Over the past few days
rooftop dwellers of Block Tanpa have camped out on the street nearby the
building on which they lived atop for 10 years and more. Families were
distraught when the Municipality declared they could not return to their home sites
but would be relocated to plots in rice fields miles from the
city. After rapid land searches and negotiations with the Municipality
it now appears a settlement has been agreed to by both sides with a resettlement
site much closer to the city. With the community SUPF, UPDF, UNCHS and
the MPP now in agreement on the site the conditions of resettlement:
price of land, housing loans, plot sizes etc need to be negotiated over
the next few days.
