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Cranmer Sajjabi Imaka v David Kawune Wakhooli (Constitutional Petition Application No. 6 of 2008)

Constitutional Court · [2008] UGCC 5 · 2008 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for a temporary injunction in a constitutional petition
Decision
Temporary injunction granted pending the final disposal of Constitutional Petition No. 11 of 2008

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Holding

The Court held that this was a proper case in which to exercise its discretion to grant a temporary injunction. It issued an injunction restraining the respondents, by themselves or their representatives, agents or workmen, from conducting elections of the new Kyabazinga of Busoga under the Constitution of Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga, 2000, or any arrangement not in accordance with the traditions, customs, cultures, wishes and aspirations of the Basoga, until the final disposal of Constitutional Petition No. 11 of 2008 or further orders. Costs of the application were to abide the results of the pending petition.

Outcome

Temporary injunction granted pending the final disposal of Constitutional Petition No. 11 of 2008

Facts

The applicants brought an application for a temporary injunction in connection with a pending constitutional petition concerning the leadership of the Busoga cultural institution. They sought to restrain the respondents from conducting elections of the new Kyabazinga of Busoga under the Constitution of Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga, 2000, or under any other arrangement said not to accord with the traditions, customs and wishes of the Basoga, pending determination of the main petition. The ruling does not set out the underlying facts in detail.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicants were entitled to a temporary injunction restraining the respondents from conducting elections of the new Kyabazinga of Busoga pending the disposal of the main constitutional petition.

Orders

  • A temporary injunction issues against the respondents, restraining them whether by themselves, representatives, agents or workmen, from conducting elections of the new Kyabazinga of Busoga under the Constitution of Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga, 2000, or any other arrangement not in accordance with the traditions, customs, cultures, wishes and aspirations of the Basoga, until the final disposal of Constitutional Petition No. 11 of 2008 or further orders.
  • Costs of this application will abide the results of the pending petition.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Temporary Injunctions — Court's Discretion to Preserve the Status Quo Pending a Constitutional Petition
The Constitutional Court may, in the exercise of its discretion, grant a temporary injunction to preserve the status quo and restrain conduct pending the final disposal of a constitutional petition.

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Cranmer Sajjabi Imaka v David Kawune Wakhooli (Constitutional Petition Application No. 6 of 2008) [2008] UGCC 5 (29 October 2008)
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