Uganda, May 9 -- Former Forum for Democratic (FDC) party president, Col (rtd) Dr Kiiza Besigye has castigated the government over its alleged failure to address the problem of land grabbing in the Bunyoro Sub-region.

While addressing a rally at Hoima Booma Grounds on Monday, Dr Besigye observed that ever since oil was discovered in the Albertine Graben, the region has registered massive land evictions, leaving many families homeless.

Dr Besigye, who was in the area on a drive to popularise the Power Ten Faction of FDC Katonga, noted that cases of land grabbing are on the rise in the region yet the government has not provided a permanent solution to such problems.

"The government has not done much to help the people evicted from their l...