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A 55-year-old Wakiso land dealer, Charles Kyagaba, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by the High Court in Entebbe after being convicted of fraudulent land sales involving property in Zziru Village, Wakiso District.
📸: Charles Kyagaba in Court, Image Courtesy of Daily Monitor
According to the court, Kyagaba orchestrated multiple fake land transactions that left several victims facing heavy financial losses and possible eviction from contested land. Justice Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere sentenced him on two counts of obtaining money by false pretences, with each count carrying four years to run consecutively.
While delivering the sentence, Justice Ssemogerere described the case as part of a wider land racketeering problem threatening public safety and exposing weaknesses in Uganda’s land administration system.
The court also heard that Kyagaba, alongside others still at large, had allegedly spent years fraudulently claiming ownership of land in Wakiso and Entebbe before selling it to unsuspecting buyers.
In mitigation, defence lawyer Kenneth Kakande asked for leniency, arguing that Kyagaba was a first-time offender and had shown remorse by refunding Shs30 million to one of the complainants through a settlement agreement.
The conviction follows investigations led by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the Criminal Investigations Directorate, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions after numerous complaints from residents in 2022.
Source: Daily Monitor UG
According to the court, Kyagaba orchestrated multiple fake land transactions that left several victims facing heavy financial losses and possible eviction from contested land. Justice Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere sentenced him on two counts of obtaining money by false pretences, with each count carrying four years to run consecutively.
While delivering the sentence, Justice Ssemogerere described the case as part of a wider land racketeering problem threatening public safety and exposing weaknesses in Uganda’s land administration system.
The court also heard that Kyagaba, alongside others still at large, had allegedly spent years fraudulently claiming ownership of land in Wakiso and Entebbe before selling it to unsuspecting buyers.
In mitigation, defence lawyer Kenneth Kakande asked for leniency, arguing that Kyagaba was a first-time offender and had shown remorse by refunding Shs30 million to one of the complainants through a settlement agreement.
The conviction follows investigations led by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the Criminal Investigations Directorate, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions after numerous complaints from residents in 2022.
Source: Daily Monitor UG