Uganda Case Law

Abby Kasolo Kiberu V Hon. Idah Nantaba Erios (State Minister for Lands, Housing & Urban Development)

Abby Kasolo Kiberu V Hon. Idah Nantaba Erios (State Minister for Lands, Housing & Urban Development) (Miscellaneous Cause No. 29 of 2013) [2014] UGHCLD 135 (24 November 2014)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause No. 29 of 2013

Judge

Owiny-Dollo, J

The respondent, a government minister, acted ultra vires her statutory powers by purporting to adjudicate a land dispute and directing cancellation of the applicant's land title. She denied the applicant a fair hearing, breaching the principles of natural justice enshrined in Article 42 of the Constitution. The law vests the power to inquire into and rectify land title disputes solely in the Commissioner of Land Registration, subject to procedural safeguards. The respondent's administrative directive was unlawful, biased, and outside her official mandate. The court found the application for j…

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• Judicial Review
• Prohibition Order
• Ultra Vires Action
• Natural Justice
• Ministerial Powers
• Land Title Disputes

Muganzi v Nantaba

Muganzi v Nantaba (Miscellaneous Cause No. 21 of 2013) [2013] UGHCLD 41 (26 April 2013)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause No. 21 of 2013

Judge

Murangira, J

The High Court granted judicial review prohibition against a Minister interfering in a land dispute already pending in court, holding the intervention unlawful and prejudicial.

• Judicial Review
• Prohibition Order
• Ministerial Ultra Vires
• Land Ownership Dispute
• Subjudice Rule
• Judicial-review