Uganda Case Law

Abdul Bar Abdalla v Abdalla Kadet and 3 Others

Abdul Bar Abdalla v Abdalla Kadet and 3 Others (Civil Appeal No. 054 of 2020) [2025] UGHC 535 (23 January 2025)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 054 of 2020

Judge

Phillip Odoki, J

The court found that the Appellant failed to prove that the suit land belonged to Abdalla Ibrahim Lakwar, as no evidence of lease, occupation licence, or residence was adduced. The Respondents proved that Hajjati Zamzam Ibrahim enjoyed possessory title over the suit land, supported by receipts and occupation permits in her name, and unchallenged occupation for decades. The court held that possession confers a possessory title enforceable against all but those with a better title. However, the document dated 12th June 1999 was not authored by Hajjati Zamzam Ibrahim, who was illiterate, and was…

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• Possessory Title
• Succession Of Estates
• Gift Inter Vivos
• Bonafide Occupant
• Evaluation Of Evidence

Nyambubi v Bigirwenkya

Nyambubi v Bigirwenkya (Civil Appeal 22 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 85 (17 January 2025)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 22 of 2023

Judge

Byaruhanga Rugyema, J

The appellate court found that the respondent/plaintiff established better possessory rights over the suit land through inheritance and first occupation, as confirmed by evidence at locus and the consent judgment of 2013, which settled the boundaries among the families. The appellant/defendant's acts of planting acacia trees and clearing the land in 2020 constituted trespass, as they were unauthorized and in defiance of the consent judgment. The respondent/plaintiff did not depart from his pleadings regarding the size of the disputed land, and any reference to 1.5 acres was a judicial error t…

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• Land Ownership Dispute
• Trespass To Land
• Possessory Title
• Limitation Periods

Mutagobwa v Nyende

Mutagobwa v Nyende (Civil Appeal 118 of 2013) [2023] UGHCLD 288 (30 April 2023)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Civil Appeal 118 of 2013

Judge

Elubu, J

The High Court dismissed a land appeal, upholding a finding that the respondent got the land by valid gift from his aunties and confirming general damages.

• Customary Land Ownership
• Succession And Inheritance
• Gift Inter Vivos
• Possessory Title
• Counterclaim Procedure
• Land-and-property