Controversial Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Ramathan Shaban Mubajje and the entire Muslim leadership at Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) are in tears after the Commercial Division of the High Court allowed the public auctioning of Muslim properties worthy billions of shillings (over Shs19bn debt).
Catherine Agwero the Registrar of the Commercial Court has issued the warrant which was attached with the list of the properties set to be auctioned.
According to Court documents seen by the mighty Grapevine, Tushabe Louis T|A Louiza Auctioneers have been authorized to execute the directive and report back to court with a detailed report on how the exercise was implemented.
Among the properties listed to be auctioned include; Land in Leasehold Register Volume KCCA 149 Folio 16 land at Kampala City William Street which houses tabliq mosque.
Others are Land are; Lease Register Volume 2771 Folio 2, Old Kampala Plot 23-25 which houses the national Muslim mosque and the Muslim headquarters; Kyadondo Block 195 plot 5463 Land at Kyanja Kampala City; one square miles of land at Bukwe Hoima district, one acre of land located at Lumbas, Jinja city; plot of land at Mbale city; shares in Uganda Rancheers Ltd & Commercial Holdings Ltd; Subsidiaries to Uganda Moslem Supreme Council that own 2 square miles land at Migyera-Buluri; plot of land at Entebbe Municipality opposite Victoria Mall.
“The sales hereby ordered will not take place before 30 days from the date on which notice for such sale is advertised and approval of the valuation report by this court,” the order further reads.
Mubajje and UMSC are supposed to pay businessman Justus Kyabahwa within 30 days from 16th of November 2023, a sum of Shs19,221,688,260, to save the Muslim properties.
Highly placed sources at UMSC revealed to theGrapevine that the order resulted from a longtime legal battle between UMSC and the businessman over a land deal they entered.
Sources said that Mubajje together with Sheikh Ramathan Mugalu the fired Secretary General of UMSC entered a Sh3.5bn deal to sell Muslim land located at Ntuusi Ssembabule district to the businessman.
The businessman failed to secure the possession of the land because it was already sold to another city businessman, a one Muganga who is a relative of former foreign affairs minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa.
Sources said that Mubajje agreed to refund the money to the businessman but he failed.
He explained that the agreement Mugalu made was very dangerous to UMSC.
In the agreement, UMSC was supposed to pay the businessman Shs480m each month until the completion of the payment.
Tabliq leaders through their supreme leader in Uganda Sheikh Yunus Kamoga have been on Mubajje’s neck to allow them access their mosque at William Street which he closed in connivance with security claiming that the mosque was used to recruit terrorists.
Mubajje closed the mosque and he is the one in control of all the shops surrounding the mosque which were built by Kamoga’s leadership to generate income to run Tabliq operations.
This is not the first time Mubajje is accused of fraudulently selling Muslim properties. He was previously even charged in courts of law over the same.
However, when contacted, Ashiraf Muvawala, the UMSC spokesperson said that he cannot comment on the matter because they are still preparing a press statement.
Other sources said that Mufti Mubajje has instructed his lawyers to appeal against the ruling in a higher court.
