Ronald Ainebyoona was arraigned before the Kiboga Chief Magistrates Court on charges of forcible entry, malicious damage, and assault causing actual bodily harm. His arrest follows a joint operation by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
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Ainebyoona Ronald on handcuffs
A man has been arrested and arraigned before the Kiboga Chief Magistrates Court on charges of forcible
entry, malicious damage, and assault.
His arrest
follows a joint operation by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the
Criminal Investigations Directorate and the Office of the Director of
Public Prosecutions. According to the
prosecution, Ainebyoona and other unidentified individuals allegedly stormed a
contested piece of land in Lwakonge village, Kiboga
District.
The group is accused of violently evicting several occupants from the land and destroying plantations. Some of the occupants reportedly
sustained injuries during the confrontation.
The land in question is
the subject of a long-standing dispute between a group of departed Asians,
who hold a 1932 freehold title, and Mwanje Badru, who acquired a Mailo
land title in 1999. Ainebyoona claims he was acting on behalf of the
departed Asians to reclaim the land from Mwanje and other residents.
The State House
Anti-Corruption Unit acted swiftly following a directive from President Yoweri Museveni to investigate the
criminal aspects of the matter. The President tasked Brig. Gen. Henry Isoke,
the unit’s head, is to spearhead the probe, while the Ministry of Lands, the Inspector General of Police and the DPP
ensure due process is followed.
The court remanded
Ainebyoona until April 14, 2025, as investigations continue.
Authorities
are still pursuing other suspects believed to have been involved in the illegal
eviction.
WANZALA ROBERT
Freelancer