Uganda Case Law

Nankumba & Anor v Nagadya & Ors (Execution Miscellaneous Application- No. 991 of 2012)

Nankumba & Anor v Nagadya & Ors (Execution Miscellaneous Application- No. 991 of 2012) [2013] UGHCCD 8 (21 January 2013)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

Execution Miscellaneous Application- No. 991 of 2012

The court found that the objectors/applicants were in possession of the disputed land in their own right, having purchased bibanja and constructed houses independently of the judgment debtor, Isaac Ssekandi. The structures subject to removal under the previous court order were those erected by Ssekandi, not the objectors. The scope of the present proceedings is limited to determining possession, not title, and the objectors are entitled to defend their rights pending further investigation. Accordingly, the application to stay demolition of the objectors' houses was granted, with costs awarded…

Source excerpt

• Objector Proceedings
• Vacant Possession
• Bibanja Rights
• Stay Of Execution
• Demolition Orders

Nanyonga Kelementina and Another v Lubega

Nanyonga Kelementina and Another v Lubega (Civil Appeal No. 25 of 2009) [2011] UGHC 208 (28 March 2011)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 25 of 2009

Judge

Mwondha, J

The High Court allowed a land appeal, finding the appellants had protected bibanja rights and that the respondent trespassed by grading and destroying boundary markers.

• Bibanja Rights
• Trespass To Land
• Quiet Possession
• Boundary Demarcation
• Bibanja-rights
• Trespass-to-land