The former Uganda People’s Defence Airforces Acting Chief Of Staff, Rtd Col Emmanuel Kwihangana is sweating plasma after the president’s office intervening into the land matter against the family of the late Charles Katooto & Mikaili Matama over their land in Mpigi district.
The retired government army officer is having a paining head after a report him reaching the president’s office over the 8arces land in Gayaza Kalagala village in Kayabwe town council.
The former head of engineering at the Uganda People’s Defense Airforce claims he acquired the land in Mpigi district from the administrators 10yrs ago.
“He claims that a one Babirye Christine also administrator of the deceased sold him the land”, says report
The family filed the complaint to the office of the president under file no. 2949 in a letter dated 17th August 2026.
We are reliably informed that the office of the president on land matters has responded to the land matter & a team recently visited the controversial land in Mpigi district.
Rtd Col Emmanuel Kwihangana recently hired a grader on independence day & graded the whole land using the area LC1 chairman Jombwe Richard, said our police underdog.
The army officer is using the land for grazing cattle & banned family members from trespassing on his land, revealed police snoops
Kwihangana has been summoned by the Mpigi district local authorities on several occasions over the land matters & rubbished them, says report.
Meanwhile in 2019, the former director of engineering at the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ Air Force (UPDF – AF), Col Emmanuel Kwihangana was appointment Chief of Staff of the Air Forces (in acting capacity) before taking over Maj Gen James Birungi’s office and his an experienced engineer who has held several appointments in the UPDAF including being Director Personnel and Administration as well as Director Operations before retiring.(Watch The Space)
