Kumi Vocational Institute v Okodel t/a star light secondary school and 2 Others
Kumi Vocational Institute v Okodel t/a star light secondary school and 2 Others (Civil Appeal 80 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 130 (21 March 2024)
The High Court found that at the time of the purported allocation of the suit land to the appellant by Nyero Sub-county in November 1998, the legal regime had shifted due to the commencement of the Land Act, 1998, which vested allocation powers for public land in the District Land Board. The appellant failed to adduce cogent evidence that Nyero Sub-county owned the land or that the parish chiefs had validly donated it to the sub-county. The allocation by Nyero Sub-county was therefore irregular and void ab initio, as it was not the proper authority under the law. The subsequent actions of the…
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- Allocation Of Public Land
- Powers Of Local Government
- District Land Board Authority
- Trespass To Land
- Burden Of Proof
- Costs Award