High Court strikes out businessman's challenge to former lands minister Mayanja's directives on disputed Wakiso land

Justice Simon Peter Kinobe struck out a judicial review application by businessman Mike Mawejje against directives by former State Minister for Lands Dr Sam Mayanja, ruling it was filed outside the three-month time limit. The directives, issued after more than 300 bibanja holders complained of alleged unlawful evictions from land in Mpegwe, Kakiri, had halted transactions on the land and ordered investigations and police action against Mawejje, according to The Observer.