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Kyegegwa residents oppose boundary opening in contested land dispute
12 June 2026, 2:40 pm
By Kyalisim Aasuman
Residents from the four villages of Kyema, Kalibwoya, Kyakataha and Kakongorano in Migongwe parish-Migongwe subcounty-Kyegegwa district, have solidly opposed a request by Kyegegwa RDC Col: Alex Bright Nzirimu, seeking relatives of late Hosea Bagonza Nduru to open boundaries; these are claiming ownership of the titled land.
During a sensitisation meeting, held in Kyema village on Wednesday,10th April 2026, chaired by the RDC, local leaders including LC1 chairperson for Kyema village, Ambrose Alinaitwe and the LC3 chairperson for Migongwe, Julius Tumukunde, expressed anxiety of eviction after boundary opening.
The locals further tasked the district land surveyor, Monius Tumusiime, to shade more light on whether the land tittle was genuine.
In his report, Tumusiime noted that under the trust of leaders, he visited the M-zone offices in Fort-Portal and later to Entebbe, discovering that the Freehold private milo land tittle Block 26, originally plot 1(but now 2,3,5) was processed on 2/06/1964 currently measuring 129 hectares.
During the meeting, Patricia Nyakwera a family member of late Hosea Bagonza Nduru faced a difficult moment while answering tough questions from residents who were already charged with anger.
She insisted that their plan as family is to have boundaries open and present their land title to the government for compensation, adding that they have no plan of eviction of the seating tenants.
Nyakwera did not face crowd resistance alone but rather the RDC Col. Alex Nzirimu, faced it more rough when he continued pleading to locals accept the boundary opening.
In his remarks, the district chairperson Kyegegwa, Norman Birungi, expressed dissatisfaction over increased land conflicts, appealing to the government for affirmative action to address such conflicts.