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Ssenkambwe and Others v Rwakaitkara (CIVIL APPEAL NO.095 OF 2022) [2025] UGHC 234 (3 February 2025)
High Court appeal over land trespass succeeded after the court found the trial magistrate misread the evidence and the respondent lacked a valid occupant interest.
Hamurwa Town Council and Others v Sanyu (Civil Appeal 191 of 2020) [2023] UGCA 299 (1 November 2023)
The Court of Appeal held that the old Karukara Market land was government land, not part of the estate of the late Simeo Ruritwa, and allowed the appeal.
Nakanwagi v Mawejje and 2 Others (Civil Suit 770 of 2016) [2023] UGHCLD 215 (27 July 2023)
The High Court held that the defendants acquired no lawful kibanja interest in the suit land, declared them trespassers, and awarded the plaintiff damages and injunction.
Nagawa (as administratrix of the estate of the late ziyada namuli) v Luberenga (HCT-00-LD-CS 314 of 2011) [2023] UGHCLD 198 (29 June 2023)
The High Court cancelled the defendant’s title for fraud, awarded the plaintiff UGX 200 million in damages and costs, but declined recovery against third-party occupants.
Kibuka and Another v Mukasa (Civil Appeal No. 32 of 2019) [2022] UGHCCD 19 (21 February 2022)
The High Court allowed an appeal over land rights, finding the respondent was only a bare licensee, not a lawful occupant, and setting aside UGX 4,000,000 in damages.
Muhindo Nderu v Kamanyire (Miscellaneous Application 154 of 2020) [2021] UGCA 212 (20 October 2021)
The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to adduce additional evidence on a second appeal, holding that the rules bar such evidence except for limited elucidation cases.
Namazzi v Banadda Kayondo Kiwanuka and 2 Others (Civil Appeal 289 of 2016) [2019] UGCA 2107 (22 November 2019)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a land appeal as time-barred, found no proved fraud, set aside an award to a non-party, and remitted the issue of bona fide occupancy.
Yiga v Kalega (Civil Appeal No. 53 of 2017) [2018] UGHCLD 8 (9 February 2018)
The High Court dismissed a land appeal, upholding findings that the appellant was a trespasser and that the respondent’s purchase from the registered proprietor was valid.
Mpanga v Kizito (Civil Appeal No. 12 of 2011) [2015] UGHCLD 31 (1 June 2015)
The High Court dismissed an appeal over title to land, holding that fraud was not pleaded or proved and that the respondent’s registered interest prevailed.
Haruna Serunjogi v George William Kijjambu (Civil Appeal No. 33 of 2002) [2005] UGCA 78 (14 July 2005)
The Court of Appeal partly allowed a land appeal, setting aside compensation for improvements but upholding the rest of the High Court orders.
