The Hoima Chief Magistrate Moses Kagoda Ntende has decried the rate at which Oil Projects are triggering gross Human Rights violations in Hoima Magisterial area.
Speaking during a meeting on Human Rights at Kikuube District Headquarters, Kagoda said most of the cases in Hoima Magisterial Area are related to Oil discovery.
He noted that cases like land grabbing are most predominant as residents strategically position themselves in areas where they hope to reap huge oil compensation.
“Families are getting involved in fighting for that money they are receiving out of compensation even some people laying claims over land which is not theirs because they suspect that money is going to come out of that,” he said.
He noted that Children’s rights are being abused whereby some of these children are made to over work.
“Cutting sugarcane, doing all these works and they are dropping out of school. There are land conflicts that are emerging because of these compensations; the rich and the speculators are grabbing land from people,” he noted.
Hope Bagota, Human Rights officer, Western Uganda said they have realised there is forced and early marriages in the area.
“Children are dropping out of school. So together with different stake holders as Uganda Human Rights Commission, we shall come up with ways to solve these problems and sensitize the parents and the children about their rights,” she said.
