Somali nationals evicted from departed Asians’ property in Uganda

Several Somali nationals were on Thursday evicted from the property they have been renting in Old Kampala. The property is found on Plot 16 Old Kampala Road LVR 2631 Folio 13.

Their eviction comes after the Executions and Bailiffs Division of the High Court ordered the eviction of the head of police’s Directorate of Crime Intelligence, Lt Col Ndahura Birakurataki Atwooki, from the continued illegal occupation of prime property which was previously owned by departed Asians located in Old Kampala.

Some of the evictees this reporter spoke to said they had not received any eviction notice.

According to the eviction order issued by the registrar of the court, Mr Muse Musimbi, Lt Col Ndahura was to be evicted so as to give possession to the rightful owner of the prime property, Mr Aneez Jaffer.

Court documents that this reporter has seen show that the petitioner in this matter, Mr Jaffer, is a representative of the departed Asians who claimed the repossession of the said piece of property in question.

However, Lt Col Ndahura and Bernard Tumwesigire, who are both senior army officers, had made some developments on the disputed piece of land and demanded to be compensated before they could give full possession of the land to Mr Jaffer.

Mr Jaffer, according to a consents agreement, jointly paid off Lt Col Ndahura and Tumwesigire a total sum of Shs65m.

“The plaintiff shall pay the defendants (Lt Col Ndahura and Mr Tumwesigire) jointly through their lawyers M/S Ruyondo & Co Advocates a total sum of Shs65m only as compensation and a handshake for the repairs effected on the suit property and as a sendoff in full and final settlement of the counterclaim within 30 days from the date of this consent judgment..” reads in part the consent agreement dated November 20, 2009.

Subsequently, Mr Tumwesigire gave Mr Jaffer the vacant possession of the property but Lt Col Ndahura had since reneged, hence this eviction order of the court.

Lt. Col has since insisted that he sold off that property and left about seven years ago and that even if the eviction was to be carried out, he minded less.

Daily Monitor