Uganda, Feb. 23 -- The Commissioner of Land Registration in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has cancelled the title of a disputed piece of land carved out of council land.

The land in dispute is on Plot 21 Grant Street in Masaka City. It was originally registered in Masaka Municipality name before it was transferred to a name of a private developer.

"For land comprised in leasehold register Volume Msk 287 folio 17 Plot 21 Grant Street Masaka Municipality are hereby cancelled forthwith and removed/plunged from the register book. The certificate of title concerning land comprised in leasehold register volume Msk 287 folio 17 Plot 21 Grant Street Masaka Municipality be registered in the names of Masaka Town Council," M...