The city law firm of Kibazo Associated Advocates on behalf of their client Silver Kagwa Sekitoleko has threatened to take both criminal and civil legal actions against officials in the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development for the contempt of lawful Court Orders allegations.
In their intention to sue letter, dated, 17th of January 2025 received by the Office of the Commissioner Land Registration, lawyers advise the officials especially Aisha Kabira the Principal Registrar of Titles and Elton Byamukama to desist from further violation of the court order issued by the Land Division of the High Court Kampala.
According to documents, the Administrative Interim Order was issued by the Registrar Land Division restraining the interfering with the land before Court comprised in Kyadondo Block 229 Plots 2634, 2673, 2674, 2674, 2675, 2676 and 2677 situated at Kireka Kamuli in Kira Municipality.
The land is part of the large estate of the late Paul Mukasa Kiggundu where the Administrators Kagwa and Rose Nakigudde developed a misunderstanding on how to manage their father’s estate hence resulted in legal battles both at Land and family Divisions of the High Court.
“The purpose of writing this letter is therefore to bring to your attention that there’s an interim order issued restraining the Respondent(Nakigudde), their servants, employees, agents, and or successors in the title from selling, transferring, alienating, mortgaging, subdividing, amalgamating, and or in any way dealing with or interfering with the land comprised in Kyadondo Block 229 Plot 2634, 2635, 2636, 26377 formerly plot 1082 and or any land that forms part of the estate of the late Paul Mukasa Kiggundu” lawyers letter dated 27th November 2024 reads in part.
Even though lawyers write to the Commissioner Land Registration and their letter received over the matter, Kabira proceeded on 28th of November 2024 with the scheduled hearing of the complaint filed by Nakigudde seeking the Commissioner Land Registration orders the cancellation of all the said land titles registered on the contested land claiming that they were issued illegally.
According to documents, on 19th of December 2024, Kabira issued a report resulting from the hearing which lawyers claim was done illegally and contempt the Court Order which was in place over the matter and she orders for cancellation of all the said land titles insisting that are illegally issued.
“ Our instructions are to demand as we hereby do, that you immediately cease and desist from further contemptuous acts since the decision delivered on the 19th day of December 2024 was a direct violation and disregard of the court order.
Should you fail to halt all the activities intended to effect changes on the land register by 22rd of January 2025 days after receipt hereof, we have further instructions to file contempt of court proceedings to your detriment, embarrassment and colossal loss” lawyers warned.
However, when contacted, Byabakama admitted to having received the court order, explaining that content on it was not affecting their planned actions against the land.