KAMPALA, UGANDA: A section of unscrupulous individuals at the Buganda Land Board (BLB) have resorted to blackmail and smear campaign against Businessman Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham after the Court of Appeal earlier this week halted the cancellation of the latter’s land titles on the contested Kigo land off Entebbe Road.
The said BLB fraudsters led by one Bashir Juma Kizito are accused of misusing the Kabaka’s name to their advantage as a shield to blackmail and assassinate the character and person of Hamis Kiggundu.
Ham in a brief interview wondered how BLB fraudsters are now twisting the outcome of the appellate court ruling to allege that he sued the Kabaka saying these are just pursuing their selfish interests using the royal family’s name.
“The appeal against a decision to cancel his titles should not be mistaken for dragging Kabaka to court. BLB should desist from misusing the Name of Kabaka in pursuing their selfish interests. Are these the kind of Moral values and cultural norms that we should be teaching to our future generations?” Ham wondered.
In September 2022 the commissioner for lands had ordered for the cancellation of Four titles of Kigo Land belonging to businessman Hamis Kiggundu through his Kiham Enterprises based on a complainants own minority report which contradicted the findings of the Comprehensive Joint Survey report made by the technical team commissioned by the tribunal.
It is clear that the Joint Survey team which was composed of staff from the lands department, Surveys and Mapping, Makerere University, NEMA and Surveyors of the parties, concluded that Ham’s Freehold land titles are on public land. It was however not clear on what basis the minority report drafted by the complainant; Bashir Juma Kizito could find otherwise and whether this report was intended to serve the interests of the truth or that of the complaint.
Ham hence cited bias and in October 2022, Kiham Enterprises Ltd through its lawyers: Muwema and Co. Advocates appealed to the Land division of the high Court against the decision of the commissioner Land registration and to stop the cancellation of its freehold titles in Kyadondo Block 275 plots: 23974,23975,23976 and 23977 at Kigo.
The said titles were ordered to be canceled on September 6, 2022 unless an appeal is filed within 60 days from the date of the decision which were lapsing on November 4, 2022
On November 03, 2022 Kiham Enterprises Ltd.’s Lawyer Tomusange Anthony and the Commissioner land registration’s lawyer Moses Ssekito executed a consent which the Court relied on to Stop the Office of the Commissioner Land Registration from Canceling Kiham Enterprises Ltd. ‘s aforementioned titles.
Dissatisfied by the Court decision the BLB fraudsters on November 10, 2022 resorted to blackmailing Ham and assassinating his character on the Kingdom media platforms using the Name of Kabaka on Social Media alongside Ham’s Memorandum of Appeal that arose from the Decision and Orders of the Commissioner Land Registration delivered by Mr. Mugaino Baker on the 6th day of September 2022 at Kampala.
They claimed that Ham had sued the Kabaka, yet in actual sense he (Ham) had defended himself against the claims filed against him by BLB.
It is for that matter that the businessman, through his lawyers, contends that his appeal against a decision to cancel his land titles should not be mistaken for dragging the Kabaka to court. And to that effect, the businessman’s lawyers assert that BLB should desist from misusing the name of Kabaka Mutebi in pursuing their selfish interests and instead seek to see justice done, just as the Court of Appeal has done.
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