Provide Accountability or Vacate Muslim Property – UMSC Orders

By Francis Otucu

The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council Secretary General Haji Ramadhan Mugalu has tasked current occupants of Muslim property to either provide accountability or vacate it.

“No one will intimidate us because we have the power and mandate to start any developmental project geared to improving the social and economic welfare of the Muslims in Uganda,” Mugalu said yesterday while addressing scribes at his office at the UMSC Headquarters Old Kampala.

Mugalu was responding to reports of attempts by certain individuals to grab Muslim land in Migera/Nakasongola Muslim District and other parts of the country.

He however noted that UMSC is going to do everything within its powers to safeguard Muslim properties all over Uganda.

He said, in line with its land policy which came into force in 2014, UMSC will not tolerate any more personalisation or grabbing of Muslim property by unscrupulous individuals or fake trusts hiding behind UMSC structures.

He gave an example of a group calling itself Nateete Twale Muslim Community Ltd which grabbed 3 acres of Muslim Land in Nateete.

He revealed that UMSC is working hard to recover this land under UMSC which is the rightful custodian of Muslim properties in Uganda.

“UMSC is the only body mandated to manage and develop Muslim land in Uganda” he said quoting Article 10 Paragraph 9(d) of the UMSC constitution which says that the UMSC Executive Committee shall have powers: “to administer the property and finances of the council; enter into or approve any agreement, loans, mortgages, or charges; approve any projects intended to generate funds for the council …”

He therefore urged Muslims to stay calm and ignore those claiming to be fighting for UMSC properties yet they are the very people behind the illegal sale and possession of Muslim properties prior to the coming of the current UMSC administration.