The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU), working jointly with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), has arraigned Emmanuel Paul Kigaye, the Senior Land Management Officer of Mbale City, before the Anti-Corruption Division on charges of Abuse of Office and Fraudulent Procurement of a Certificate of Title.
The accused was remanded until July 16, 2026.
According to the prosecution, between September 2019 and May 2023 in Mbale City, Kigaye, while serving as the Senior Land Management Officer, allegedly engaged in an arbitrary act prejudicial to the interests of his employer when he irregularly caused the Registrar of Titles, Mbale MZO, to prepare a certificate of title for Plot 27, Bishop Masaba Road, in the name of businessman Moses Wamatsembe.
The prosecution alleges that the act was illegal because the plot had already been allocated to the Dairy Development Authority.
Investigations further indicate that Kigaye allegedly fraudulently processed and procured the registration of a freehold certificate of title, vide FRV MBA199 Folio 22, Instrument Number MBA-0009476, for land measuring 0.5040 hectares at Plot 27, Bishop Masaba Road, Fairway Cell, in the name of Moses Wamatsembe.
