Uganda, Dec. 29 -- The government has paused transactions in customary land in Acholi Sub-region, including conversions of ownership by new buyers to freehold.

The Lands ministry's decision follows legal guidance by the Attorney General that such dealings be stayed until ongoing investigations by a government verification committee are completed.

Mr Kiryowa Kiwanuka, the principal government legal advisor, citing a February 20 Constitutional Court decision, notified the topmost technocrat in the Ministry of Lands not to allow registration of freehold titles on customary land in Acholi.

". considering the . judgment . coupled with the Executive Order No. 3 of 2023 [that President Museveni issued in May on eviction of the Balaalo]," he n...