Kampala Capital City Authority on Wednesday morning repossessed its house on plot 2 Mabua road in Kololo that was irregularly allocated to security three years ago.
The house was being used by General David Tinyefuza as a coordination center for intelligence and security. Tinyefuza is the Coordinator of Security Services.
This brings to an end the controversy that surrounded the ownership and handover of the house, which dragged on for more than one month between Jennifer Semakula Musisi, the KCCA Executive Director and General David Tinyefuza.
Muruli Mukasa, the security minister who represented the government, handed over the keys to the house and the property to George Agaba, KCCA Deputy Director in charge of physical planning.
The minister said the coordination center for intelligence and security has been shifted to Bugolobi, where government has rented a place.
He assured KCCA that no security personnel or any member of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces would again appear to disturb them over the house.
Barnabus Tinkasimire, the chairman parliamentary presidential affairs committee who represented parliament at the hand over, said he would report the development to Parliament on Wednesday afternoon.
George Agaba said KCCA accounting officer will assess the condition of the house and identify who to occupy it.
Early this month, Kabakumba Matsiko, minister for the Presidency, who also doubles as minister for Kampala, told Parliament that Gen Tinyefuza would vacate the house by the end of this month.
Tinyefuza vacated the house on Friday last week long before the deadline that was due to expire on August 31st. Most of the security installations were reported transferred on Friday and Saturday.
The heavy military presence, which has been a common feature at the house, is no more.
Musisi’s earlier request to Tinyefuza to provide paperwork based on which he possessed the house, or hand it back to KCCA was followed by a hash response and threats of arrest from the general.
Tinyefuza also snubbed summons by Parliament to explain why he was adamant to vacate the house, prompting the presidential affairs committee chaired by Barnabas Tinkasimire, to threaten not to pass the security budget until he vacates.
Tinyefuza was however subdued and gradually toned down after President Museveni, who appointed Musisi, intervened in her favour.
The house is supposed to be the mayor’s official residence but it was allocated to security in March 2008 by then local government minister, Kahinda Otafire.
