A businessman and a mechanical engineer have been charged with multiple offences relating to alleged land grabbing, unlawful eviction and destruction of property in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District.
The suspects, Ssemakula Yusuf, a businessman, and Kato Erick, a mechanical engineer, were on Wednesday afternoon arraigned before the Kira Chief Magistrate’s Court by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, working jointly with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
The two were remanded until November 23, 2026.
They face six counts, including destruction of growing plants, forcible entry, forcible detainer and unlawful eviction of bona fide occupants without a court order.
According to the prosecution, between September and November 2025, the accused, together with other suspects still at large, allegedly mobilised a large group of people who violently entered land situated at Kitukutwe Village, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, comprised in Block 180, formerly Plot 2 Kyadondo.
The prosecution alleges that the group forcefully entered the land with the intention of taking possession of it without obtaining a lawful eviction order.
It is further alleged that in November 2025, the accused, acting together with others still at large, destroyed property belonging to three individuals identified as Kabugo William, Kizito Robert Nsimbi and Edisa Sanyu.
The property reportedly destroyed included eucalyptus and indigenous trees, maize, banana plantations, sweet potatoes, fruit trees and cassava, among other crops.
The accused will remain in custody until November 23, when they are expected to return to court for further proceedings.
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