Parliament’s recommendations on departed Asians property are illegal, unimplementable and could cost the government billions in court suits—Attorney-General advises The Government of Uganda’s Attorney General, Mr Kiroywa Kiwanuka has warned that the recent recommendations by the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts―Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises PAC-COSASE that the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB) should initiate processes to cancel repossession certificates previously issued by the Government/Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development are untenable in law, a nullity and shall cause government further innumerable and costly suits. In the letter, to the Ministry of Finance, the Attorney General advises the government that the law does not give powers to the Minister of Finance to undo a decision on the properties and that only the High Court has the powers to do so. We reproduce the letter here below.

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.