A 60-year-old businessman has been arraigned before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court on multiple charges of forgery, uttering false documents, and unlawfully intermeddling in the estate of a deceased person.
The accused, David Ssegulani, also known as David Ssegula, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa, where six counts were formally read to him.
Ssegulani, a resident of Naguru Bank Village Zone in Nakawa Division, Kampala, is accused of engaging in fraudulent transactions involving land comprised in Busiro Block 358, Plot 14, located at Sumba in Wakiso District.
According to the prosecution, he is charged with intermeddling in the estate of the late Ibrahim Mayanja Sserunjogi, contrary to the provisions of the Administrator General’s Act.
Court documents allege that on September 3, 2007, at the Kampala Lands Office, Ssegulani and others still at large fraudulently procured a certificate of title in his name without lawful authority or permission from the Administrator General.
In a separate count, prosecutors contend that in November 2005, he forged a land sale agreement purporting it to have been signed by the late Nabatanzi Faith. He is further accused of presenting the same document in December 2016 before the High Court Land Division in Kampala, falsely claiming it to be genuine.
Additional charges relate to the alleged forgery and subsequent presentation of a land transfer form dated August 29, 2007.
The charges arise from a complaint filed by Laban Katamba, a 53-year-old farmer from Sumba Village in Wakiso District.
Katamba reportedly told investigators that he is a son of the late Ibrahim Mayanja Sserunjogi, who died in 1985 leaving behind five children and approximately 351 acres of land in Busiro.
Katamba claims that the family has not benefited from the estate due to what he describes as fraudulent dealings orchestrated by the accused.
The court did not delve into the merits of the case at this stage, as the charges were formally read to the accused. The matter has been adjourned to April 8 for hearing.
If convicted, Ssegulani faces serious criminal liability under Uganda’s penal laws relating to forgery and unlawful dealings in deceased persons’ estates.
