Edward Anyoli
11 November 2009
Kampala — Former Budo Junior School head teacher William Kayongo fraudulently transferred a piece of land worth sh1b into his name, court heard on Tuesday.
Andrew Nsereko, one of the complainants, told court that Kayongo illegally transferred his family's land into his name illegally.
Kayongo is said to have obtained the land title from the late Gregory Mabiriizi.
He faces charges of forgery and uttering false document.
Nsereko told Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Vincent Mugabo that when his family sold part of their land to Kayongo, they gave him the land title to transfer plots 3825 to 3828 into his name, but he instead transferred the whole piece of land.
The land is situated in Bunamwaya in Wakiso district.
The complaint was brought against Kayongo by Mabiriizi's sons.
The sons are Nsereko, Allan Ssekamatte, Asaph Male, Arthur Kiraga and Alex Nsimbwa.
"We learnt that Barclays Bank was about to take over our land because of debts. We were surprised because our family does not owe the bank any money," Nsereko said.
Nsereko said when the family contacted Kayongo about the matter, he promised to rectify the anomaly.
Nsereko added that Kayongo signed an agreement promising to return the original title, but he never did.
Prosecutor Emmanuel Ojambo said Kayongo committed the offence in 2004.
He denied the charges.
Kayongo was implicated in the inferno at Budo Junior School, in which 20 pupils died, but he was acquitted for lack of evidence.
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