Beatrice Nyakaisiki Byenkya is a Ugandan politician, who serves as the Chairperson of the

Uganda Land Commission The Uganda Land Commission (ULC) is a semi-autonomous land verification, monitoring, and preservation organisation, owned by the Ugandan government, that is mandated to document, verify, preserve, and maintain land owned and/or administered by ...

. She was appointed to that position on 18 April 2019. Her appointment requires the approval of the Ugandan parliament.

Background and career

Byenkya previously served as the Woman Representative for

Hoima District Hoima District is a district in Western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Hoima. Location Hoima District is bordered by Buliisa District to the north, Masindi District to the northeast, Kyan ...

in the 7th Parliament (2001–2006) and the 8th Parliament (2006–2011). She lost her seat during the National Resistance Movement political party, primary elections of the 2016 election cycle, losing to the former Woman MP for Hoima District, Tophace Byagira Kaahwa. During the 7th parliament, she was one of the few members of parliament, who refused to accept the USh5 million (approx. US$2,000 at that time) given to each MP, as inducement to change the Constitution and remove the presidential term-limits. Her appointment to chair the

(ULC), comes at a time when ULC is mired in controversy, including court cases of (a) unlawful evictions of people from their lands (b) forgery of land titles (c) illegal possession of land by wealthy businessmen and (d) rampant corruption. In 2018, Justice

Catherine Bamugemereire Catherine Bamugemereire is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who, since 2015, has served as a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Uganda, which doubles as Uganda's Constitutional Court. Background and education She was born in Bubulo, in the then Mbale ...

of the Land Inquiry Commission, directed the arrest of some of ULC officials over allegations of abuse of office, neglect of duty and corruption. At ULC, Byenkya replaced Baguma Isoke, a former Minister of Lands in the Ugandan cabinet, who served as chairman, from 2013 until 2019.

Other considerations

In 2012, president Yoweri Museveni appointed Beatrice Byenkya to the Immigration and Citizen Control Board.

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Museveni Appoints Beatrice Byenkya As New Land Commission Boss
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byenkya, Beatrice Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Hoima District Members of the Parliament of Uganda National Resistance Movement politicians Politicians from Western Region, Uganda Women members of the Parliament of Uganda

Background and career

Other considerations

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