status to the now dormant farmland, where a huge chunk of the farmland will be allocated to residents in the area for farming purposes.