In her letter dated April 28^th 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 24^th2025, “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 1^st Respondent (Attorney General), and, Counsel Mary Mugala, stepping in as counsel for the 2^nd Respondent – the IGG.

“It is hereby ordered as follows; 1. An administrative order issue restraining and preventing the implementation of the directive by the 2^nd Respondent and by the 1^st Respondent in their letter dated 28th April 2025 and 23rd April 2025 by the 1st and 2^nd Respondents, their agents or by anyone acting on their authority or from further implementation of the impugned decision of the 2^nd 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 5^thday 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…