The ministry has been issuing titles, but the exercise was recently halted to critically resolve the matter. Now officials at MZO are worried that public outcry is going to be so much.
In 2018, the government, represented by the then State Minister for Environment, Dr. Mary Goreti Kitutu, halted the eviction of locals from three Mubende forests by the NFA. The minister directed the forestry body to embark on the degazetting process of these forests. These are Kasolo Forest Reserve in Kigando Sub County (3,244 hectares), Lusiba Forest Reserve in Nabingoola sub-county (670), and Muyinayina Forest Reserve.