Govt fined Shs 1billion for failure to lodge a caveat on Uganda Motors disputed land

Government to Pay Over Shs 1 Billion to Uganda Motors After Supreme Court Faults Land Registrar

The Supreme Court of Uganda has ordered the government to pay over Shs 1 billion in compensation to Uganda Motors Limited, ruling that the Registrar of Titles’ failure to register a caveat led to the company’s loss of a prime piece of land in Banda, Wakiso District. In a landmark judgment delivered by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, the court found that the omission by officials at the Ministry of Lands was the primary cause of the company’s lo…

Govt fined Shs 1billion for failure to lodge a caveat on Uganda Motors disputed land

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay over Shs 1 billion after it ruled in favour of Uganda Motors Limited against the Attorney General. In a lead judgement written by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, the Supreme Court found that the failure by the registrar of titles to lodge a caveat on a disputed five-acre piece of land located at Banda occasioned a loss to Uganda Motors Limited, a company dea…