Two senior police bosses have been condemned by court over forceful entry and attempted eviction regarding a contested land in violation of a court order.
The High Court before the Assistant Registrar Samuel Moses Kagoda of the Land Division condemned Commissioner of Police James Kusemerewa in charge of the Land Protection Unit and Kira Road Police Station Division Police Commander, Superintendent of Police Sam Suubi.
The duo was jointly condemned with Ms Justine Lusiya Nabuuma, Imran Turyagyenda, Yusuf Semugabi and a one Denis Mugabo also known as Kiryewala.
The court observed that there is a court order directing to maintain a status quo in favour of MKS Limited and that it was in force until the final determination of an existing court case but it was violated.
“From the evidence, the applicant (MKS Limited) has demonstrated that the order exists and despite existence of the order the Respondents (accused parties) on June 8 2026 at 7:00am and armed with hammers, guns, and a crane, forcefully entered the suit land and attempted to evict the tenant (Hardware World Limited) of the Applicant, thereby wilfully disobeying the said order,” the court held.
According to the ruling delivered on July 23, 2026, the court delivered the injunctive order on March 16, 2021 in the presence of MKS Limited lawyers and those representing Nabuuma.
The order reads: “That the status quo regarding the land comprising Kyadondo Block 276, Plot 4992, land at Buye, be maintained. The status quo is that the Applicant is in physical possession while the registered title remains in the name of the second Respondent, pending the final determination of the main suit.”
In the main case Nabuuma described as an administrator of a deceased’s estate, John Bosco Mubiru; is the second respondent jointly accused with the Commissioner for Land registration, Abdu Shakur Nsubuga and Federesi Nandawula.
However, the court declined to punish the Police bosses, reasoning that they were not parties to the main case where the application for contempt of court originates.
The court also did not punish Imran Turyagyenda, Yusuf Semugabi and a one Denis Mugabo also known as Kiryewala but declared that Nabuuma is in contempt of orders issued.
“The first Respondent (Nabuuma) is hereby ordered and also condemned to pay Shs10 million to this Honourable within a period of one month from the date of delivery of this ruling and in case of default the Respondent to be committed to Civil Prison for a period of 6 months. Nabuuma is hereby ordered and or condemned to pay Shs10 million to the Applicant (MKS Limited) within a period of one month from the date of delivery of this ruling and in case of default the Respondents to be committed to Civil Prison for a period of 6 months,” ordered Kagoda adding that Nabuuma shall pay legal costs incurred by MKS Limited in prosecuting the case.
The court finding followed a case in which business Enterprise, MKS Limited through its lawyers of R. Mackay Advocates had sought for a declaration that the accused persons are in contempt of injunctive orders issued by the court in March 2021.
Court documents show that in March 2021, the court issued an order directing a status quo to be maintained on the land located at Block 216 Plot 4992 land at Buye, in Ntinda, Nakawa Division where the company MKS Limited is in physical possession until final determination of the main case.
In 2020, the company sued the Commissioner for Land registration after discovering that the government official had cancelled its title and issued interests over the land in favour of Nabuuma.
Others sued are Nabuuma described as an administrator of a deceased’s estate, John Bosco Mubiru, Abdu Shakur Nsubuga and Federesi Nandawula.
It is alleged that the Commissioner for Land registration reinstated plot 2500 and subsequently subdivided it into plots 4991 and 4993 thereby overlapping MKS Limited’s former plot 4478 and that is now represented by portions falling within plots 4991, 4992 and 4993.
Before court, M/s MKS Limited is seeking for court determination of ownership and proprietary rights over the disputed land by way of declaring that the cancellation of the company’s land title was illegal and also orders for cancellation of registration of Nabuuma Justice Lusiya as registered proprietor of the disputed land.
The company is seeking for orders to be reinstated as the registered proprietor of the land and a declaration that the complainant is the bonafide purchaser for valuable consideration without notice of fraud.
