Uganda Case Law

Esther Ssempebwa v Andrew Babigumira and Commissioner Land Registration

Esther Ssempebwa v Andrew Babigumira and Commissioner Land Registration (Miscellaneous Application No. 505 of 2025) [2025] UGHCLD 86 (13 June 2025)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application No. 505 of 2025

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The court found that the application for review was filed within the statutory limitation period of 12 years as provided by section 3(3) of the Limitation Act, and thus was not barred by limitation or inordinate delay. However, the court held that the applicant's allegations centered on fraud and illegality in the issuance of the vesting order, which are contentious matters requiring thorough investigation and cannot be determined on affidavit evidence in a review application. The proper procedure for resolving such disputes is by filing an ordinary suit or joining existing suits concerning t…

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• Review Of Court Orders
• Vesting Orders
• Fraud Allegations
• Limitation Periods
• Caveats And Title Registration

Mary Zawedde Mulira and Others v Commissioner for Land Registration and Others (Misc Cause No. 17 of 2025)

Mary Zawedde Mulira and Others v Commissioner for Land Registration and Others (Misc Cause No. 17 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCD 62 (11 April 2025)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

Misc Cause No. 17 of 2025

Judge

Baguma, J

The application was properly before the court as a judicial review against a public body. The Commissioner for Land Registration, having previously conducted a public hearing and re-registered the disputed land in the applicants' names in 2024, was functus officio and lacked jurisdiction to entertain a fresh application for a vesting order on the same title. The issuance of the memorandum of registration on 9th January 2025, vesting the land in Marwa Properties Limited, was procedurally improper and illegal, as the applicants were not accorded a hearing despite their direct interest. Section…

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• Judicial Review
• Procedural Impropriety
• Natural Justice
• Vesting Orders
• Rectification Of Title
• Public Body Decision Making

Ndawula v Tropical Bank & Another

Ndawula v Tropical Bank & Another (Miscellaneous Application 3031 of 2024) [2025] UGHCLD 47 (28 March 2025)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 3031 of 2024

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The High Court granted a consequential order vesting disputed land in Rashid Ndawula and ordered release of the title and mortgage discharge.

• Vesting Orders
• Mortgage Release
• Registration Of Titles
• Consequential Orders
• Vesting-orders
• Mortgage-release

Bitekerezo v Commissioner Land Registration (HCT-01-CV-MC 26 of 2024)

Bitekerezo v Commissioner Land Registration (HCT-01-CV-MC 26 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1123 (11 December 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

HCT-01-CV-MC 26 of 2024

Judge

Wagona, J

The High Court ordered issue of a special certificate of title and registration of land in the applicant’s name after the original title and transfer papers were lost.

• Registration Of Titles
• Special Certificate Of Title
• Vesting Orders
• Lost Title Deeds
• Special-certificate-of-title
• Vesting-orders

Kayima v Commissioner Land Registration

Kayima v Commissioner Land Registration (Miscellaneous Cause 343 of 2023) [2024] UGHCLD 273 (22 November 2024)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause 343 of 2023

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The High Court dismissed an application for a vesting order, holding it was premature because the applicant had not first applied to the Registrar of Titles under the statute.

• Vesting Orders
• Registration Of Titles
• Land Transfer Procedure
• Preliminary Objection
• Vesting-orders
• Registration-of-titles-act

Nanyonga v Commissioner Land Registration

Nanyonga v Commissioner Land Registration (Miscellaneous Cause 15 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 694 (15 July 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause 15 of 2024

Judge

Oyuko Anthony Ojok, J

The High Court granted a vesting order over land in Mpigi Mawokota after finding the applicant had paid the price, taken possession, and met the statutory requirements.

• Vesting Orders
• Registration Of Titles
• Adverse Possession
• Transfer Of Land
• Vesting-orders
• Registration-of-titles-act

Namasalwa v Commissioner Land Registration

Namasalwa v Commissioner Land Registration (Civil Miscellaneous Application 5 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 696 (13 June 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Miscellaneous Application 5 of 2024

Judge

Oyuko Anthony Ojok, J

The High Court granted a vesting order for land in Mawokota after finding the applicant had paid the price, taken possession, and met the statutory conditions.

• Vesting Orders
• Registration Of Titles
• Transfer Of Land
• Possession And Occupation
• Vesting-orders
• Registration-of-titles-act

Lugolobi v Commissioner Land Registration

Lugolobi v Commissioner Land Registration (Miscellaneous Cause 29 of 2024) [2024] UGHCLD 131 (27 May 2024)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause 29 of 2024

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The High Court dismissed an application for a vesting order over land, holding that the applicant had not first sought the order from the Commissioner Land Registration as required by statute.

• Vesting Orders
• Registration Of Titles
• Procedural Prerequisites
• Land Transfer
• Jurisdiction Of Court
• Vesting-orders

The Administrator of the Estate of the late George William Kabugo v Twinobuhugiro

The Administrator of the Estate of the late George William Kabugo v Twinobuhugiro (Civil Appeal 55 of 2016) [2024] UGCA 101 (8 May 2024)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 55 of 2016

Judge

Cheborion, JA, Monica K. Mugenyi, JA, Gashirabake, JCC

The Court of Appeal held that the trial judge erred in law and fact by failing to consider the legal effect of the appellant's caveat, which operated as notice and prevented the acquisition of superior interests in the suit land. The respondents, having acquired their interests after the caveat and with knowledge of its existence, could not be considered 'aggrieved persons' with locus standi to seek review of the vesting order. The original proceedings for the vesting order were properly brought against the registered proprietor, and the respondents had no legal basis to participate or claim…

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• Caveats Land Registration
• Vesting Orders
• Review Of Court Orders
• Aggrieved Persons
• Natural Justice
• Evidence Hearsay

Muwanga v Commissioner Land Registration

Muwanga v Commissioner Land Registration (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. O02O OF 2024) [2024] UGHC 1222 (11 April 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. O02O OF 2024

Judge

Nabakooza, J

The High Court dismissed an application for a vesting order over estate land, holding that the applicant was not a legal representative and the claim was not properly founded on adverse possession.

• Vesting Orders
• Adverse Possession
• Succession Registers
• Estate Administration
• Vesting-orders
• Estate-administration