Mawokota, Mpigi: The Kabaka of Buganda, His Majesty Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, has lodged caveats aimed at safeguarding the historic 402.40-acre Mvuba Estate at Jeza, warning the public against purchasing or transacting in what the Kingdom describes as illegally created mailo titles that overlap the Kingdom’s property.
In a Caveat Emptor seen by this publication, Buganda Kingdom, through the Attorney General Christopher Bwanika, clarified that the land comprised in FRV 29 Folio 23, now registered as Mawokota Block 18 Plot 3, lawfully belongs to the Kabaka of Buganda
According to Mr Bwanika, “the original title for FRV 29 Folio 23 was created in 1930. By 1965, the land had been transferred into the names of Buganda Investments Company Estates Limited (BIC), the Kingdom’s investment arm, and was widely known as Kabaka’s farmland.”
The property was confiscated in 1967 under Article 108 of the 1967 Constitution, which abolished traditional kingdoms and vested their assets in the central government. However, the estate was returned to the Kabaka in 2013 under Clause 1(d) of an agreement between President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and His Majesty the Kabaka of Buganda, pursuant to the Traditional Rulers (Restitution of Assets and Properties) Act, Cap 243
But recently, some individuals subdivided and sold mailo titles to portions of the estate, which the Kingdom says were erroneously created on freehold land, and the Kabaka has since lodged caveats on the disputed titles and petitioned the Land Registration office to cancel the overlapping certificates of title.
“The Kabaka of Buganda has lodged caveats on all these illegal mailo titles and has petitioned the Commissioner Land Registration to cancel the overlapping mailo certificates of title, and a public hearing process is ongoing,” the caveat notice reads.
“Anyone who transacts on this land is doing it illegally, and whoever was duped into buying part of this land should report the matter to Police and the Buganda Land Board,” Mr Bwanika warned.
He further cautioned the general public to exercise vigilance and avoid engaging in any transactions related to the estate to prevent financial loss and possible prosecution.
The move signals a firm stance by the Kingdom to safeguard restored properties amid rising land disputes involving overlapping titles in central Uganda.
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