BY NEWS EDITOR MEDIA TEAM
DAYS of the embattled Mpigi Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Sarah Nannono Kaweesi are numbered!
She is facing a serious case of contempt of court in which, with impunity, Nannono is acussed of abusing a Court judgement/decree entered on the 28th day of September 2022 by Mpigi High Court, saying it isnt a judgement, misleading the public to disobey and dustubin a fully signed court judgement!
According to the Misc. Application No of 2026(Arising out of Civil Suit No. 018 of 2026) in the High Court of Uganda at Mpigi (Land Division)
BK Wava Property Consultants Limited (Applicant) have sued Robert Sserunjogi (1st Respondent), Teopista Nabukalu (2nd Respondent), Godfrey Katumba (3rd Respondent) and Sarah Nannono Kaweesi (4th Respondent).
Thorough his lawyers of Baale, Lubega & Co. Advocates, investor Edward Bukenya wants Nannono and other respondents to pay damages and fines, worth Ugx 1.5Bn and sent to Luzira for disobeying court and for the loss he incured when the accused misled people who ilegally occupy his land in Kamengo!
Under Section 33 of the judicature Act Cap 13 Section 98 of the Civil Procedure Act Cap 17, Order 52 Rule 2 Civil Procedure Rule S171-1), hearing Notice has been sheduled for October 15, 2026 at 9:00 O’clock in the morning.
STUBBORN NANNONO THOWS AWAY COURT PAPERS!
Ssentamu Michael, a court process server attached to Mpigi High Court swore an affidavit on September 1, 2026 before a magistrate at Mpigi Court, stating how he served Nannono but sturbonly thew away court papers as if she is above the law! In an affidavit, Ssentamu revealed that, on the 11th day of August 2026, at 10:45am, the counsel for the Applicant approached him at the Court registry and handed to him copies of NOTICE OF MOTION vide Misc. Application No. 152 OF 2026 issued by the Mpigi Honourable court to be served upon the respondents.
That on 20th day of August 2026, at 12:30pm, i proceeded to MPIGI DISTRICT HEADQUATERS to effect service upon the 4th respondent (Nannona Sarah Kawesi) who is the Resident District Commissioner Mpigi.
Mr. Ssentamu said, “Upon arrival, i found her in the office that I greeted her, introduced myself as a court Process server, Mpigi High Court. Then i handed her the Notice, which she received, read through and then after, threw it on her table and informed me that, she will not receive (append signiture) on the said document. That she also informed me that she wonders, how court operates, that the way we act is as if we didnt go to school, that how can we allow these people to file such documents against her? That she also infomed me to look for SARAH NANNONO KAWESI that for her she is RDC, then chased me out of her office”.
That i sent her a message on Whatsapp expressing my concern, on how she treated me.1st September 2026.” Reads, Mr. Ssentamu’s affidavit. He however informed court that Nannono and other resondents were fullu served!
DETAILS OF THE COURT MATTER
● On the 28th day of September 2022, Mpigi High Court passed a Consent Judgement/Decree.
● That in flangrant breach of the consent judgement and decree issued by this Honourable Court, the respondents, their agents/workmen and persons claiming under them have with impunity abused and in public stated that the court has never issued/passed any judgement.
● The respondents and their workmen have totally ignored and disobeyed the consent judgement/decree it is in the interest of justice that appropriate sanctions be issued against the respondents, their workmen and agents.
● That the respondents have never challenged the said consent judgment in court, they are acting in contempt of court to ursup its powers, authority and render its decision nugatory.
● The orders sought are necessary in ensuring that the decree of this Honourable court are respected until they are stayed or set aside if courts are to remain relevant in Uganda.
● That it is in the interest of justice that this application is allowed.
● That the applicant commenced peaceful settlement of the occupants on the said land in Kamengo and before the applicant could engage the occupants, the respondents convened a village meeting.
● That in breach of the consent judgement/decree issued by this Honourable Court, the respondents, their agents/workmen and persons claiming under them, with impunity and in public led by the 4th respondent Nannono, stated that, ‘The Consent Judgement/Decree which had been brought to her attention was not a court judgement at all’, hence inciting the public and undermining the court. Video evidence was availed to the court.
● That the 4th respondent Nannono was invited by the 1st and 2nd respondents who refers to themselves as the owners of the land in total breach and defiance of the consent judgement/decree
● That the meeting was organized by the 1st and 2nd respondents and the mobilization was actually made by the 3rd respondent physically who also in total defiance of the court judgement, chased away officials of the applicant from the land claiming the land belongs to the 1st and 2nd respondents. He stated that, the said court judgement is not from court. The 3rd respondent has on several occasions mobilized the villagers as the chir person to attack and harm the applicant’s employees, workmen and agents, on top of settling encroachers on the said land.
● That the respondents have never challenged the said court judgement/decree and they are acting in contempt of court to ursup its powers, authority and render its decesion nugatory.
● That the respondents have totally ignored and disobeyed the Court’s DECREE and it is in the interest of justice that appropriate sanctions be issued against the respondents, their agents, workmen
● The applicant has suffered great damage and is continuing to incur more loss if the orders prayed for are not granted as a result of the respondents contemptuous conduct that were hinged on the respondents’ not complying with the court Decree even after benefiting from it.
● That the orders sought are necessary in ensuring that the DECREES of this Honourable Court are respected until they are stayed or set aside if courts are to remain relevant in Uganda.
● That the respondents and their agents/workmen/person claiming interest through them have caused the applicant and its agents/workmen a lot of stress and psycological torture, cumulative loss, anxiety and inconveniences to which the applicant seek punitive damages of Uganda Shs 500,000,000 (Uganda Shillings Five hundred Million Only) as at the time of filling this application and the applicant is continuing to incur more loss if the orders sought are not granted.
● That the orders sought are necessary in ensuring that the decrees and orders of the court are respected by all as no one is above the law.
● That the respondents pay a fine to this Honourable Court to a tune of UGX 1 Bn (One Billion Uganda Shillings Only) to purge the contempt.
● That the respondents pay the costs of this application.
WHAT IS NANNONO’S DEFENCE?
By presstime, we had not got a chance to look at her defence but our team is on ground to ascertain if she tendered in her defence before hearing of the matter takes off!We will report back!
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