The NUP second cohort is open for all members, and applications are still ongoing. Among the students who were awarded certificates, the majority were female and were in three categories: foot soldiers, professionals, and community leaders.
In July 2024, police and local leaders in Mpigi district, which borders Gomba, discovered 17 human skulls from a shrine belonging to Lujja Bbosa Tabula, and this discovery raised alarms about the historical and cultural implications of such findings, as well as potential criminal investigations related to the remains.
Handling forced evictions and remedies, best practices to conduct, concluding land reforms, issues of land fraud and forgeries, enhancing revenue generation for the government from the land sector, and documenting women’s land rights and those of indigenous communities will be tackled during the first-ever land learning week conference.