Mutebile’s Son Alleges Unlawful Confinement as Estate Dispute Escalates

What the report says

A legal dispute over the estate of the late Bank of Uganda governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile has deepened in Kampala, where his son, Duncan Tumusiime Mutebile, has filed a civil case in the Family Division of the High Court. According to Nile Post, Duncan accuses his stepmother, Betty Tumusiime Mutebile, and co-administrator David Kyomukama Mutebile of concealing estate assets, making disputed land transfers and unlawfully confining him in a psychiatric facility. The administrators reject the allegations.

In the suit, Duncan is seeking to have the letters of administration revoked. His lawyers say the estate inventory was incomplete and list several assets they believe were omitted, including property in Kololo, shares in Garuga Properties Ltd, land in Lwengo and Nakaseke, and bank accounts. He also claims that some assets, including the Kololo property, were transferred into Betty Mutebile’s name without his consent.

The report says Duncan’s legal team separately complained to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Kira Road Police Station over alleged kidnapping and unlawful confinement. The matter was registered for possible investigation, and police later sought information from Hope and Beyond Rehabilitation Centre. The administrators, meanwhile, deny that Duncan is the biological son of the former governor, and question the validity of a power of attorney he signed. Duncan’s side says a birth certificate and a recent psychiatric assessment support his position. The case remains before court, while criminal authorities review the confinement complaint.