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Kibaale District deputy RDC Emmy Ngabirano wants National Forestry Authority (NFA) to stop all its activities of evicting people out of the forest in which they encroached illegally until the 2016 elections are done.

According to Ngabirano, evicting people from the forest even if they settled there illegally might cause unnecessary unrest, and disgust to the seating government. This comes as National forestry officials in Kibaale- Kagadi have stepped-up efforts to evict all illegal settlers in the Forest reserves to save the country from the increasing harsh climate change conditions resulting from tree cutting which is at its peak in these two districts.

However Environmental Activist Frank Musamuzi the Executive Director of the National Association of Environmental Experts (NAPE) has urged environmental conservation bodies not to mix in politics but rather remain focused on their constitutional mandate.

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The director of KCCA had earlier issued a directive last week that the vendors get stalls in city markets and leave Old and New Taxi Parks today.

Kayihura halted the eviction after receiving reports that the vendors were planning to burn taxis during the eviction. A source in police says that the traders will still be evicted soon.

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The Lord Mayor ofKampala, Hajji Erias Lukwago has set up a committee to find out how 800 million shillings were used to evict vendors from the city streets.

Lukwago says that there is no way how the KCCA director, Jenifer Musisi Semakula could have used 800 million shillings in evicting vendors. However a source in KCCA accounts department told us that out of the 800 million shillings, only 88 million shillings was used in eviction exercise and the remaining balance cannot be accounted for.

Lukwago says that negative forces fight him wherever he asks for accountability of such public funds. He says that there would be no pothole if the public funds at KCCA were not being embezzled. Lukwago says billions of money disappear in KCCA coffers every single day.

 President Museveni not so long ago told the citizens that the government created the post of city executive director and that of Minister forKampalato fight graft inKampala. However desipite the creation of the above posts graft is on increase in Kampala and in Uganda as general. In fact one can conclude that 85% of the Uganda public officials and civil servants are corrupt.

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According to DP president, Nobert Mao preparations are under way to have the meeting in place before the long awaited dialogue.

However, DP is filing a case in the east African court of justice seeking it to compel all member states to have in place declaration which calls for the establishment of the regional court on human and people’s rights that will rule on case of rights violation by member states

In another development ,DP president general Nobert Mao states that the party is ready to offer Luzira victims of the KCCA shooting legal assistance as they seek to be compensated for the losses incurred during the forceful eviction last Sunday.

The party also wants the executive director KCCA to give politics chance to rule Kampala since development can not be separated from development adding that the demolition exercise is not owned by the people which has turned the exercise in a problem.

However, the party sees no reason for Ugandan to mark the liberation day on 26 this month saying the NRM government has done nothing for the nation

By Isaac Senabulya

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Lukwago while addressing Journalists at Parliament condemned the force which was applied to evict the residents which he said was inhuman and an explanation must be given.

He said Kampala City Authority law enforcement officers were used without consulting him as the Lord Mayor which he said has made his work so difficult.

About 100 families were affected in yesterday’s demolition, while an estimated 1,760 families will be homeless and it is said a private developer has been given the green light to develop the estates into a satellite city but the fate of the affected people is not yet known for their next destination.

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