Prof. Venansius Baryamureba
Makerere University has demolished structures of poor people who have been staying on its land in Katanga, a Kampala suburb.
The Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof Venansius Baryamureeba was recently dragged to court by a Kampala business man, Stephen Mukasa accusing him of malicious damage and theft of building materials worth 150 million shillings from one of the plots of land in Katanga.
The Acting Estates Manager of Makerere University, Charles Kwagaba says the institution has demolished peoples’ houses because such structures were illegally constructed on university land.
Kwagaba says police gave them protection as they demolished peoples’ houses. Parliament passed a land act that bars eviction of people from land last year. The MP for Kampala Central, Erias Lukwago says most of the laws in Uganda are passed to please donors but they are never implemented on the ground.