Entebbe land trespass case hearing deferred to October 10
The contested land worth over sh500m is situated at Uringi Crescent, in Busiro county, Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso district.
Peace Barigye, a businesswoman testifying in a case in which Yunus Magom is accused of criminal trespass and threatening violence at Entebbe Chief Magistrates Court. (Photo by Michael Odeng)
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Entebbe Chief Magistrates’ Court has deferred to October 10, 2023, the hearing of a case in which businesswoman Peace Barigye is accusing a man of trespassing on a disputed land in Entebbe.
The contested land worth over sh500m is situated at Uringi Crescent, in Busiro county, Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso district.
On Tuesday, the court presided over by Chief Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis adjourned the case because Barigye had not produced in court a copy of the land title, which the defence lawyer Emmanuel Ekima wanted to base on in re-examination.
Re-examination is the final part of questioning of a witness at trial following their cross-examination.
Chief State Attorney Annet Janet Nabulobi represents the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in this matter.
Barigye, who described herself as a businesswoman dealing in general supplies, accuses Yunus Magom of criminal trespass and threatening violence. Magom has since denied the charges.
High Court
Rosemary Kiiza Omamteker, the proprietor of Entebbe Junior School, has since sued Barigye in the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala, accusing her (Barigye) of trespassing on the same property, she claims ownership.
Omamteker told court that she is the registered owner of the land, having possessed a certificate of title for the same in 2010.
The land located on Plot 31 on Uringi Crescent in Entebbe measures approximately 0.101 hectares (0.249 acres).
Omamteker said in January 2021, she embarked on surveying her land and in the process, she discovered that Barigye was sitting on Plot 31B and had started building a structure on her property.
However, the survey discovered that Barigye had allegedly encroached 1.5 meters by structure and had fenced off more than 10 square meters onto her (Omamteker’s) land.
Omamteker contends that she shares an access road to their respective plots of land with Barigye, but she has with arrogance erected a gate on the access road, hence preventing her from accessing her plot.