Besimira reported a case of a missing vehicle registration number UAK 588G, Mitsubishi Fuso truck to Central police station Kampala on September 8, 2011. Records show that the vehicle was eventually found at the same police station but the owner was never told why it had been impounded.

After trying to reclaim the vehicle in vain, Besimira, in 2015, opted to petition court. He argued that the vehicle which was back then valued at Shs 95 million had become a shell while under police custody. The vehicle is now parked at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Kibuli, Kampala. 

Besimira demanded to be compensated with more than Shs 600 million in damages for what he described as the illegal and extremely oppressive actions of the police. Court further heard that although Besimira had not yet transferred the logbook for the motor vehicle from dfcu bank to his name, at the time of the suit, the bank had authorised the change of ownership of the said motor vehicle.

However, government, through the state attorney Charity Nabaasa told the court that although dfcu gave the authorization to change ownership of the vehicle, the same was never done.

Today Friday, justice Musa Ssekaana, in a judgement sent to parties via email observed that the commandant Kampala  Metropolitan police had ordered investigations into why Besimira’s vehicle was impounded and failed to find any. He subsequently ordered that the vehicle be released to the owner in 2013, an order which was never honoured.

Ssekaana said that the vehicle in question was already used for three years and could not be valued at the same cost as a new vehicle. 

Instead, Ssekaana awarded Shs 110 million as the fair value of the motor vehicle, Shs 100 million as general damages and Shs 15 million as a punishment to police never to repeat similar acts.

He also ordered that the said money will attract an interest of 15 per cent per anum effective 2015 when Besimira filed his case and the rest of the awards will also attract 15 per cent effective today, until payment in full. He has also ordered the police to pay Besimira the costs of the case.

In June 2020, the then High court civil division judge Lydia Mugambe ordered the government together with the assistant commissioner of police Anatoli Muleterwa to compensate Adrine Kemirembe with Shs 282 million when she reported a case of stolen car registration number UAE 130H which had been illegally auctioned by Muleterwa.

But Muleterwa has since appealed against the court order.Â