Uganda Case Law

Highway Trading Company Ltd v The Attorney General & Anor (HCT-00-CC-CS 301 of 2005)

Highway Trading Company Ltd v The Attorney General & Anor (HCT-00-CC-CS 301 of 2005) [2006] UGCommC 65 (31 October 2006)

Court

Commercial Court of Uganda

Case number

HCT-00-CC-CS 301 of 2005

The court held that the boda-boda tax collected under the contract between the plaintiff and KCC was not authorised by any Act of Parliament or by any ordinance promulgated by KCC as required by the Local Government Act and the Constitution. The tax was not an annual bicycle licence as provided for under the Local Government Act, but a monthly tax, and its imposition was at variance with what was authorised by law. The court found that the legal basis for the tax was uncertain and that the imposition and collection of the boda-boda tax was illegal. Consequently, the contract between the plain…

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• Local Government Taxation
• Contractual Legality
• Statutory Authority
• Municipal Regulation

Abdulrehman v Municipal Board of Mombasa

Abdulrehman v Municipal Board of Mombasa (Criminal Appeal No. 409 of 1946) [1947] EACA 78 (1 January 1947)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 409 of 1946

Judge

Horne J

The appeal concerned a public health notice over stored old iron and other materials. The court held the alleged nuisance was not made out and the notice was invalid.

• Public Health Nuisance
• Statutory Interpretation
• Municipal Regulation
• Notice Validity
• Public-health-nuisance
• Statutory-interpretation