KAMPALA, Uganda: The Honorable Justice Acellam Collins, of the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala, last night stamped an instant halt on the hitherto impending interdiction of the land registration Commissioner, Baker Mugaino. The same move had been set in motion by the Inspector General of Government (IGG), a week ago, The Investigator reports.
In her letter dated April 28th 2025, the IGG, Betty Olive Namisango Kamya Turomwe aka Ms. IGG BONKT, had instructed the Lands, Housing and Urban Development Permanent Secretary (PS), Mrs. Dorkas W. Okalany, to effect Mugaino`s interdiction orders in seven working days. This stance, supposedly to facilitate the investigations into the alleged fraudulent transfer and cancellation of land titles, among other accusations.
Her instructions, BONKT said, stemmed from a search and seizure operation at Mugaino’s office on April 24th2025, “during which key documents were confiscated.” She further accused Mugaino of supposedly authorizing the replacement of authentic certificates of titles with fake special ones, lifting caveats arbitrarily, creating overlapping titles, and issuing freehold titles to foreigners, actions she said, violate legal procedures and court decisions!
However, at court yesterday, the matter, which was deposited by Mugaino upon Kamya`s directive, came for mention before Hon. Justice Acellam Collins, in the presence of Counsel Bazira Anthony, for Mugaino, Counsel Kadoli Wanyama, the Assistant Commissioner for Civil Litigation, appearing jointly with Counsel Ochom Kiwanuka, the State Attorney and for the 1st Respondent (Attorney General), and, Counsel Mary Mugala, stepping in as counsel for the 2nd Respondent – the IGG.
“It is hereby ordered as follows; 1. An administrative order issue restraining and preventing the implementation of the directive by the 2nd Respondent and by the 1st Respondent in their letter dated 28th April 2025 and 23rd April 2025 by the 1st and 2nd Respondents, their agents or by anyone acting on their authority or from further implementation of the impugned decision of the 2nd Respondent, until the hearing and determination of the main application pending before this Court. Given under my hand and seal of this. Honorable Court this 5thday of May 2025,” read Justice Collins` order.
Citing constitutional and statutory provisions that empower her office to demand her action, Kamya had given the much-willing Okalany only seven working days to proceed and confirm Mugaino’s exclusion from office! Why Okalany was, and still “much-willing” is a story for another day. Going forward, Ms. BONKT`s action attracted public criticism, especially putting in consideration, that whatever she placed as charges against the person of Mugaino were actually committed long before his appointment to the office.
“Cut the crap and tell the truth that you`re under the influence by Mugaino`s adversaries,” thundered one of the commenters who offered to engage in the discussion of the issue touching the Commissioner`s purported interdiction on IGG`s X handle. Many knowledgeable contributors cited Mugaino`s brave move where, he had earlier recalled land titles belonging to moneybags NSSF, citing fraudulent acquisition of the same – details of this matter is before our investigations desk for another day.
Again, those in `Mugaino`s support` cited another move by the commissioner, to introduce Blockchain, a worldwide approved, more transparent system, at the ministry. For starters, the Decentralized Land Management System is the blockchain-based solution, designed to address the challenges in traditional land management.
Blockchain provides a secure, transparent, and decentralized platform to manage land records efficiently, mitigating issues such as fraud, lack of transparency, and inefficiencies. Interestingly, this system is the latest acquisition Mugaino was laboring to introduce, with a view of fighting the same tribe of fraud Kamya and her agents are instead accusing him of reportedly committing!
It is public knowledge in Uganda, that any attempt to cub corruption at the Lands Ministry, is a direct attack on the moneyed land-grabbing mafioso and their fraud networks, unfortunately comprised of the very ministry`s bigwigs, top politicians and influential elements at the Public Service docket among others.
At The Investigator, we are persuaded that even with Mugaino`s interdiction successful lifted, the seemingly anti-graft advocate at this sensitive docket is faced with even a harder challenge ahead. This stance, unless protected by the appointing authority, who`s intentions to place him there, we understand, was to do what he is being blocked from performing – fighting corruption in-there. Again, this can only be the case, just if the center holds anymore! Watch this space…
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Greetings Slaney, Well. My father is a victim of Baker Mugaino’s fraudulent ways. Him and his team planned ploted and financed to steal one square mile of my father’s prime land while my father is incapacitated. They created a special tittle, lifted my father’s and my sisters caveats blocked ability for us to caveat the land, lifted a commissione’s caveat placed on the land to safe guard my father land, created a special certificate of tittle and transfered it in the names of Home connect U Ltd , started subdividing it amongst themselves on paper under the same real estate with the hope of raising billions. By the mercy of God amidst Home connect using goons to raid our fathers land and playing tricks in court cooridors, him and his gang have not gotten far as my father is still in possession of his land and original land tittle. We will fight for justice to the highest court of this land. If you are truly an investigating publication like you claim open the lid of Baker and home connect, you will find a financially empty company barked by Mugaino. I dare you!! By the way the value of my father land is placed around 180billion.