BY KETRA JJEMBA
KAMPALA
THE Shadow Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban development also the Member of Parliament representing Nakawa East constituency Eng. Ronald Balimwezo has vowed to table a motion in parliament blocking city tycoons from grabbing the public land at the Old taxi park.
The former Nakawa Municipality mayor has today told media that when he was a councilor in 2003, “I witnessed the fraud through which these tycoons purchased this land. I tried to resist the transaction but was over powered because they fraudulently purchased it with the help of Kampala LcV Chairman then the late Ssebana Kizito and the Minister of local government then Prof Tasis Kabwegyere.”
The MP has vowed to resist this purchase now that he has the floor of parliament he also insists that the current leadership must use their mandate to stop this purchase.
Kampala Capital City Authority Speaker Zahara Luyulika will tomorrow convene an emergency council meeting tomorrow Wednesday to deliberate on this matter among other raising issues which ensued while they were detained.
Meanwhile Hon Nsubuga Balimwezo is calling upon the public to protect their properties or the mafias and most of which are being fronted by government officials are ready to grab every piece of land around but it’s the population to protect this public land.
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