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Oryema family regains disputed land
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Previous decision. The 6,000-acre piece of land had been sold off by Oryema's eldest daughter in 2006 to a top army official.
The family of first Ugandan Inspector General of Police (IGP), the late Lt Col Wilson Erinayo Oryema, has finally regained their father's 6,000 acres of land in Nwoya District after a six-year court battle.
The High Court in Gulu on Thursday ordered that the 6,000 acres of land must be returned to Oryema's family.
The land in Tangi village, Purongo Sub-county had been sold off by Oryema's eldest daughter and the administrator of the estate, Ms Getrude Auma Oryema, in 2006.
It is said she sold it to a top UPDF officer and his brother who is also a senior public figure. The sale triggered a disagreement among Oryema's family members.
In 2007 court allowed a caveat on the estate to prevent any further transactions on it.
In 2010, the aggrieved family members sued Ms Auma Oryema.
The case had dragged on at Gulu High Court for six years but in April 15 this year, Justice John Eudes Keitirima ruled that the 6,000-acre land be reverted to the family.
Court revoked the letters of administration granted to Ms Oryema. Court also ordered that any actions that were done by Gertrude Auma that were inconsistent with the letters of administration granted to her are now all null and void.
The court further ordered that a special certificate of title for the land that had been granted to Ms Auma in 2011 be cancelled forthwith. The court also ordered that the original certificate of title be reinstated.
Mr Jude Ogik, who represented the family told Sunday Monitor on Thursday, that those who purchased the land from Ms Auma must stop their activities and vacate the property.
A joyful Oryema Omony, one of the late Oryema's grandsons who lives in London, told Sunday Monitor by telephone that the court ruling had relieved them a lot of pain.
"I am so happy, words cannot express it at the moment. Justice has been delivered. We have been eager to develop the place [estate] but we faced obstacles that have finally been removed," Mr Omony said.
The court also ordered that the 6,000 acres should now be divided by the office of the Administrator General to 10 of Oryema's family members, excluding those who mismanaged the estate.
President Museveni with children and relatives of the late Erinayo Wilson Oryema at Tangi Village in Purongo Sub-county, Nwoya District, during Oryema's state reburial in September 2014.
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