Two businessmen have been charged and remanded to prison over allegations of forging documents to change the leadership of an association representing carrot traders, truck owners and drivers in Kampala.
The suspects, Ezra Watuwa, 39, and Moses Wamakale Waneroba, 51, appeared before Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, presided over by Senior Principal Magistrate Winnie Nankya Jatiko, where the charges were read to them. They denied the accusations.
The court remanded the two until November 9, when their bail application will be heard.
According to the charge sheet, the accused are jointly charged with forgery and uttering false documents, alongside other suspects who are still at large.
The prosecution alleges that on July 1, 2026, at Biraj Hotel in Kampala, the accused and others still at large forged an ordinary resolution for Kampala Carrot Importers, Truck Owners and Drivers Development Association Limited (KACITODDA).
The document allegedly purported to bear the signature of Sowedi Tebandeke, a member of the association, yet he had not signed it.
The second count alleges that on July 23, 2026, the accused knowingly and fraudulently presented the same allegedly forged resolution to the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), purporting it to have been signed by Tebandeke.
According to court documents, Tebandeke, a carrot trader operating from Nakasero Market, told investigators that the association was established in 2018 by traders working at the market.
Tebandeke said he and his colleagues registered KACITODDA as a company limited by shares, with 15 directors, including himself, Isma Mugoya, Nalu Nanteza and Halima Nakakande.
He said he served as vice-chairperson, while Mugoya was the chairperson, Nanteza handled women’s affairs and Nakakande served as treasurer.
The association operated from Hardware City Building in Kampala Central Division.
However, Tebandeke said he learnt around 2025 that he was no longer a director or vice-chairperson after Mugoya allegedly informed him that the leadership had changed and Watuwa had become the new chairperson.
‘I was told that I was no longer the vice-chairperson or a director in this association, as I had long been removed,’ Tebandeke stated in his complaint.
He said Mugoya showed him documents purportedly signed by the former leadership to facilitate changes in the company’s directorship.
Tebandeke said he became suspicious after examining the documents, particularly the ordinary resolution intended to effect the changes, because the signature attributed to him was allegedly forged.
He subsequently sought legal assistance and reported the matter for investigation.
The complainant further alleged that the individuals presented as the new directors were collecting money from carrot dealers at the market in the association’s name.
He said this was contrary to the original purpose for which the association had been established.