AUTHORITIES have moved swiftly and charged two people who forged, uttered and interfered with the estate of the deceased person.
The two were arrested by officials from the SHACU working together with Uganda police and the office of the DPP.
For their actions, Kamukama David and Nuwagira George were arraigned before the Kiryadongo Chief Magistrate’s Court on charges of forgery, uttering a false document, conspiracy to commit a felony, and intermeddling with the estate of the deceased.
The accused denied all these charges and court remanded them until 20th February, 2026.
During the court session, it was alleged that Kamukama and Nuwagira , together with another suspect still at large, fraudulently made a false land sales agreement dated 15th February 2002, allegedly signed by the late Kabiyanja Joy, claiming she had sold them approximately 100 acres of land located at Kamusenene Village, Kiryadongo District.
Kabiyanja Joy passed away in the year 2000, thereby disproving the accused persons’ claims that she sold the land to them in 2002, two years after her death. This literally meant that the two suspects ‘bought’ the said land from the dead woman’s ghost.
Further findings revealed that the accused knowingly uttered the fraudulent document to authorities and proceeded to sell portions of the land to third parties, despite being aware that the land did not belong to them.
The land lawfully belongs to the estate of the late Kabiyanja Joy and her children, who hold letters of administration.
