A Paper Presented at the Annual Workshop on Complaints Receipt, Investigations and Report Writing, organized by the Uganda Human Rights Commission, held at Essella Country Hotel, Najjera Kiira Town Council on Thursday 25th February 2016.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am exceedingly honoured to have been given this opportunity once again to present to you this paper. The topic is quite critical as it concerns administration of estates of deceased persons, who are obviously no longer in position to manage and distribute their property.
Over time, Wills have been a subject of dispute amongst beneficiaries and some have ended up in courts of law for judicial pronouncement on their validity. The disputes stem from among others, the manner in which the Wills are written or otherwise executed, the distribution of properties, the manner of attestation or witnessing and quite a number of other omissions that may arise from ignorance of the pertinent features of a Will by the testator or the maker of the Will.