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Ssemakula Yusuf, a businessman, and Kato Erick, a mechanical engineer, were on Thursday arraigned before the Kira Chief Magistrate’s Court
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KIRA
A businessman and a mechanical engineer have been charged with multiple offences related to alleged land grabbing in Kitukutwe Village, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District.
Ssemakula Yusuf, a businessman, and Kato Erick, a mechanical engineer, were on Thursday arraigned before the Kira Chief Magistrate’s Court following investigations by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
The two face six counts, including destroying growing plants, forcible entry, forcible detainer and unlawful eviction of bona fide occupants without a court order. They were remanded until November 23, 2026.
Prosecution alleges that between September and November 2025, the accused, together with several other people still at large, mobilised a large group that violently entered land comprised in Block 180, formerly Plot 2 Kyadondo, in Kitukutwe Village, with the intention of taking possession of it without a lawful eviction order.
The prosecution further alleges that in November 2025, the accused, acting with others still at large, destroyed property belonging to three people identified as Kabugo William, Kizito Robert Nsimbi and Edisa Sanyu.
The destroyed property reportedly included eucalyptus and other indigenous trees, maize, banana plantations, sweet potatoes, fruit trees and cassava. The charges relate to alleged acts of forcibly taking possession of land and destroying crops belonging to the occupants.
The accused will remain on remand as the case awaits further court proceedings.
