Muwema and Company Advocates and Solicitors filed a Shs15bn lawsuit against city businessman Paresh Kumar Mehta, his private company Downtown Investments limited, city lawyers Roger Mugabi and Adam Rukia, Court bailiff Ahmed Bongo, Fredrick Byatukoreire, A1 Security Systems Limited and the Attorney General.
Through its lawyers of KSMO Advocates, the law firm accuses the defendants of fraudulently participating in their illegal eviction from their offices which were then situated at Plot 50 Windsor Crescent, Kololo, Kampala city on 6th March 2026.
According to Court documents filed at the Civil Division of the High Court, the law firm claims that their misunderstanding with Paresh and his company started in 2021 when they exercised their option of purchasing the suit property under a lease which culminated into a legal dispute which was filed in Court by Paresh through his company where he sought rent arrears, vacant possession and eviction from the said property against the law firm.
Paresh hired the legal services of GEM Advocates where council Mugabi and Adam were handling the matter against Muwema and Company Advocates and Solicitors.
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On 20th February, Court ordered the payment of the alleged rent arrears, delivery of vacant possession and eviction of the law firm.
Even though the law firm challenged the decision of the High Court at the Court of Appeal, counsel Mugabi and Adam on behalf of Paresh wrote to the law firm a letter demanding for the payment of the disputed decretal money and vacant possession of the suit promises.
The law firm told court that the lawyers’ threats forced them to file an application seeking Court’s orders of staying the execution of the High Court orders made against it.
“However, three days later, on 06th March 2026, at around 8am, the first and second defendants (who are Paresh and his company), accompanied by the third defendant (who is Bongo) and fourth and fifth defendants (the lawyers) and security guards from the six defendant together with media personnels and around 15 armed policemen and security personnels, surprisingly attacked the plaintiff’s offices where they supervised and enforced the summary and illegal eviction of the plaintiff,” Court documents read in part.
The defendants according to Court documents, ransacked the plaintiff’s offices throwing out and bundling to waiting trucks several properties including office furniture, computers, printers, communication, security and air conditioning systems, safes, testamentary instruments, land titles, clients’ files and information without taking proper inventory of the seized properties.
“The first, second, third and fifth defendants caused the media to record and publish videos, images and articles of the illegal eviction. As a result, the plaintiff did not sign any inventory for the properties,” court documents read.
The defendants, according to documents claim that they were carrying out a re-entry and they denied that illegal eviction was done despite the protest of the plaintiff noting that the re-entry was an action not available to Paresh Company who terminated the landlord-tenant relationship by subjecting the dispute to a judicial litigation.
The law firm claims that the illegal eviction completely disrupted and shut down their business operations for about two months and severally affected its ability to serve present and future clients which resulted into their failure to honour court schedules.
“The plaintiff also discovered that US$250,000 in Mr Robert Friday Kagoro’s office, one of the partners, was missing as the safe in which it was deposited has never been returned and another Shs37,000,000 million which was in the founding partner’s Fred Muwema’s Office drawer was taken,” court documents read.
The law firm is seeking Court declaration that the eviction was illegal and they are seeking compensation of Shs15bn for the loss they incurred.
The defendants have not yet filed their defence.
