City Broker Kamoga faces arrest over fraudulent acquisition of 200-acre land in Entebbe

Entebbe, (UG): The deputy director of public prosecutions, Mr George William Byansi has asked the police to arrest prominent land broker Muhammad Kamoga of Kamoga Property Consultants on charges of forgery, uttering a false document, and obtaining registration by false pretense over a 200-acre land in Entebbe.

Kamoga is accused of fraudulently acquiring ownership of the land which is found in two villages of Bukaya and Bugoba, Garuga, in Katabi Town Council in Entebbe, Wakiso District.

According to the charge sheet sent to the CID Director, the state has since slapped fraud charges against Kamoga and asked the police to arrest him and have him arraigned in court to answer to the charges.

The prosecution alleges that on May 7, 2021, at the Wakiso Lands office, Kamoga, with the intent to deceive, forged a transfer form dated May 7 with respect to land on block 435 plot 8, purporting it to have been by Bibangamba Peter, whereas not.

It is further alleged that Kamoga also fraudulently forged a transfer form dated February 8, 2021, with respect to land found on Block 435 in regard to 105 plots.

The land broker is also accused of uttering a false statement where it is alleged that he submitted the said forged documents to the Registrar of Tiles, purporting that they were signed by Mr Bibangamba, whereas they were not.

According to the state, Kamoga willfully procured for himself the registration of disputed land under the Registration of Titles Act by falsely pretending that the same was transferred to him by Bibangamba.

The charges result from complaints regarding four plots of land on Block 435 at Bukaaya Village in Katabi Town Council, Entebbe.

Mr Bibangamba is accusing the land dealer, Mr Kamoga, of subdividing his land into more than 100 plots, transferring them into his name, and later selling them off without his consent.

“Charges of GEF 308/22 and CRB 556/2022 should be prepared as guided above and forwarded to Resident State Attorney (RSA) Entebbe for further action,” reads the document received at the CID on September 4.

According to the complaint, in 2021, Mr Bibangamba engaged Mr Kamoga to recover his land from occupants who had become a big problem to him.

It is further alleged that Mr Bibangmba and Mr Kamoga signed a Memorandum of Understanding accompanied by powers of attorney to enable the latter to execute the assignment.

According to the powers of attorney, Mr Kamoga was mandated to sign and/or execute any court documents and instruments and to take all such steps as may be necessary or expedient for giving effect to the said powers.

It is alleged that Mr Kamoga held meetings with squatters, opened the boundaries of the land, negotiated with some of them, and even took one of them, J.P. Cuttings, to Mr Bibangamba, where the sale was concluded.

“However, thereafter, Mr Kamoga proceeded and subdivided the entire land into several small plots, transferred most of them into his own names, and then sold them without the knowledge or consent of the complainant or the affected occupants,” Bibangamba states.

At the time of filing this story, this publication was yet to get a comment from Mr Kamoga on the accusations as his known telephone numbers were unavailable.