By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
Five persons have been arraigned and charged at Gomba Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly forcing their way into 600 acres of Madhvani land in Musongole village, Mpenja Sub County, Gomba District.
The five were arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in liaison with CID and consequently took them to court on Tuesday, 12th November, 2024.
According to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit’s statement, the five are Nuwahereza Allan Katakanya, Mudenyi Gerald, Nabimanya David, Ssenoga Abdu and Kisenyi Abdu.
They were charged with forcible entry, forcible detainer, destroying growing plants and conspiracy to commit a misdemenour and a felony and remanded until 19/11/2024.
In September 2024, the accused together with others still at large, under the guise of conducting a boundary opening, violently took possession of over 600 acres of land comprised in FRV 60 folio 4 in Musongole village, Mpenja Sub County, Gomba District, belonging to Madhvani Group Limited, in the process destroyed tea plantations and over 540 acres of natural forest.
Investigations are ongoing to establish, among others, how an overlapping title was created in October 2024, on a land title registered in the names of Madhvani Group in 1955.
“If confirmed true, the public officials and any other individuals found responsible for the irregularity will be held accountable,” warns the Anti-Graft Agency.
