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This is the local primary school
where we have had all our
meetings with squatters to
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Joseph, Darius and Me waiting
to meet the local council leader
who is speaking on behalf of the
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The local councilman, Head
teacher of the school that we’ve
been waiting for.
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This is the urbanised part of our land. It
starts at the top end of the road, just where
the arrow points and continues downwards.
Our property is all on the left hand side of
Irrigation stream on the land and the typical
vegetation found on it, some wild, some
One of the more worrying structures built by
the squatters on the land as it is apermanent brick structure. If you shift the
squatter, you pay for the value of what he or
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Same applies
A wild, uncultivated piece of our land. It
extends up to where the arrow points.
Still on the
Same here. I’m overweight because I’ve
spent the last six years chasing up on
this land and have not had any time for
myself. Go figure. Help would be nice.
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Again on the land. This time it is clear
that the soil is black (not red) and
therefore very fertile and good for
agriculture. Irrigation stream can also be
The land extends from beyond the
top of the picture to beyond the
Land extends from the tree line where the arrow is to
beyond the foreground of the picture. There are anumber of different varieties of trees growing wild on the
land such as Euyculuptus and pines. There is also a
colony o Crested Crane birds, the national symbol of
Uganda and protected species that live on the land.
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Land extends from where the arrow is to beyond
the foreground of the picture (i.e. past where Dan
was standing when he took this shot.) We walked
for about 90 minutes to get to this point.
The Railway. There is a railway track
running along the border of the land on
one side of it. Our land is on the left
hand side and pretty much extends for
a couple of miles along the route of the
rail track. It stops about where the
arrow is and Mehta’s Sugar
Plantation/factory starts. Mehta
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Squatter (or one of our tenants according
to law) working in the fields and her semi-
permanent structure for which she will no
doubt seek compensation from us if we ask
her to leave.Both sides of this track are our land.
However, to the left as you look at
the picture, it only goes on for abouthalf a mile more.
Another squatter gathering firewood on the land. Sinc
Daddy bought effectively a village, I suppose there
should be no cause for complaint. The squatters get
aggressive if they see a new face there because they
think you are probably the owner come to evict them.
There was a little hostility though on this day because
think they recognised me from previous meetings.
Also, because I didn’t surround myself with policemen
like other eo le, that robabl hel ed.
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The division between our land and Mehta’s. His
is to the right where the sugar canes are and
ours is to the left where nothing economically
beneficial to us is growing. The well kept fields
at the top of the picture are Mehta’s recently
harvested fields.
Another squatter collecting firewood from trees
on the land. One of the other squatters has
planted a number of eucalyptus trees which
take about twenty years to grow. He’ll be
expecting compensation as well as that is an
expensive crop of trees he has planted.
We have two relatively clear
streams running through the
land. They come from an
underground spring
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Joseph suggested that, in addition to being
good to grow mahogany, eucalyptus,
sugarcane, coffee, tea and maize, because
of the streams, the land could be good for
fish farming if a two or three large ponds
were sunk on it. Currently there is only one
small pond and the fish have mostly been
Mehta’s sugarcane are clear in the background and I had
cross another little stream
Some more irrigation ditches built by
squatters to ensure that no part of the
land lacks water for agriculture. They’ll
be seeking compensation for these
improvements too at some point.
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Some squatters use the earth to make
bricks and sell them on. Problem is that it
depletes the good soil and needs a lot of
firewood. This means trees on the landbeing cut down. However, selling bricks to
make houses is a nice little earner.
All the land in this picture is
This road is another border on the land.
From where the arrow is to the foreground
of this picture and beyond, all the land onthe left is ours.
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Bricks made out of
One of the squatter’s houses
on the land. To have the
squatter leave meanscom ensatin them.
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Another squatter’s
Another Squatter’s
Another Squatter’s
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A Road built by the local
council, illegally, running
through the land.
The local council official
explaining the extent of
the land’s boundaries.
Another Squatter’s
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Some more Squatter
Another Squatter’s House
Graves on the land. Once a grave is put up,
legally, it can’t be removed out of respect for
The Road bordering one side of the
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Another Squatter’s House
Road through the land leading to another
road bordering the land.
Another Squatter’s
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Another Squatter’s
Corner of one point of the
Local Council sign detailing work done
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The house of the Local
Councilman we were dealing
Another Squatter’s House,
this time with hedge.
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List of the twenty four or
so families who were
squatting on the land
when Daddy bought it.
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One of the better squatters who was prepared to show
us the extent of land he is using
Walking back through
the land to our starting
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Water facilities on our land provided by the
District Council for the squatters
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Bwikwe Stadium being built on our
Land extends to about this point
but a proper survey is still needed.
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Exchange Teacher from Austin,
Texas – also squatting
(temporarily) on the land with a
host famil .
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Sign indicating Offices of the
District Local Government. Guess
where? On our land.
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One or Two Squatters may be
innocent trespassers on our land.
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