President Yoweri Museveni has halted National Housing and Construction Corporation from evicting people residing in Kasokoso Kampala suburb land.
The President issued a directive confirming that the residents should never be evicted in message was delivered on January 4, 2026 by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja during the official handover of the land to the residents.
The disputed Kasokoso land covers approximately 400 acres of land contested between the community and the National Housing and Construction Company (NHCC).
Under Museveni’s directive, residents are now free to stay on the land, develop it, and receive individual land titles, securing both their homes and livelihoods.
She said the NRM leadership carefully reviewed the matter following concerns raised by residents during the President’s Parish Development Model (PDM) tours. She confirmed that government had acted decisively to bring the long-running conflict to an end.
“The President has directed that the people of Greater Kasokoso should not suffer any more. You will not be evicted, and you will be given land titles,” Nabbanja told the gathering adding that government will secure another land elsewhere for National Housing and Construction Company as an alternative to permanently solve the land dispute.
The Prime Minister acknowledged that residents had endured hardship for many years and said the situation would have been resolved earlier had it reached the President’s attention sooner.
She also used the occasion to urge residents to support the NRM government, criticizing opposition leaders for what she described as divisive politics that do not address poverty or service delivery.
“The government is focused on what truly matters to the people — secure land tenure, education, health services, clean water, and lasting peace,” Nabbanja said.
She however encouraged residents to take advantage of government wealth-creation programmes such as the Parish Development Model (PDM), Emyooga, and other community-based initiatives aimed at improving household incomes.
“Economic empowerment at the household level is the foundation of stable and prosperous families,” she added.
The long-standing land dispute in Kasokoso involving the National Housing and Construction Company (NHCC) is
ongoing and remains unresolved as of January 2026. Thousands of residents still live under the threat of eviction, with the matter recently brought to the attention of President Museveni, who in July and December 2025 vowed to intervene and find a solution within a specific timeframe
President Yoweri Museveni, during recent tours in Wakiso District in mid-2025, promised to personally investigate the matter and resolve the issue within one and a half months. This indicates the dispute is still active and has reached the highest levels of government for potential resolution.The ownership of the approximately 258-292 acres of land is contested by several entities, including the NHCC, the Uganda Police, and private individuals, while thousands of residents claim to have lived there for decades.Previous attempts to resolve the issue, including parliamentary petitions and court cases spanning over a decade, have not resulted in a final, universally accepted solution. The NHCC had plans to redevelop the area into a modern satellite city, which residents resisted.
