{"id":51521,"date":"2023-06-26T22:35:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T22:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/mp-defies-court-order-on-lira-churches"},"modified":"2023-06-26T23:42:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T23:42:29","slug":"mp-defies-court-order-on-lira-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/mp-defies-court-order-on-lira-churches","title":{"rendered":"MP defies court order on Lira churches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Court bailiffs have failed to execute the seizure of churches from the Pentecostal Assembly of God Limited breakaway group in Lira City in what they described as interference from district authorities and area Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n

Mr Bonnie Rwamukaaga of T\/a Libra Court Bailiffs and Auctioneers said he got a warrant for execution from the High Court to seize properties under Pentecostal Assembly of God Lira Ltd, which lost a court case against its mother body Pentecostal Assembly of God Limited. But he accused Otuke County Member of Parliament Julius Acon Bua and the Lira resident city commissioner (RCC) Lawrence Egole of blocking him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have gone through all the lawful processes including notifying the police, which also accepted to witness the execution of the warrant. The Lira RCC ordered the process to be stopped last month. MP Ochon is also mobilising locals to defy court orders,\u201d Mr Rwamukaaga said last week.<\/p>\n

Key issue<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2015, Pentecostal Assembly of God Limited sued the Pentecostal Assembly of God Lira Ltd and Uganda Registration Services Bureau over an illegal takeover of its property.<\/p>\n

In December 2019, Judge Musa Ssekaana of the High Court Civil Division in Kampala City ruled in favour of Pentecostal Assembly of God Ltd, prompting Pentecostal Assembly of God Lira Ltd to change its name to Yawe. Judge Ssekaana also ruled that the properties in Lira, which Pentecostal Assembly of God Lira Ltd had in possession, belong to Pentecostal Assembly of God Ltd.<\/p>\n

At least four properties were supposed to be seized.<\/p>\n

MP Acon said: \u201cPresident Museveni said nobody should take over those churches. The court bailiffs are rushing with the issues. They should wait for the Court of Appeal decision and the president\u2019s guidance,\u201d MP Achon said.<\/p>\n

MP Achon said the churches that Pentecostal Assembly of God Ltd wants to takeover were built by the members of the community in Lira.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the properties they marked to be seized is a church I contributed 80 per cent to build. ..The problem is that those judges sit in Kampala or Lira and make their judgements without going to the ground and finding out the truth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Egole, the RCC Lira City, said he was aware of the documents from the bailiff, but said Mr Rwamukaaga hadn\u2019t exhausted all processes to be allowed to execute the warrant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are procedures that he needs to follow…As an RCC, I can\u2019t refuse to abide by the court orders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He, however, declined to name the procedures the bailiff has failed to exhaust.<\/p>\n

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