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Deputy RDC Majambere turns to blackmail to shield from theft charges

KAMPALA. Deputy RDC Ivan Ssemakula (Majambere) faced with land grabbing, theft, and abuse of office allegations has been accused of intimidating probes after a viral video showing him appealing to President Museveni, alleging persecution by anti-corruption authorities. In a video circulating on social media, Majembere donning an NRM t-shirt is crying out to President Museveni asking for his intervention as he alleges witch-hunt by the State House Anti Corruption Unit (SH-ACU) who are investigating him. ”He is trying to hide behind blackmail. After his arrest last year. There are a lot of new cases coming up against him which are still under investigations,” an official from SH-ACU headed by Brig Henry Isoke said on Wednesday. Majambere was charged in connection with a high-profile land dispute in Gomba District last year. The case, investigated by Uganda’s State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU), […]

admin March 12, 2025

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Businessman Charged in Forest Land Fraud

  Lira, Uganda. Okwir Joel, a local businessman and former chairperson of the Railway Division land committee, was arraigned Friday at Lira Chief Magistrate Court on charges of attempted felony, uttering false documents, and creating forged paperwork. In a plaint against Mr Okwir, the Director of Public Prosecutions working on evidence collected by a joint investigation by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit  (SH-ACU) and Criminal Investigations Directorate, it is alleged Joel fraudulently acquired a leasehold certificate of title for a protected forest reserve in Railways Quarters A village, Lira Municipality. Investigations revealed that in September 2021, Joel, leveraging his role as land committee chairperson, submitted land application forms to the Lira Municipal Zonal Office (MZO), falsely claiming customary ownership of the plot. Investigators revealed that the land is legally designated as a forest reserve under Lira Municipal Council’s urban development […]

admin March 7, 2025

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5000 clients lose billions after Jomayi liquidation

At least 5000 clients stand to lose billions of shillings after Jomayi Property Consultants Ltd, previously Uganda’s leading real estate firm, has been forced into liquidation due to insolvency. The clients have for years demanded for their land titles purchased from various Jomayi estates in vain until their last hope was buried on Monday after a court decision to declare Jomayi insolvent following NC Bank's unsuccessful attempt to retrieve sh868,250,000 from Jomayi. Jomayi's debt with the NC bank started in 2018 when Jomayi entered purchase agreements with Mr. Ssemwogerere John Baptist who had mortgaged his land 50.2 acres for 1.506 billion shillings in Busiro Block 410 Plot 20, Ssisa, Wakiso District, to NC Bank Uganda Limited for loans to Value Trading Stores Limited. They agreed on six 251 million shillings installments, with overdue amounts incurring 21.5 percent interest. However, Jomayi […]

admin April 30, 2024

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Jubilation in Lira after alleged land graber remanded

On Friday 2nd February jubilations and ululations rocked Lira City as victims of land grabbing and impunity that has for years been exhibited by Betty Amongi’s leading campaigner  tycoon Geoffrey Etwop, was finally brought to an end. Claiming to have deep connections everywhere in Uganda and more so State House, Etwop had distinguished himself as an untouchable land grabber who never spared even public land if it belonged to the Government of Uganda. He had strong backers and collaborators inside the land board that was in charge before Lira was elevated to city status. These would help in falsification of documents to enable the land defrauding in favor of Etwop. His luck ran out on Friday when security operatives the state house anti corruption unit swung into action and arraigned Etwop in the court. His remand to prison excited many. […]

admin February 3, 2024

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Will Museveni’s trip to Amuru resolve Balaalo crisis in Acholi?

BY URN KAMPALA.President Yoweri Museveni is expected to visit Okidi Parish, in Atiak Sub- County, Amuru district this weekend for the first time to specifically address the growing crisis of the settlement of the migrant cattle keepers commonly referred to as Balaalo in the Acholi Sub-region. The president’s visit comes against the backdrop of an uproar among local leaders in the sub-region who have accused him of violating his own decision to evict the cattle keepers from the sub-region. Leaders from the sub-region have on several occasions raised complaints to the President on the conflicts being witnessed between the locals and the cattle keepers over the illegal acquisition of vast chunks of customary land. To address the complaints, President Museveni issued Executive Order No. 33 in May banning the illegal presence of cattle keepers from Northern Uganda by the end […]

admin November 5, 2023