Police have arrested nine suspects accused of trespassing on and illegally selling portions of 101 acres of land belonging to St. Kizito Kayini Sub-Parish of the Lugazi Catholic Diocese in Mukono District.
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja revealed this during Thursday’s plenary sitting on November 12, 2026, chaired by Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth, while responding to concerns raised by Nakifuma County MP Sulaiman Kiwanuka over the land dispute.
According to Kiwanuka, the dispute escalated on June 1, 2026, when a group allegedly led by Nelson Okello Alfred trespassed on the land, prompting the parish priest, Fr. Anthony Kizito, to file a formal complaint at Naggalama Police Station.
Nabbanja said the suspects claim ownership of the land as first, second and third-generation mailo landholders and allegedly sold portions of it to Okello between March and May 2026.
She added that 29 of the 101 acres were already occupied by squatters, while the church had recently started documenting the land.
Preliminary findings, according to the Prime Minister, indicate that the land was originally donated to the Catholic Church by the Buganda Kingdom.
Nabbanja commended the Mukono Resident District Commissioner and the Kasawo Sub-county LC III Chairperson for intervening through fact-finding meetings aimed at addressing the dispute.
She reaffirmed government’s commitment to protecting institutional land, including church property, from illegal encroachment.
With the case file now sanctioned, Nabbanja said the suspects are expected to be arraigned in court to answer charges related to the alleged encroachment.
