Residents
of Lwanyonyi-Kirangira in Nama sub-county in Mukono district have held a
feast to celebrate the death of their landlord, Israel Dickson Banoba.
The late Banoba, who has been feuding with the residents over land for
the last 30 years, suffered a heart failure on Monday last week.
The residents have for years, accused Banoba of forcefully evicting
them from their land and corruptly dragging them to court. The news of
his death brought joy to the residents. On Thursday about 80 residents
led by Umalu Ssebuyonjo slaughtered a cow and roasted the meat on the
contested land to celebrate Banoba’s demise.
Ssebuyonjo says that they held the feast to wash away the pain the deceased had caused them.
“It’s
not so usual for people to be happy when someone dies. However, with
what Banoba put us through while he was still alive, we deserve to
celebrate because he is finally gone,” he said.
Adding that,
“Let this be an example for people who grab other people’s land and
evict people off the land. The people will do this to you.” Jeffrey
Zziwa, another resident says they will start to repossess their land
when Banoba is finally laid to rest on Saturday.
“After burying him, we shall all go back to our land where we were evicted from,” he said.
The
residents also mockingly installed a puppy as Banoba’s heir. In May
2018, Banoba secured a court order allowing him to evict over 200 people
from the contested land.
The
deceased was accused of taking advantage of the night-time curfew in
April 2020 to destroy several crop gardens on the disputed land
belonging to residents. While still alive the late Banoba earlier told
URN that he bought the contested land measuring about 200 acres from Dr.
Emmanuel Lumu in 1971.
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