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The Uganda Revenue Authority has urged Kampala landlords to adopt its Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution, citing recurring compliance gaps and a 1% decline in rental income tax even as other tax heads grew by double digits.
A family has asked the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to investigate the disappearance of KSh70 million paid for a property in Kitisuru, Nairobi, saying the money was never remitted to them after the sale was completed.
Uganda's State Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Persis Namuganza, says old and unfit buildings along main streets will be demolished beginning in Kampala, with owners given the chance to redevelop or partner with government under a public-private arrangement.
The Bothasig Residents' Association has asked the City of Cape Town to assess whether the suburb's water, sewerage, electricity, stormwater and road networks can absorb a growing wave of higher-density housing developments.
The EFCC's Enugu zonal directorate has arrested the managing director of Debasilio Construction and Estate Development Limited over an alleged N128 million land scam involving five plots beside the Anambra State Secretariat in Awka.
Habitat for Humanity Malawi and Mzuzu City Council have launched a slum upgrading project in Gesha and Nkhorongo aimed at turning informal settlements into planned, climate-resilient communities with secure land tenure.
The City of Cape Town has begun drafting refined development guidelines for large-scale data centre applications, confirming that a contested hyperscale rezoning approval remains suspended while an appeal is decided.
Transparency International Kenya has filed 15 public interest court cases in a year over leadership and integrity failures, with land-related disputes the most reported corruption issue in its databases.
Residents and descendants of Ogbenti-Obi in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, have asked President Bola Tinubu to halt demolitions and excavation they say went beyond a court warrant of possession and disturbed ancestral graves.