Muteesa sold his land to us - Kiwanuka’s son
L-R: Prince David Kintu Wasajja and Mr Maurice Kagimu Kiwanuka
Kampala- Former Ugandan ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Maurice Kagimu Kiwanuka, has refuted claims that his father Ben Kiwanuka grabbed Kabaka Edward Muteesa’s land in Mutungo and countered that the Kabaka sold the land to his father.
Appearing before the commission of inquiry into land matters yesterday, Mr Kagimu said the Kabaka sold the land through his father Kiwanuka, Uganda’s first Chief Justice, in 1968, who dispatched the money Shs100,000 (5,000 pounds in draft) to Muteesa who was in exile in United Kingdom at the time.
Mr Kagimu, the heir to Kiwanuka, appeared at the commission to explain the role his father played in the sale of Muteesa II’s one square mile land in Mutungo suburb.
“That sale was done with full knowledge of the Kabaka. It is the Kabaka who gave powers of attorney to Nnalinya Victoria Mpologoma to sell the land in Mutungo. The land was sold to Lake View Properties where Ben Kiwanuka was a shareholder,” Mr Kagimu said.
He told the Commission that the money realised from the sale of the land to Lake View Properties was sent to help the Kabaka who was facing financial problems in England.
“My lord, I want that title returned to the names of Lake View Properties where my father was a shareholder because Mr Sebalu sold this land without consulting the administrators of the estate of Ben Kiwanuka and the estate of the former Governor of Bank of Uganda, Mr Joseph Mubiru,” Mr Kagimu told the land probe.
He requested the land probe to help him with the title of the land to enable him take Dr Kasasa to court.
Accusations
Last week, Prince David Kintu Wasajja told the Commission that Dr Muhammad Buwule Kasasa fraudulently acquired his father’s estate. Prince Wasajja wants the land returned to him as the heir to the estate of Muteesa.
After receiving the petition, the land probe stopped government from effecting a Shs8b payment to Dr Kasasa, the current owner.
Last week, Dr Kasasa said he had received Shs2.4b, however, the money had been stolen by middlemen he declined to mention. He said by dragging him to the land probe, Wasajja wanted a share of the Shs8b.
Mr Kagimu wants Prince Wasajja to withdraw the accusations against his father or else he will sue him.
He asked Prince Wasajja to be grateful for the role Kiwanuka played in rescuing his father Muteesa.
The contested land was first registered in the name of Sir Edward Muteesa II in 1946 before it was transferred to Kwemalamala Kintu, Lake View Properties and finally to Dr Kasasa.
