"Hoima evictions: One woman’s horror" 1 October 2014

Ngonzebwa is one of the more than 200 families in Rwamutonga village, Hoima District, who were left homeless when unidentified men, reportedly acting on the orders of a business man called Joshua Tibangwa stormed the area and brutally evicted them from their land...She was in the kitchen preparing her breakfast when suddenly, she heard the sound of bullets and commotion outside...A very afraid Ngonzebwa raced back into the house, and crawled under her bed for cover. Even when the sound of bullets progressively drew nearer, it never dawned on her that her house was one of the targets. In fact when she heard a loud bang outside, she thought someone was attempting to steal the breakfast she had abandoned in the kitchen...The destruction did not just stop with the house. Her garden of maize and cassava was slashed to the ground. Her banana stems were also cut down, potatoes uprooted and her dried maize and beans burnt. Even her goats were looted. This was also the fate of all the other families in the village. The land, totalling 485 hectares, is being claimed by Mr. Tibangwa who intends to lease it to McAlester Energy Resources Limited, to construct a waste management facility.