Lands minister directs Hoima sugar ltd to compensate IDPS
The residents were evicted from a piece of land measuring 1,557 hectares after the late Prince Hebert Kimera Rwakiswaza who claimed to be the rightful owner of the land leased it to Hoima Sugar Ltd to set up a sugar plantation and factory.
After the eviction, the 300 families who also claimed rightful ownership of the land in the villages of Muzirandura, Kyabataka A & B, Kyakasoro and Nyawante in Kiziranfumbi sub-county set up a camp on church land in Kijayo village where they have lived since 2014.
State minister for lands Dr. Sam Mayanja has made an impromptu visit and directed Hoima Sugar ltd to compensate them.
The minister also thinks that government should reign in and find a solution to the evictees.
He has promised to engage the Office of the Prime Minister for relief items to the affected families.
Amlan Tumusiime the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner has asked the Minister to ensure an expedited compensation from the sugar company.
Some of the residents have narrated the pain of being displaced from their land.
