The Constitutional Court has upheld the decision in which city lawyer Geoffrey Nangumya was ordered to refund 59.9 million shillings for his client.
A panel of five Justices led by Justice Fredrick Egonda -Ntende, upheld the decision of the High Court saying that Nangumya did not have the right to take the client’s money. According to the judges the lawyer was only entitled to his taxed fees.
Trouble for Nangumya started when, Emmy Tumwine bought two acres of land from Israel Bbosa Sserunkuma and Wilberforce Kiyingi at 76 million shillings along Ssemuto road on May 15th 2013.
Tumwine paid an installment of 50 million shillings and the balance was to be paid once he had carried out a search at the land registry to ascertain the authenticity of ownership of the land and received transfer forms.
However, the land purchase failed and Tumwine instructed Nangumya to recover the money he had paid.
Evidence before Court indicates that Nangumya recovered the money but never remitted it to the owner.
