Uganda, April 24 -- Ms Regina Nampiima, a resident of Wamala Mukataba village in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District whose rental buildings were razed down during the enforcement of the new trade order and road expansion project has cried foul in the demolition exercise.While Nansana authorities claim that the residents were sensitized about the road expansion and signed consent forms, Ms Nampiima insists the consent forms did not include the demolition of her property executed without any warning.

Like many of her neighbors, the elderly widow chose not to stand in the way of progress. Government officials had explained there was no money for compensation, so residents agreed to surrender portions of their land in good faith, she told ...