Cardinal advises Govt, Mengo on land

Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala

Function: Retired archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

Title: Cardinal Priest of S Ugo

Birthdate: Dec 15, 1926	Country: Uganda

Elevated: Nov 26, 1994	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Cardinal advises Govt, Mengo on land
Nov 16, 2007
The retired Archbishop of Kampala, Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala has advised the Government and Mengo to stop bickering and find a lasting and amicable solution to their differences in land matters.

(New Vision, 16th November, 2007) Wamala observed that both Mengo and government officials may have strong points aimed at helping the people, but lack of a common approach had led to them messing up a good programme.“It is irritating that Mengo and government officials are insulting each other instead of listening to what each side has to offer. This is detrimental to all Ugandans.”

Cardinal Wamala was on Wednesday reacting to the clashes between Mengo and the central government over the proposed land amendments which were recently presented to the NRM caucus by lands minister Daniel Omara Atubo.

The government insists that the amendments are to protect both the tenant and the landlord but Mengo argues that they are aimed at turning the landlord into a slave of the tenant and to grab Buganda land.

Wamala supported some of government’s proposals like stopping forceful evictions of sitting tenants by landlords and allowing the government to acquire any land for setting up developmental projects to benefit nationals. He, however, said he was opposed to the abuse of the latter by a handful of people.

“I support an amendment that prevents armed personnel from evicting sitting tenants. I advise the tenants to resist such evictions.”

The government wants to amend section 35 of the land Act regarding tenants’ right of first refusal. It gives the first opportunity to a sitting tenant where a land owner wants to sell off the land.

Wamala called for the total rejection of the clause that empowers the lands minister to handle matters where a landlord refuses to consent to a request of a tenant by occupancy.

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