Pius Mugerwa Mugalaasi v Attorney General of Uganda and Uganda National Roads Authority
Pius Mugerwa Mugalaasi v Attorney General of Uganda and Uganda National Roads Authority (Civil Suit No. 466 of 2015) [2025] UGHC 281 (30 April 2025)
The court found that the 2nd defendant compulsorily acquired 1.26 acres of the plaintiff's land for the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway project, and that the remainder, though initially gazetted, was not utilized and must be degazetted and returned. Compensation for land must include the value of rock as part of the land, not as a separate item. The plaintiff is entitled to compensation for the 1.26 acres acquired, disturbance allowance, and damages for the period of non-use due to gazettement. The court rejected speculative claims for consequential loss and business opportunity due to lack of evi…
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- Compulsory Acquisition
- Compensation For Land
- Valuation Of Land
- Constitutional Rights Property
- Disturbance Allowance
- Damages And Remedies