Uganda Case Law

Kyenjojo District Local Government v Mukondere and 12 Others

Kyenjojo District Local Government v Mukondere and 12 Others (Miscellaneous Application 57 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1043 (17 October 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 57 of 2024

Judge

Wagona, J

The High Court of Uganda at Fort Portal set aside a default judgment and allowed Kyenjojo District Local Government to file a defense out of time.

• Setting Aside Default Judgment
• Leave To File Defense Out Of Time
• Service Of Process
• Public Service Recruitment
• Affidavit Validity
• Setting-aside-default-judgment

The Micro Finance Support Centre Limited v Namanyonyi Cooperative Savings & Credit

The Micro Finance Support Centre Limited v Namanyonyi Cooperative Savings & Credit (Miscellaneous Application 50 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 957 (14 October 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 50 of 2024

Judge

Lubega, J

The court found that the Applicant was not duly served with summons to file a defense in Civil Suit No. 23 of 2019. The process server failed to ensure that the recipient of the summons was a principal officer and did not obtain a signature, only a stamp, which could not be verified as authentic proof of service. The court held that service on a receptionist does not satisfy the requirements of Order 29 rule 2, which mandates service on a secretary, director, or principal officer. The Applicant was therefore prevented by sufficient cause from filing its defense. The court also found that the…

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• Setting Aside Ex Parte Judgment
• Service Of Process On Corporations
• Leave To File Defense Out Of Time