Kisekwa court members
The case regarding the misrepresentation of the Kanaakonye Muzabajja lineage in the Empindi clan has been decided.
The Kisekwa Court (Council of the Katikkiro's Eddiiro) has ruled on the genealogy dispute concerning the Kanaakonye Muzabajja lineage in the Empindi clan, with a decision against the plaintiff, Patrick Kanyago, who was represented by Ssekalega Mubuulire. This decision came after the court found that the claimed Kanaakonye Muzabajja lineage does not exist.
The court also discovered that both the plaintiff and defendants in this case are from the same Mutuba (clan subdivision) of Kyeswa, located in Kanyigo Bukunja, Kyaggwe.
The ruling was read by the council's clerk, Mr. Lubega Ssebende, to the press at Bulange, Mengo. The Katikkiro’s council stated that available evidence shows that both the plaintiff and defendant belong to the same Mutuba of Kyeswa in Kanyigo-Bukunja, Kyaggwe, and thus, there is no evidence supporting the existence of the Kanaakonye lineage.
The court further found that Patrick Kanyago, who claimed to belong to the Kanaakonye Muzabajja lineage, appeared only infrequently during hearings and failed to provide credible evidence verifying this lineage.
Kisekwa court Issues verdict on disputed Kanaakonye Muzabajja lineage in the Empindi clan
Additionally, the court noted that when Ssekalega Mubuulire was still in office, he maintained good relations with some of his colleagues, but his behaviour changed after he was removed from his administrative duties.
The court confirmed that the land claimed to be the seat of the Kanaakonye Muzabajja lineage is located where Ssekalega Mubuulire, who represented Patrick Kanyago, currently resides, and that no ancestral grounds or descendants of this lineage could be found.
The judges therefore directed that anyone dissatisfied with the ruling may appeal to His Majesty the Kabaka within thirty days.
The ruling was delivered by Mr. Joshua Kateregga Kisekwa, along with some members of his council, at Bulange, Mengo.