More than 400 residents in Hoima are on the verge of being forcefully evicted from their ancestral land.
The affected residents are from the village of Ngobye in Buraru parish in Buraru sub county as they are feuding with Neko Isingoma, a prominent businessman in Hoima town over a piece of land measuring approximately 100 acres in the same area.
The residents learnt of their planned eviction from their ancestral land last month after a team of surveyors under the command of Isingoma entered the area and started surveying the land without their consent.
The residents say they have settled on the land since the 1940s wondering how Isingoma came to acquire a title on the land that they have lived on for years.
Adam Irumba, one of the affected residents explains that they are ready to defend the land that they have been settled on for long.
He wants the district officials and Ministry of Lands to intervene and investigate the existence of fraudulently acquired titles in the area.
Patrick Majara, another resident wants the Hoima district land board investigated for allegedly conniving with land grabbers by issuing fake land titles in the entire district putting many families on tension.
Robert Mwanga, the LCIII Chairperson for Buraru Sub County says there are many fraudulently acquired land titles in the area putting hundreds of families in fear of being evicted.
Kadiri Kirungi, the Hoima district LCV Chairperson, says the district is going to investigate all the fraudulently acquired titles and have them revoked, and is calling on the affected residents to remain calm saying his office is handling the matter.
