Makuutu Rare Earths Project Affected People anxious as Land Access Agreements expire
The Makuutu Rare Earths Project Affected People (PAPs) in Busoga are anxious as the two-year Land Access Agreements (LAAs) they signed with the project developer, Rwenzori Rare Metals (RRM), near expiration.
The PAPs, who are land owners in several villages in the districts of Bugweri, Mayuge and Bugiri that make up part of the Makuutu project, were paid Ugx. 100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Shillings) two years ago for land access by RRM, crucial for the company’s mining license application for the initial stage of development of the Makuutu project.