Uganda, March 2 -- Lands state minister, Mr Sam Mayanja, has ordered the over 8,000 land tenants, mostly Balaalo who had been evicted from Bajjo central forest reserve in Galilaaya Sub-county, Kayunga District by National Forestry Authority (NFA) to go back on the disputed forest land.

Mr Mayanja, who on Thursday held a meeting with the affected tenants in Kataigwa trading centre in Galilaaya Sub-county noted that claims by NFA that the land is in forest reserve were misleading because there were no any trees on the disputed said land.

"Where is the forest NFA is claiming to conserve? I don't see it. I now order NFA to pack all its property and vacate this land. I also order that all soldiers and policemen deployed on the land be remove...