Renowned property dealer, Akright Projects Limited has expressed dissatisfaction with the judgment by the High Court Land Division that ordered the cancellation of titles of its 20.5 acres of land in  Kitende-Wakiso District.

Justice John Eudes Keitirima ruled that Akright bought land in acres but later found out that the same land was in hectares and never took efforts to lawfully purchase the excess land.

According to the Administrator General the land in Busiro, Block 383, Plot 254 measuring 48.4 acres was registered in the name of the late John Baptist Kasasa, whose estate has since 1977 been administered by the Administrator General. The contested land, according to judgment still forms part of the estate of the late Noah Kasasa Mawagali, under the administration of the Administrator General and Kasasa.

Through their lawyers Okello Oryem and Co. Advocates, Akright said, "while respecting the court in this matter, we would like to register our dissatisfaction with the judgment which relied on wrong information from the Administrator General and we are therefore appealing against the whole of the said judgment and decree."

"This land was subdivided into two titles in 1984 (Plot 387 and 388) and then transferred to other owners. 

Amongst the land is where one of the members of the First Family is set to lose his house.

The excess land doesn’t exist as claimed. The claims by the plaintiff are based on a scam to defraud us of our property," the property dealer added.

"Dr. Yafesi Okiya Assistant Commissioner Surveys and Mappings says since the issue of 20.6 acres inside Plot 254 did not arise from the time when the subdivision of plot 254 into 387 and Plot 388 was done, the two subdivisions have also undergone several further subdivisions with titles existing under a different owner, it is therefore not possible and correct to create Land out of existing current owners, since some titles have changed hands and several times, and if it’s to happen it would be technically wrong, and fraudulent exercise."

The property dealer is confident that the Court of appeal will rule in their favour.