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.

March 11, 2022 The Hon Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Dear Colleague, RE: THE DEPARTED ASIANS EXPROPRIATE ASSETS As a result of the debate that has taken place in the recent past, both within Government and among others, regarding the manner in which the captioned assets have been managed by the Custodian Board, and considering the numerous cases filed against Government in relation to the same matter, I have been Directed by H.E to render this Opinion to the Government. As you are aware, in August 2016, the Auditor General in Exercise of his Statutory Mandate, conducted two…

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