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Lands minister Mayanja faults Ibanda State Attorney and police over long-running Kyembogo land dispute

Corruption & Abuse of Office Single source Ibanda 2025 (month not reported) Severity: 1/5

According to Nile Post, Minister of State for Lands Dr Sam Mayanja visited Kyembogo Cell in Ibanda, where a family accused the Resident State Attorney and police of siding with businessman Vincent Mbabazi in a 25-year land dispute. The minister questioned why no charges had been brought against Mbabazi and said police had not acted on an AIGP directive for his arrest; he pledged to ask the DPP to transfer the State Attorney and the IGP to deploy new officers. A DPP spokesperson said she was not aware of the complaints.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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