City Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia has requested Parliament to help him get the ten acres on the Nakawa-Naguru land he originally applied for in order to develop it.
Sudhir told Parliament while appearing before an Ad-hoc committee to explain his interest on the Nakawa-Naguru Land.
“My humble request is that to request in this committee to help me get the ten acres we originally applied for. If they were allocating land to people who don’t exist then what is wrong with me getting 10 acres,” Sudhir told Parliament.
A nine-member ad hoc committee of parliament is investigating the controversy surrounding the land, which is contested by several individuals and companies.
In 2011, the government displaced about 10,000 people to pave way for the setting up of a satellite city but the deal collapsed after Opec Prime Properties, the developer, abandoned the project. Last year, the government repossessed the land and what followed was a massive scramble for pieces of the land.
Being the chairman and majority shareholder in the companies of the Ruparelia Group, Sudhir investments are mainly in the areas of banking, insurance, education, broadcasting, real estate, floriculture, hotels, and resorts. This makes him capable of developing the land to benefit the wider community of Naguru and Kampala city.
