The controversy surrounding an illegal village in the island district of Kalangala has taken a new turn with the Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Fredrick Ssemwogerere, ordering the Zonal Chairman to hand over the seal of the office.

Mr Ssemwogerere said Mr Alex Mpala, who claims to be the chairman of Kachanga landing site located on Funve Island in Mazinga sub-country, illegally acquired the stamp a year ago.

“I order Mr Mpala to hand over the stamp because Kachanga is still part of Mawaala village; if you want a new village to be gazetted, you must follow the correct procedures,” he said. declared.

Ms Babra Nabasirye, Head of Mazinga Sub-County, delivered Mr Ssemwogerere’s message to the people of Kachanga on Wednesday.

The directive comes days after the village executive committee wrote to the CAO office, complaining of not having received its allowances for four years.

“If the people of Kachanga want to secede from Mawaala village, they should write to the CAO office explaining why they need an electoral area and we will guide them through the process,” she added.

However, Mr Mpala said last year, he was invited to the sub-county headquarters to collect the stamp.

“I was told that the stamp was sent by the district headquarters, which meant that they recognized Kachanga as one of the villages in Kalangala district,” he said.

According to Mr Sunday Gerald Kayita, Mazinga sub-county chairman, it took them three months to establish that a government stamp was being used illegally in Kachanga.

“The stamp was first brought to Kachanga village in Bufumira sub-county, who rejected it, saying they already had theirs. It was after three months that we learned that “There was another village with the same name,” he said.

Kachanga village is considered part of Mawaala village, but in 2021, residents announced that they had created their own administrative unit, with Mr. Mpala as president.