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State House impersonator arrested in efforts to evict families from contested Luwero land

A man who has been impersonating a Statehouse staff in efforts to fraudulently evict families from a contested piece of land in Luwero has been arrested.

Mariam Namayanja

Mr Everest Muwanguzi was attending a land-wrangle meeting claiming to be from statehouse and siding with one of the parties pushing the mass evictions. Muwanguzi reportedly had a heap of papers including headed papers from the President’s office and was identified by the residents as he quietly attended the meeting convened by Luweero Resident District Commissioner, Mr Richard Bwabye, and the Statehouse team at Bubuubi Village.

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During the arrest, Muwanguzi tried to defend himself by saying that he works for the “State House land desk”, but the State House team revealed that the State House has no land desk, but instead has a Land Directorate headed by Ms Gertrude Njuba. The suspect was arrested and taken away and later handed over to the Luweero Police.

The land in question measures more than one square mile, occupied by more than 600 sitting tenants at Bubuubi Village in Zirobwe Sub County, Luweero District.

Ms Mariam Namayanja, the private secretary of land matters delivered a presidential directive to halt all activities involving the sale and eviction of tenants on the disputed piece of land.

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“President Museveni is aware of the unfortunate incidents that surround this particular land at Bubuubi. The President has instructed me to deliver the message halting the sale and eviction of tenants on this land until the wrangles among the landlords are resolved. The directive takes immediate effect,” she said.

She revealed that the land in question has attracted different individuals that claim to be rightful owners which is not the case.

“We already have information that two parties fighting for this land are in courts of law. These are Ms Catty Nankanja Vs Nkuluze (The Kabaka) of Buganda, but the good side is that the Kabaka of Buganda through his Attorney has already clarified that he is not evicting any of the tenants on his land. Anybody evicting tenants on behalf of the Kabaka is doing it on his own,” she clarified.

The villager wanted to lynch the man after realizing that he was a conman.

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