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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Court of Appeal has directed the Magistrates Court in Fort Portal to proceed with the trial of the case in which Kabarole District Land Board officials are accused of fraudulent conversion of a land title.<\/p>\n

Ms Lillian Bucyana, the Court of Appeal deputy registrar, in a January 24 letter directed the registrar at the Fort Portal Court to transmit the case file back to the magistrates\u2019 court \u201cfor onward continuation of criminal proceedings as directed by the High Court in its ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Peter Alinda, the Kabarole District senior land management officer, is battling cases in regard to alleged forgery of a land transfer form, fraudulent procuring of a land title, and uttering false documents of Kabarole District Land Board minute of 2016.<\/p>\n

Joining Mr Alinda in the dock are Mr Cyprian Rwaheeru, the former chairperson of the district land board, and businesswoman Beatrice Nyindombi.<\/p>\n

It is alleged that the false document presented was in regard to conversion of a leasehold to freehold in favour of Ms Nyindombi, which deprived the registered proprietor\u2014Mr Juma Hussein\u2014of land at Harugongo in Kabarole District.<\/p>\n

The Court of Appeal directive followed a January 13 letter by Fort Portal High Court assistant registrar who had forwarded the criminal case file for the three suspects. The suspects had wanted to appeal against dismissal of their application to stop their trial. They cited a pending civil case.<\/p>\n

Early this month, Fort Portal High Court Judge Vincent Wagona ruled that the application did not have merit and directed the court registrar to transmit the case file back to the magistrates\u2019 court for the trial to proceed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt cannot be a correct proposition of the law that where a civil suit is pending between two parties, no criminal proceedings may be instituted against one of the parties arising from the same facts,\u201d the judge held, adding, \u201cIn this case, it is my finding that the facts in the criminal and civil case are not necessarily similar or identical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Wagona further reasoned that he found no cause warranting the stay of the criminal proceedings, pending the disposal of the civil case in regard to the land dispute.<\/p>\n

It was alleged that between February 2016 and October 2019 at Fort Portal in Kabarole District, Mr Alinda and Mr Rweheeru forged the minutes of Kabarole District Land Board meeting KDLB MIN 0610212016 held on February 9, 2016.<\/p>\n

The state alleged that in January of 2016\u2014in the districts of Kampala and Kabarole\u2014Ms Nyindombi forged a transfer form for land comprising lease Register Volume 1222 Folio 06 Plot 107 Block 45 at Harugongo in Kabarole District.<\/p>\n

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