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Mpigi – A resident of Kajjansi, Zahura James Kasibante, has petitioned the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) accusing individuals he describes as fraudsters of orchestrating a sophisticated scheme that allegedly involved forged court processes used to siphon Sh149,286,865 from his Equity Bank account.
Kasibante says the contested money was paid to him by the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL) as compensation for his titled land and a building in Kitovu, Ssisa, which were acquired for a government project.
According to his petition received at CID Headquarters on 12 June 2025, Kasibante said he had kept the money in his account for years because he was not in a hurry to withdraw it. He was shocked to discover early this year that the account had been emptied through a garnishee process he insists he knew nothing about.
Court documents accompanying his complaint indicate that the garnishee arose from Misc. Application No. 33 of 2024, filed by one Ntege Denis, with four respondents — including Kasibante.
However, Kasibante maintains he has never met the applicant , he doesn’t know him, he has never heard about him and does not know the other three co-respondents listed in the documents: Muwonge David, Nansubuga Christine, and Haak Madol Betiem.
“I have never had any case with these people. I have never been summoned. I have never appeared in that court. I only learnt of this after discovering my money was missing,” he wrote in his petition.
He alleges that the purported court case was fabricated to facilitate the draining of his account.
The documents provided show a Garnishee Order Nisi issued on 16 October 2024 and a Garnishee Order Absolute issued on 23 October 2024 by the Mpigi High Court.
The orders directed Equity Bank and KCB Bank to attach funds from several accounts, including Kasibante’s — listed as 1010101117263 — to satisfy a judgment debt of Sh240,709,029, which the documents claim was owed to the applicant.
The orders were issued by then Mpigi High Court deputy registrar Justine Atukwasa who is now Registrar Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Registry.
The alleged fraud was overseen by lawyers from Imran Advocates & Solicitors, Plot 56/60, Ambassador House 2 Floor Rm 26, Kampala Road PO Box 8785 Kampala.
The money was to be paid into an account titled Mpigi High Court Operational Funds at Stanbic Bank.
Kasibante questions the legitimacy of the process, arguing that:He was never served with summons. He was never party to any dispute. He never owed anyone money. And his phone was allegedly blocked when the transaction occurred, preventing bank alerts.
He claims this points to possible collusion between fraudsters and individuals within the Mpigi High Court, allowing public compensation funds to be siphoned out under the guise of a judicial order.
Kasibante says he received the garnishee documents from a legal officer at Equity Bank identified as Isiko Charles, raising further questions about who processed the orders and whether due diligence had been done.
Kasibante is asking CID to investigate what he calls a criminal racket exploiting the garnishee system to steal people’s money — particularly funds sitting quietly in accounts.
He also wants the Judiciary to audit the authenticity of the court documents and the process through which the garnishee orders were issued without his knowledge.
“My request is that the issue be investigated so that I am promptly refunded all my money since it is meant for the replacement of the demolished property,” he stated.
By press time, Mpigi High Court authorities and court registrars named in the documents had not commented on Kasibante’s allegations.
Judiciary sources who preferred anonymity, however, acknowledged that forgery of court documents has in the past been a recurring problem exploited by criminal networks.
If confirmed, this incident would add to growing concerns about possible infiltration of courts by fraud syndicates, especially in high-value financial disputes.
More details on this alleged fraud to follow.
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