Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has stopped all planned evictions from Kyegegwa district, instructing all officials from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) not to threaten any more residents until further communication.
The Prime Minister issued the instruction during a meeting with Kyegegwa district leaders held at OPM on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.
This follows complaints from Kyegegwa district leaders led by Jackson Kafuzii, the Deputy Attorney General that a team of officials from the Office of the Prime Minister under the guidance of Minister Hillary Onek and Charles Bafaki, that over 150,000 people settled in Kazinga Town Council, Rwentuha Sub County and Mpara Town Council should prepare to vacate within three days.
“I want to stop officials from the OPM from engaging in any activity related to eviction in the area neither should you step foot there because I don’t want to hear cases of injuries due to evictions,” Nabbanja said.
She said that she will consult with President Museveni on the matter, but until then no evictions must take place.
In a meeting with the Premier, Kafuzi and the MP of Kyegegwa district said that people are having sleepless nights and are not engaging in government programs due to the eviction threats.
Minister Onek has made his intention known to evict people in the three Sub Counties yet they are heavily populated and developed.
The LCV Chairperson of Kyegegwa, John Byamukama Kisoke thanked the Premier for meeting with them and halting the eviction of his people.
During the meeting, Nabbanja asked Bafaki why they wanted to evict people from their land and to reveal the investor interested in growing avocado in the land, but he had no answer to the questions.
It should be remembered that in 2018, Bafaki led to the displacement of over 50,000 people from 28 villages in the current Kikubbe district and are still living in displaced camps to date.
