"Rwamutonga families to be re-evicted; Masindi court has ordered"

Masindi High Court has cleared another eviction for families in Rwamutonga village, Hoima district, where a US firm wanted to set up an oil waste treatment plant. An order dated April 4^th 2017 signed by the assistant registrar Acio Julia cleared Ochika Julius, a court bailiff, to give vacant possession of the land to Tibagwa Joshua and Kusiima Robinah and to demolish any illegal structures on the land...

The centre manager at Justice Centres Uganda, Mr. Tiyo Jonathan, wrote on April 21^st 2017 to the Masindi resident judge asking him to exercise his supervisory powers and halt the execution of the eviction and investigate anomalies in the court process. He said the bailiff had been directed to put Tibagwa and Kusiima in possession of the land from where the families were wrongfully evicted. He stated that the lawyers are preparing to file an application for a judicial review to quash the warrant and prohibit the intended execution so as not to cause injustice and inconvenience to the families. Much as the eviction has not yet taken place, it can be executed anytime from now. The eviction order will expire on May 4^th 2017.