Uganda, Feb. 12 -- New details have emerged about the contested Serere land involving Serere District Local government and a human rights defender, Mr Moses Omiat.

This follows the emergence of a letter purportedly written by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) directing the Local Government ministry to find ways of depriving Mr Omiat, whom the Soroti High Court declared as the rightful owner of the 150 acres of land, from taking over possession of the said land.

"Mr Omiat took the district administration and the neighbors to court in Soroti over the said land and since the district local government had no money to hire competent and committed lawyers, it ended up losing the case." reads in part the OPM letter to the local government...