Muwema & Co. Advocates Thunders: Senior Counsel Freddie Says Thus; “The Raid on Our Kololo Chambers Was, But a Pure Robbery and We Henceforth Demand UGX12 Billion in Compensation”

Through a lawsuit centered on their eviction from their former Kololo offices, Muwema and Company Advocates alleges that the operation was a concealed robbery orchestrated to enrich the perpetrators. In a lawsuit seeking up to UGX12 billion in loss, stolen, and vandalized properties, as well as defamation, humiliation and loss of business, the law firm emphasizes that USD250,000 and UGX37 million in physical cash were stolen during the illegal operation and remain unrecovered to date.

The United States dollar funds were allegedly stolen from the office of Counsel Roberts Fridays Kagoro, while the Ugandan currency was reportedly stolen from the office of his co-managing partner, Counsel Frederick Jeremiah Muwema. Bizarrely, whereas fifteen police officers were present during the impugned exercise, the firm underscores that they did not bother to stop the violence, chaos and, criminal acts and impunity witnessed on that black day.

Instead, the police reportedly actively and directly participated in the commission of those crimes, benefitted from them, and supported, as well as encouraged on their alleged partners in crime. The law firm explains that a lawyer company called Downtown Investments and its director, Puresh Kumar Ratital Mehta were the principal masterminds of the entire chaos.

They ostensibly acted alongside their lawyers, Rukia Adam, Ahmed Bongo and Fredrick Byatokoreire who are heavily blamed for reportedly abandoning their legal decorum to join armed goons in causing untold havoc, despite being officers of court and vanguards of due process.

Joining this park, the aggrieved law adds, was a security company known as A1 Security Systems. Together with the rest of the actors they allegedly ransacked the premises and dragged to the waiting get-away trucks confidential clients’ files, title documents and, valuable office equipment estimated at close to Ushs200 million.

The plaintiff emphasizes that whereas the actors concealed the impugned operation as merely a re-entry by the Downtown Investments, it was an illegal eviction conducted against the backdrop of a subsisting and ongoing court case. That original case had been filed by the company and it’s directors through their aforementioned lawyers, and it was intended to resolve the tenant-landlord lease-and-buy agreement status quo after the company claimed the tenant( Muwema and Company Advocates) had breached the contract and failed to pay rent.

The law illuminates that the security company was not legally permitted to participate in the operation – let alone considering it’s illegality- and yet the police and Downtown Investments lawyers supposedly simply looked on and just encouraged them as they reportedly broke all of the laws with reckless impunity. For the presumed illegal activities and negligence of the police officers present at the illegal operation, the law firm has joined the learned Attorney General to the lawsuit to atone for their rogueness and unprofessionalism, crimes, and illegalities in damages.

In a recap, the law firm – now comfortably settled in the leafy Upper Nakasero part of Kampala Capital City- want all of the cited defendants to foot the cost with Ushs12 billion, excluding the legal fees to be quantified following the conclusion of the lawsuit. The defendants are legally expected to file their respective defenses within 15 days of being served with the necessary court process in regards to this lawsuit. We shall keep you posted about all of the breaking developments related to this matter. Stay well and take care.

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Stephen Kasozi Muwambi: Mr. Stephen Kasozi Muwambi is a seasoned crime investigative writer, majoring in judicial-based stories. His two decades’ experience as a senior investigative journalist has made him one of the best to reckon on in Uganda. He can also be reached via [email protected]