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A Ugandan man who was only six when his father lost land in litigation, recaptured him 23 years later, after becoming a lawyer.
Jordan Kinyera, a young Ugandan who was six years old when his father had a legal battle that cost him land, reclaimed the land as a lawyer, 23 years later.
According to a BBC report observed by YEN.com.ghKinyera went through 18 years of education and legal training before taking over the business.
On Monday, April 1, 2019, the High Court rendered a final judgment in favor of his family.
Kinyera told the BBC that the loss of family land at the age of six had changed her life.
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Ugandan lawyer Jordan Kinyera. Photo credit: BBC
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"I decided to become a lawyer later in my life, but this was inspired by events that I witnessed, the circumstances and frustrations experienced by my family during the trial and the consequences that it had for us ", Kinyera said.
His father had been sued by neighbors following a land dispute in 1996 and the case had been dragged through the courts for more than two decades.
Kinyera said: "My father was retired, so he did not have a lot of resources, he was not winning at that time.
He was desperate and there is something dehumanizing about being in a desperate situation and not being able to do anything about it. That's what has inspired me the most. "
"Delayed justice, justice denied, my father is 82 years old and he can not do much with the land anymore, it's up to us, the children, to pick us up where he left."
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Land conflicts are widespread in Uganda. According to the legal group Namati, they concern 33 to 50% of landowners.
Many Ugandans internally displaced returning to their home areas after spending years in camps find themselves in land disputes, Kinyera told the BBC.
He now represents several clients in such cases.
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