Below is what I wrote sometime back, entitled – “Simplify Land laws & Stop Land Monetarisation”
http://p201.ezboard.com/fugandamanufacturersassociationfrm1.showMessage? topicID=118.topic As practicing politician and also a sociologist trained in Europe, I had come to a logical conclusion that all-industrial society problems are basically derived from, the devilish moneterisation of land and misinterpretation of the socialistic idea, whereby the state steal land from the people to create wealthy for them. \"The concept of wealth creation creeps into work..... in form of the notion that wealthy is created only to enrich the state, and that its power is propotionate to this wealth\". Karl Marx Grundrisse; 1973: pp.108 African poverty, as any poverty elsewhere, is not created or to be precise DOES NOT ORIGINATE in lack of land ownership exchange, which bye the way, can change hands even without using financial tools. At times, one has only to sit back and watch in amazement, when Uganda politicians formulate policy after policy without learning from history. Full monetarisation of land acquisition, as solution to industrial deficits, is fascinating if not out right absurd – So a monetarist view of land acquisition, where the very rich (the rich also can’t buy) buy chunks in mile after miles of land from the poor and bingo - we have modernised, nay rather industrialised. Karl Marx wrote a very interesting thesis on this; see Karl Marx Grundrisse; 1973 pg. 100-111, in part (3) on The Method of Political Economy. I will hasten to add that the entire body of social science philosophy, knowledge and history, in the western world is false and founded on very wrong prepositions. As if it is given - that quickly selling off land the state will automatically build industries. Even the idea of commercialisation of agriculture is a very dangerous one. What do you do with landless armies of workers and propertyless and jobless urban dwellers? This is exactly the fate bedevilling the entire European continent, with now more that 50 million jobless souls. What is the situation in the USA, Russia and indeed WHY IS UNEMPLOYMENT IN THOSE COUNTRIES so pervasive and what do you do with it? Does unemployment affect the developing world in the same way as landless, jobless industrial workers? Years ago there was virtually no unemployment here and why? www.idr.co.ug/5ppoecE.rft a paper present at the International Social Theory Consortium – Tampa Bay – May 18-21, 2003 – North Redington Beach, Florida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UIA to pull out of investor land acquisition exercise By David Muwanga Despite the identification of land for investors by the lands ministry, the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), has threatened to pull out of the land acquisition exercise. “Much as this land was listed by the lands ministry, the process of acquiring it is so cumbersome. We are supposed to process and acquire titles for that land before allocating it to potential investors,” a source from the UIA said recently in an interview. He said, “Since the ministry sent the list to UIA, we have not acquired any land title. We are thinking of pulling out of the exercise and advise investors to buy land from private owners.” According to the list seen by The New Vision, the identified land includes 80,965 hectares which are occupied by 23 Uganda Prisons farms. District prisons which are used as remand prisons, occupy another 1,000 acres, while Luzira Prison has 900 acres. Idle land in refugee camps was also identified. This includes 13 sq.miles at Oruchinga, 100 sq.miles at Nakivale, 75 sq.miles at Kahunge, 54 sq.miles at Rwamwanya 140 sq.km at Kyaka. Others were 120 sq.km at Kyangwali, 39 sq.km at Kiryandongo, 10 sq.miles at Ibuga while land in Acholi Pii and Agago is very large but not surveyed. Unused land totalling to 51.7 sq.km exists in government-owned irrigation farms of Soroti, Apac, Kasese, Tororo, Kitgum, Lira and Kamuli. Land also exists in agricultural mechanisation workshops in Nebbi, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Kasese, Nawago, Suam, Kapchorwa, Moroto, Mbarara, Mbale, Soroti, Tororo, Namalere and other 75 non-operational workshops in 36 districts. The list also includes livestock research facilities and farms in 10 districts with 25,318 hectares (253.18 sq.km). “It is not clear whether institutions are willing to release their land. When we go there, we find un-developed land which they claim belongs to the Government yet processing titles is very difficult,” the source said. Bwanika ________ http://www.idr.co.ug --> for your consultancy needs http://p201.ezboard.com/fugandamanufacturersassociationfrm1 ----------------------------------------------------------- Spela poker mot verkliga människor över Internet. Över 40 000 spelare online http://www.multipoker.com -------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
