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The Madhavani Group of Companies bought the hitherto dilapidated hotel that was built by the colonial government to host Queen Elizabeth II for the grand opening of the Owen Falls Dam in 1954.
WHAT YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW: A number of people including politicians, tenants and landlords or their representatives in Jinja are in the Courts over property wrangles surrounding the buildings formerly owned by the Asians.
Controversy erupted over the building in late 2022 when Gamwanga sent goons to demolish it claiming to have sold it to the Iganga-based tycoon, Hajji Musa Balikowa who plans to put in a new modern structure that fits the Jinja City status.
Lufafa said much as he does not agree politically with the incumbent MP of Jinja North, Zijjan and others should give Isabirye time to complete his five year term as opposed to confusing the electorate.
Jinja Mayor Alton Peter Kasolo said he was disappointed with the slow pace at which the USMID road project was moving in the City, fearing that the World Bank-funded project due to close in December might punish Jinja.
Jinja city council spokesperson Kitto Rajab declined to comment on the matter in respect to the sub judice rule which restricts public discussion of matters pending before the courts.
For almost a decade, Stanbic Bank, alongside several others in Jinja had migrated from their traditionally known locations at Busoga Square that also served as the district headquarters to the busy Central Business District(CBD) along Scindia Road also known as Lady Alice Muloki Road.
Jinja City is one of the urban centers in the country with the highest cases of property (land and buildings) related conflicts involving former Asian properties in which locals as tenants, DAPCB, and some people claiming to be owners play against each other.
The highlight tenants do not pay rent, neither do they carry out any repair on the building whose owners and the government also benefit nothing as far as ground rents and revenue are concerned.
The authorities in Jinja are concerned that such litigants which have become a fashion in the baby city that was once the East African industrial hub….
As can be recalled, Keshwala had dragged some tenants, including NRM to the courts of law for refusing to vacate the building and denying him revenue through rent.
Recently, the Court presided over by the Jinja Chief Magistrate His Worship Jude Okumu Muwone acquitted Sakwa of the manslaughter, robbery and malicious damage counts earlier slapped against him.
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