Semakula & Ors v Attorney General
Semakula & Ors v Attorney General (Civil Suit No. 237 of 2010) [2014] UGHCCD 3 (8 January 2014)
The court held that the plaint did not disclose a cause of action because it failed to plead that the Produce Marketing Board, as a public enterprise, had been sold and that the proceeds of its liquidation were deposited in the divestiture account as required by Section 23(4) of the PERD Act. The absence of these essential averments rendered the plaint defective and incapable of founding a cause of action against the government for the claimed terminal benefits. The court emphasized that strict compliance with statutory requirements is necessary, and that a plaint which does not allege all ma…
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- Cause Of Action
- Public Enterprise Liquidation
- Divestiture Account
- Pleadings Requirements
- Government Liability