AllAfrica News: Land and Rural Issues

[Nile Post] The Deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for Kayunga, John Magezi, has cautioned Local Council I (LC I) chairpersons against engaging in or endorsing fraudulent land transactions, warning that the practice of issuing conflicting signatures on land agreements is fuelling escalating land disputes and illegal occupations across the district.

[Nile Post] The Electoral Commission has announced its readiness to conduct Local Council elections across Uganda after receiving the necessary funding for the exercise.

[263Chat] Farmers in Insiza District are reporting healthier grazing lands and improved livestock management after adopting a paddocking system under the Holistic Land and Livestock Management (HLLM) programme.

[Vanguard] The renewed push by the Federal Government to end open grazing and activate the so-called 470 gazetted grazing reserves is a deeply troubling return to a policy that has already generated fierce controversy, failed to win public confidence, and proved impossible to implement smoothly in the past.

[Ghanaian Times] The Acting Rent Commissioner of Ghana, Mr Frederick Opoku, has directed all hostel operators across the country to suspend any planned rent increases, warning that defaulters would face legal action as the government intensifies enforcement of rent laws.