All is not well for Brig. Gen. Moses Shaban Lukyamuzi plus his bodyguard Hamdan Lutamaguzi after the Administrators of the estate of the late Nekemia Masabo Lwanga Sempagama of Nkumba Bufulu zone, Entebbe sub-district, petitioned the director for chieftaincy of Civil-Military cooperation accusing him and his bodyguard of unprofessional conduct.
The army boss and his bodyguard are both accused of malicious damage to property, assault, and disobeying a court order.
According to the petition dated 26th October 2021 filed by the petitioner’s Lawyers of Kintu Nteza &Co. Advocates addressed to the Director of Chieftaincy of Civil-Military cooperation, its alleged that in early June this year, the army boss approached the deceased’s family and asked them for the land in exchange for protection from imposters and land grabbers but unfortunately the family members informed him that the land was already distributed amongst themselves by the High Court order through a consent judgment executed on May 14th, 2021.
However this didn’t go well with the army boss and on June 29th, 2021, he and his bodyguard plus 20 hooligans allegedly raided the land and removed all the mark stones and fencing poles from the deceased’s land measuring 3.5 acres.
It’s said that while on the land Brig. Lukyamuzi arrested Moses Mutaasa one of the administrators of the estate and dragged him to Entebbe police station and opened a case of criminal trespass and malicious damage against him.
Later police took the file to the Entebbe Resident State Attorney who dismissed both the charges before closing the file for lack of evidence.
Having failed to win the two cases, Brig. Lukyamuzi once again raided the disputed land on October 3rd, 2021 while in the company of three armed UPDF officers who came in a black Toyota Harrier and allegedly put all the workers who were cultivating land on a gunpoint.
They were thoroughly clobbered and ordered to remove the mark stones and fencing poles from the disputed land.
The victims later filed a case of criminal trespass, and assault against Brig. Lukyamuzi, bodyguard Lutamaguzi and others but unfortunately Entebbe police distanced itself from the matter saying it has no jurisdiction over army officers.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s family in its petition wants the Chieftaincy of Civil-Military Cooperation to reign into the matter and take appropriate action against the mentioned officers who have used their army ranks and UPDF uniform to commit crimes with impunity against innocent law-abiding citizens.
