By Daily Monitor<\/p>\n
Over 80 families living in Kinumu village, Masindi district have petitioned President Museveni protesting the eviction of 3000 residents from the 8 square miles which is part of 25 square miles of land currently occupied by Kiryandongo Sugar for sugarcane plantation.<\/p>\n
Residents want the president to intervene and find a solution to the land dispute between investors and the residents.<\/p>\n
Costantine Rwanyindo the leader of the residents to be evicted says their crops are being uprooted to pave way for the sugarcane plantation.<\/p>\n
According to Rwanyindo, Kiryandongo Sugar Company had allocated 8 square miles to the residents for agriculture but the same company is destroying their crops and evicting them from the given land.<\/p>\n
Deo Byarugaba, one of the residents, decided to petition the president after failing to be helped by the local authorities.<\/p>\n
Gaudencia Kamayanja, another affected resident, has been ordered to move out of her garden twice and warned to be arrested if she is seen there again.<\/p>\n
The contested 23 square miles of land formerly belonged to Bunyoro growers who later sold it to Lochab agricultural company before Kiryandongo Sugar took it over for cane growing.<\/p>\n
The residents have now petitioned President Museveni asking him to halt the activities of Kiryandongo Sugar and order them to compensate all the tenants on the land before eviction.<\/p>\n
However, Johny Masagazi the Public Relations Officer at Kiryandongo Sugar says the company has not yet received written documentation of the claims from the residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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