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Aruho v Uganda Coffee Development Authority (Civil Suit No. 46 of 2024)

High Court · [2025] UGHC 273 · 2025 Suit Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
First instance civil suit for recovery of payment for goods allegedly supplied, dismissed for want of prosecution
Decision
Suit dismissed for want of prosecution due to both parties' failure to comply with court directives and attend proceedings

Observed later treatment

Cited — treatment unverified cited in 1 (treatment unverified) Sequitur — Uganda’s citator · Derived from citing cases in the Wakilii corpus — not an assertion that this case is good law.

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Holding

The court dismissed the suit under Order 17 Rule 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules for want of prosecution where both parties failed to comply with summons for directions issued on 10 September 2024, failed to file pre-trial documents, and failed to attend court proceedings. No order as to costs was made given both parties' non-compliance.

Outcome

Suit dismissed for want of prosecution due to both parties' failure to comply with court directives and attend proceedings

Facts

The Plaintiff filed suit on 11 July 2024 seeking recovery of UGX 52,500,000 being the cost of 150,000 coffee seedlings allegedly supplied to the Defendant in Kahunge and Bwizi sub counties, Kamwenge District during September-November 2018. The Defendant filed a Written Statement of Defence on 29 July 2024 denying the supply. On 10 September 2024, summons for directions were heard and parties were directed to file a joint scheduling memorandum and trial bundles by 26 September 2024. Neither party complied with these directives. The case was fixed for hearing on 28 February 2025 but both parties failed to attend court on that date.

Issues

  1. Whether the court should dismiss the suit for non-compliance with summons for directions and non-attendance at court proceedings.

Orders

  • Suit dismissed under Order 17 Rule 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules for want of prosecution.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Summons for Directions — Non-Compliance — Dismissal for Want of Prosecution
Where parties fail to comply with summons for directions and fail to attend court proceedings, the court may exercise its discretion under Order 17 Rule 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules to dismiss the suit for want of prosecution.
Civil Procedure — Costs — No Order as to Costs — Mutual Non-Compliance
Where both parties are equally guilty of non-compliance with court directives and non-attendance at court proceedings, the court may make no order as to costs.

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Cases citing this judgment (1)

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Aruho v Uganda Coffee Development Authority (Civil Suit No. 46 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 273 (25 April 2025)
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