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The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application in which four men had applied to stop their eviction alongside the Serere District Local Government from a 150 acres of land in Serere District.

Justice Fredrick Engoda Ntende, who sat as a single judge, on October 8, dismissed the application for stay of execution orders because it could not disclose the loss the trespassers would incur if they were evicted. The trespassers are Joseph Atingu, Stephen Ejanyu, Okoja Sostine, and Calvin Olinga.

In 2022, then head of the Soroti High Court circuit, Justice Henry Peter Adonyo ruled that the land in question was rightfully owned by human rights defender Mr Moses Omiat and not the Serere District Local Government and the four men. Justice Adonyo went on to order the eviction of the Serere District Local Government and the four men. The court also ordered the trespassers to jointly compensate Mr Omiat with Shs320m

But being dissatisfied with the orders of the High Court, the four men ran to the Court of Appeal to, among others, seek a stay of the implementation of the orders of the High Court including not being evicted from the said land.

They argued that they would suffer substantial injury and loss should the High Court orders be implemented.

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