The government is in the final stages of processing land titles to residents of Karusandara Sub County, Kasese District, according to the State Minister for Housing Chris Baryomunsi.
Karusandara sub-county was created in 1989.
It is mainly occupied by members of the Basongora communities from Virunga National Park, who had settled on a piece of land measuring over 5,000 acres, carved out of Mubuku Prisons farm.
The government in 2017 had promised to give free
land titles to more than 2,000 households in the sub-county to calm disputes
between the farmers and pastoralists, this process has since delayed.
But Baryomunsi who met a few leaders and locals from the sub-county early this
week said the government was aware of the tensions in the community and has
been working to ensure that it’s controlled.
Ms. Catherine Ahumuza, the LC II chairperson of Kyalanga parish says the lack of land titles has stagnated development of the area since they cannot use it as a form of security or make permanent developments.
She welcomes government commitment as a relief to the conflicts between communities. Ms. Catherine 1 on land;….
Gladys Ahebwa, a resident in the sub-county earlier told the press that the lack of titles has limited family development and education of their children.
For rural communities like Karusandara, Ahebwa says the only form of security they can have to boast their development land is acquiring tittles.
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