Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II planting a tree(Photo/File)
The High Court yesterday dismissed a case where Prince Kalemera H. Kimera had sued the Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, claiming 16 square miles of land in Masajja, allegedly belong to his late grandfather, Sir Daudi Chwa II, the former king of Buganda.
While dismissing the suit, the Principal Judge, Justice Flavian Zeija, faulted Prince Kimera for having got interested in the said land upon hearing that Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) was to compensate land owners on the Kampala-Jinja Expressway, where this land is situated.
“It is clear from the pleadings that the late Duadi Chwa died in 1939. He left children and grandchildren at the time of his death. Those who were alive at the time, have never brought any claim for a period of more than half a century. It is only in 2017 that a few of them remembered that there is an estate in which they have an interest after they learnt of Unra compensation,” Justice Zeija ruled.
This matter arose in 2017 when Prince Kimera and Princess Nalinya Nandaula, all descendants of the late king Chwa sued the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (current king), Buganda Land Board, Commissioner for Land Registration and the Attorney General.
The duo were seeking to reclaim the land on account that the private land belonged to their late grandfather. They claimed that government wrongly returned the land to the Kabaka of Buganda and is now under the control of Buganda Land Board.
While dismissing the suit, the Principal Judge, Justice Flavian Zeija, faulted Prince Kimera for having got interested in the said land upon hearing that Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) was to compensate land owners on the Kampala-Jinja Expressway, where this land is situated.
“It is clear from the pleadings that the late Duadi Chwa died in 1939. He left children and grandchildren at the time of his death. Those who were alive at the time, have never brought any claim for a period of more than half a century. It is only in 2017 that a few of them remembered that there is an estate in which they have an interest after they learnt of Unra compensation,” Justice Zeija ruled.
This matter arose in 2017 when Prince Kimera and Princess Nalinya Nandaula, all descendants of the late king Chwa sued the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (current king), Buganda Land Board, Commissioner for Land Registration and the Attorney General.
The duo were seeking to reclaim the land on account that the private land belonged to their late grandfather. They claimed that government wrongly returned the land to the Kabaka of Buganda and is now under the control of Buganda Land Board.
