The State House Anti-Corruption Unit is also mandated to engage in land issues.
In collaboration with Uganda Police in Entebbe and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit arraigned eight suspects before the Entebbe Magistrates Court on charges of forcible entry, forcible detention, malicious damage to property, and theft.
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The accused include Sserungaya Alex Mukisa, Kajubi Peter, Ddungu Henry, Nnaku Ramanthan, Kaweesi Godfrey, Ngesa Robert, Mukiibi Asuman, and Mugweri Joseph.
It is alleged that on January 21, 2025, the suspects unlawfully entered a 68-acre plot of land located on Block 428, Plot 192 (formerly Plot 22), which belongs to Professor Eleanor Maxine Ankrah, where they destroyed 18 acres of trees and crops and maliciously damaged property on the land.
Reports alleged that the suspects acted under the instructions from alleged bibanja (tenant) owners, including Lutaaya William, Nnalongo Kaita Bakumba Winfred, Kalenzo Edward, Osowa Anthony, and Robert Kayigwa.
These bibanja holders had entered into a consent agreement in the High Court that stipulated the complainant would identify the 18 acres to be shared among them.
However, on February 8 and 9, 2025, before the complainant could show them their designated portions, the same group, led by Ssebagula Aaron, a former convict with a history of land grabbing and fraud, forcibly entered the land, cutting down crops and trees, which they sold to unknown buyers.
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit quickly expanded it’s jurisdiction, responded, took action, and arrested some of the individuals involved.
The arrested have been remanded till 28 February 2025, and investigations are ongoing to apprehend Ssebagula and his associates.
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