In the statement, Simba Properties said they legally acquired the land from the Uganda Land Commission, the custodian and manager of Uganda Government land, but willingly gave it back in the interest of development. The company however says it has since learnt with shock that URC has since leased the land to another developer yet URC claimed the land was within the reserve railway corridor. PHOTO/Courtesy
Simba Properties, a company belonging to billionaire businessman Patrick Bitature’s Simba Group has spoken out against claims that it illegally took possession of land belonging to Uganda Railways Corporation (URC). In a statement released today, November 14th by Simba Properties, the company dismissed the allegations as misleading and inaccurate but instead said that whereas the land had bee

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