By Our Reporter
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has finally fulfilled his pledge to the Buganda Kingdom’s clan heads of buying for them free land worth Ugx 9bn.
The head-of-state made the pledge during a meeting in March 2023 with the Bataka at State House Entebbe.
The clan heads among them including Omutaka Walusimbi Mbirozankya, the head of the Ffumbe clan in the meeting cried to Museveni how they were struggling to get where they could set up their offices.
Omutaka Walusimbi appealed to the President to help them secure the two and a half acres of land near Bulange Mengo which they need to set up their offices and other developmental ventures to benefit the Kingdom something that Museveni finally responded to and this has been fulfilled this month when the land was finally cleared by State House.
Now, this is seen as a relief for the family of the late Semei Kiwanda Walusimbi who have been in wrangles with the Ffumbe Clan both claiming ownership of the land situated at block 186 plot 3, Bakka in Wakiso district.
It’s said that this land was fraudulently transferred and registered into the names of Registered Trustees of the Ffumbe clan depriving the direct beneficiaries of their interests.
In a letter inked by Bukenya Frod, the LC3 Chairperson Mende Sub-county in Wakiso District, he asks the area Resident District Commissioner to intervene in these matters or else there will be bloodshed from the rival parties.
”Refer to the above I hereby introduce to you the grandchildren and direct beneficiaries of the Estate of the late SEMEI KIWANDA WALUSIMBI in 1998 and left the land as per the document annexed A and B hereby attached.
Upon a consent judgment entered on the 30th /6/2011, letters of administration of the properties and credits of the late SEMEI KIWANDA WALUSIMBI were granted to FAISI MILLICENT NALUMANSI NSINJO (Daughter) to the deceased on the 12/07/2012,-(see copy attached Annex C). However, the said land has been fraudulently transferred and registered into the names of REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF FFUMBE CLAN depriving the direct beneficiaries of their interests. The aforementioned land is equivalent to 1011.3h.a. covering parts of Bakka and Lugeye and belongs to an individual but not the Ffumbe clan. The purpose of this communication therefore serves to refer family members to your office for interventions since the matter seems to cause insecurity,” reads Bukenya’s letter.
Matters later escalated and reached the office of the Minister of Lands Hon Sam Mayanja who called for the meeting to resolve the impasse between the two parties.
Read His Full Letter Below To Wakiso RDC
As you are aware we have had discussions over the issue of land at Busiro Block 186 Plot 3 Bakka Wakiso District where the land above captioned is claimed by the Ffumbe clan through the reigning Walusimbi as head of the Ffumbe clan, and one Nsobya who is the son of Walusimbi who claims that the land belonged to Walusimbi as a person not Walusimbi of the clan leadership. It is clear from the information I have received that if this matter is not handled well, it may result in bloodshed.
I am therefore scheduling a meeting for Tuesday 22nd August 2023 at 11:00 am to be held in the Ministry’s Boardroom with the stakeholders in order to find a solution before we proceed to the locus.
Please inform the following stakeholders to be present in that meeting:-
(i)The reigning Walubsimbi of the Ffumbe clan;
(ii)Nsobya George Wilson;
(iii)Namayanja, Nakato, Nalumansi the Administrators of the Estate of the late Semei Walusimbi who regard this land as belonging to their father and not in the capacity of Walusimbi the clan leader.
By copy of this letter, I am requesting Brig. Gen. Christopher Damulira Director of Crime Intelligence to send a representative to this meeting. I have also invited the Commissioner Land Registration from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development or his representatives and Mr. Robert Bogere Assistant Administrator General is also invited in a special way to guide on issues of inheritance.”
However, it is said that this meeting didn’t yield any positive result which saw matters escalating to the President’s office who then ordered the Ffumbe to get a share of the billion land he had bought for clan heads so that they stop disturbing the family of late Semei Kiwanda.
Land Belongs To Semei Kiwanda: Proof Of Ownership
