Video: Senior Lawyer Muwema evicted from Kololo office over Shs1.4 billion Rent arrears

Senior lawyer Muwema was evicted from his office early Friday morning

Senior city lawyer Fred Muwema was on Friday morning evicted from his law firm offices in Kololo after defaulting on rent arrears now estimated at about Shs1.4 billion.

Court bailiffs executed the eviction on Friday, March 6, 2026, throwing out furniture, files and other office property belonging to M/S Muwema & Co. Advocates before removing the firm’s signpost from the premises on Windsor Crescent Road.

The eviction follows a court ruling in a dispute between the law firm and its landlord, Downtown Investments Ltd.

In a judgment delivered by Justice Patricia Mutesi of the Commercial Division of the High Court of Uganda, the court found that the law firm had breached its lease agreement by failing to pay rent despite continued occupation of the premises.

Court heard that in December 2014, the parties signed a five-year lease for property on Plot 50 Windsor Crescent Road in Kololo at a monthly rent of USD 5,000 plus VAT, later revised to USD 10,000 per month.

Although the lease expired in December 2019, the firm continued occupying the premises. Evidence showed that rent was fully paid up to December 2021, but the firm subsequently defaulted.

The landlord issued several demand notices before the firm made a partial payment of USD 50,000 in June 2023, leaving USD 148,300 in outstanding arrears covering the period between December 2021 and mid-2023.

The court rejected the law firm’s defence that it had stopped paying rent after offering to purchase the property in 2021, ruling that the offer was never accepted and therefore no sale agreement existed.

Justice Mutesi consequently ordered payment of the arrears and vacant possession of the property, paving the way for Friday’s eviction.

By afternoon, the offices remained locked as enforcement officers completed the eviction exercise.