500 houses, businesses and eateries demolished by armed attackers

According to reports on 14 October 2008, a group of armed people razed hundreds of homes and businesses in the Mukwenda zone of Makerere in Kampala late on 12 October. The affected area -- which is located adjacent to the Makerere University veterinary school, colloquially known as Kikumi kikumi -- included more than 500 houses, businesses and eateries. Local security forces suspect that a group of people claiming ownership of the land is responsible for the incident. Police officers were supposed to have evicted the tenants the previous week, but information suggesting that the ownership document that triggered the eviction order was fake halted the police action. The armed group fired gunshots to evict the tenants and used a grader to demolish the buildings. At least six people were injured, and an additional 500 people were displaced as a result.