City dentist Sekiziyivu Lule Ntwatwa has been quizzed in court for allegedly presenting forged documents to support his claim of ownership of disputed land in Katanga, near Wandegeya.
While testifying, Ntwatwa presented several documents, including court decisions, electricity connection records, receipts, and business licences, as proof of ownership. However, State Attorney Allan Mucunguzi challenged the authenticity and consistency of the documents.
“How did you obtain the title as the first person from a subdivided piece of land? Where is the title from the person who sold it to you?” Mucunguzi asked.
Ntwatwa maintained that he purchased the land from Mukasa Mukanga, a person not listed among those declared bona fide occupants by the court.
In 2015, the High Court ruled that Katanga Valley land occupied by four family members and their licensees belonged to bona fide occupants protected under Uganda’s land laws. The occupants included Jonathan Yosamu Masembe, Bulasio Buyisi, George Kalimu, and Samalie Nambogga. They had been in a legal battle with Makerere University and the Commissioner for Land Registration over ownership and cancellation of land titles.
During cross-examination, Ntwatwa contradicted himself, at one point claiming that Mukasa Mukanga—the alleged seller of the land—was the same person as Bulasio Buyisi, only using different names.
Ntwatwa, a son of former Ugandan president Professor Yusuf Lule, also struggled to explain the multiple names he allegedly used in the transactions, including Ssekiziyivu Lule, S.N. Lule, and Dr Ntwatwa Lule.
Mucunguzi further pressed him to produce a certified copy of Justice Owiny-Dollo’s landmark judgment, which Ntwatwa claimed supported his ownership. However, Ntwatwa admitted he was not among the plaintiffs in the case against Makerere University who were declared bona fide occupants.
The court was also presented with a 2019 consent judgment between Pastor Daniel Walugembe and the recognised occupants, indicating that their interest in the kibanja (land tenure) remained valid—contrary to Ntwatwa’s earlier claims that it had been set aside.
When asked about the size of the land he claims to own, Ntwatwa said he did not know. He also denied rent receipts he had earlier submitted to police during investigations.
Under further questioning, Ntwatwa presented electricity payment receipts from Mubende and Bombo, despite claiming the payments were made in Kampala.
“I paid in the Kampala office, but they gave me receipts for Mubende and Bombo. Maybe they had run out of receipts,” he told court.
He also failed to explain how he obtained a business licence from Makindye for a business allegedly operating in Kawempe Division, stating that the application had been made by someone residing in Makindye.
The intense questioning prompted presiding Magistrate Winnie Nankya to temporarily adjourn proceedings for 40 minutes.
The case was later adjourned to April 20, 2026, for further cross-examination.
Prosecution alleges that in 2019, Ntwatwa, together with Stuart Kateregga, Wasswa Ntoogo, and others still at large, gave false information to a police officer at Wandegeya Police Station, claiming ownership of a kibanja opposite the Government Analytical Laboratory at Mulago Roundabout.
The alleged false claims led police to spend time and resources investigating the matter.
The suspects are also accused of conspiring between 2019 and 2020 to defraud Pastor Daniel Walugembe of the same land by claiming they had purchased it from Bulasio Buyisi in the early 1990s.
According to the charge sheet, on September 17, 2020, at Wandegeya Police Station, the accused allegedly uttered false documents—specifically busuulu (ground rent) receipts—purporting them to have been issued by the family of Ashe Sendawula Mukasa.
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