The Deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Kajjansi Town Council, Mr Patrick Mubiru has called for an emergency locus mediation meeting, to settle a long standing dispute over the late Ezekeri Makabugo Sempagama Bunjo’s, 521 acre estate covering two villages of Ngongolo ‘A’ and Ngongolo ‘B’ in Wakiso District.
In a letter dated June 8th to authorities and stakeholders in the matter, Mr Mubiru revealed that he received a petition from the grandchildren of late Ham Kisasa, who accused the estate administrator one Kizito Kizekiya (heir and Administrator) of mismanaging the family estate and unfairly distributing the property of their late grandfather.
“They further alleged that kizito Kizekiya sold plots on the land without the consent/ permission or holding any discussion with the family members” he said.
During a meeting held at the RDC’s office in Kitende last week, the chairperson Ngongolo B, village Mr Saul Kiwanuka, contradicted himself during the meeting when he initially denied having any knowledge of the illegal land sales on the land but later accepted that he used to stamp the land purchase documents after.
“We agreed with him (Kezekia Kizito) through the land dealers Kabambula, on the portions of land to be sold off together with other residents on the village, I also used to stamp on those land transactions after” kiwanuka told the meeting.
Mr Kiwanuka’s inconsistency while replying to questions from the RDC during the meeting, in which Kezekia was absent from led to an altercation with the family members, prompting RDC Mr Mubiru to set Wednesday 17th for the parties to reconvene to settle the dispute.
Mr Vincent Ssebawutu, who was entrusted with caretaking of the estate by the deceased, revealed that during a Makabugo Kayanjulwa land meeting held at kyaali on 25/04/15, Kezekia said he was going to partition and distribute the land out to his siblings amongst the three households, according to their father’s lineage.
“However, he was advised to during the meeting that the land was to be divided amongst four households, since they were four brothers and it stopped the further dealings and divisions on the land” he said.
However, Mr Vincent Ssebawutu revealed that after the meeting, Kezekia fraudulently changed the land title and letters of administration over the land, into his own names without the knowledge of the family members and started selling off the land.
“During the last family meeting held on 30/05/15, the family agreed to put caveats back on the land, until a surveyor is taken to the land to carry out the partitioning. Kizito fraudulently partitioned the land in Ngongolo and sold it off without the knowledge of the family and has avoided meeting family members since then, yet new properties keep sprouting up on different parts of the land” he said.
