Grapevine

Wakiso residents seek Museveni help over eviction

Residents of five villages in Wakiso District, who have faced eviction threats since 2022, have asked President Museveni to intervene.

More than 5,000 residents, majority Bibanja holders, who live in the five villages of Busamba, Kinyika, Gayaza, Ngondwe, and Kanziro have been trapped in a 1,044-acre land wrangle between the grandchildren of the late Gabdyeri Lubajja.

The locals are living in fear since the emergence of a land dealer, who claims a 200-acre stake of the land.

The land dealer, whose names we have withheld, according to residents, was hired to survey the land in question by one of the conflicting two parties and given 150 acres as payment for her services. She later acquired an additional 50 acres, raising her stake to 200 acres.

Since December last year, she has allegedly been destroying people’s gardens, causing alarms.