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Eleanor Kamara Mpyisi v Peter Nyangabyaki and Another (Miscellaneous Application No. 2433 of 2025)

High Court · [2026] UGCOMMC 25 · 2026 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Objector application to release property from attachment in execution proceedings
Decision
Property remains under attachment for execution against the judgment debtor

Observed later treatment

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Holding

The court dismissed the objector's application to release property from attachment. The objector claimed to have purchased the property from the judgment debtor after judgment but before the warrant of attachment issued. The court found insufficient proof of payment and possession. The sale agreement was executed after judgment, and the judgment debtor never mentioned the alleged sale in her own application to set aside the warrant. The timing and circumstances raised suspicion that the transaction was designed to defeat execution. The property remained liable to attachment as it was in the possession of the judgment debtor at the relevant time.

Outcome

Property remains under attachment for execution against the judgment debtor

Facts

The judgment creditor obtained a decree against the judgment debtor (Elizabeth Mpyisi) on 23 October 2023 for recovery of UGX 151,120,000 with interest and costs arising from an unpaid property purchase. On 24 April 2025, a warrant of attachment issued against property comprised in Busiro Block 395 Plot 952:3 Unit 3 (Condominium) registered in the judgment debtor's name. The applicant/objector (Eleanor Kamara Mpyisi, daughter of the judgment debtor) filed this application claiming she had purchased the property from the judgment debtor on 7 January 2025 for UGX 280,000,000, taken possession, and begun paying off the mortgage with DFCU Bank. The property was mortgaged at the time of the alleged sale. The objector had not transferred the property into her name. The judgment debtor had filed multiple applications to set aside judgment and stay execution, all dismissed, but never mentioned the alleged sale in any of those applications.

Issues

  1. Whether land comprised in Busiro Block 395 Plot 952:3 Condominium Unit 3 was liable to attachment at the time the warrant issued.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Objector Proceedings — Burden of Proof — Possession at Date of Attachment
In objector proceedings under Order 22 rule 56 of the Civil Procedure Rules, the objector bears the burden of proving that at the date of attachment he or she had some legal or equitable interest in the property attached. The emphasis is on the date of attachment and the objector must adduce evidence to show possession or interest in the attached property on that date in order to succeed.
Objector Proceedings — Scope of Inquiry — Possession Not Title
The sole question to be investigated in objector proceedings is one of possession, not legal right or title. The court must determine whether on the date of attachment the judgment debtor or the objector was in possession, and if the objector was in possession, whether he or she held it on his or her own account or in trust for the judgment debtor. Ultimate questions of title or complicated questions like the benami nature of a transaction are not within the scope of the inquiry.
Objector Proceedings — Suspicious Timing — Sale After Judgment to Defeat Execution
Where a sale agreement is executed after judgment but before attachment, and the judgment debtor in her own application to set aside the warrant never mentions the alleged sale, the timing and circumstances raise suspicion that the transaction was designed to defeat execution proceedings. The court may refuse to grant the objector's application where the authenticity of the sale is in doubt.
Objector Proceedings — Proof of Payment — Insufficient Evidence
Where an objector claims to have purchased property and taken over mortgage payments, but the remittance records do not indicate the objector as sender and bear dates prior to the sale agreement, and no evidence from the mortgagee bank confirms any change of mortgagor, the court cannot assume that the objector made the payments. Insufficient proof of payment undermines the claim of a genuine sale.

Legislation cited (12)

Cases cited (4)

  • Wabulo and Another v Kintu (Court of Appeal 2009)
  • Zimbe v Uganda and 2 Others (Civil Appeal No. 11 of 2023)
  • John Verjee and Another v Simon Kalenzi and Others (Civil Appeal No. 71 of 2000)
  • Lagol and 2 Others v Bonga and Another (Civil Appeal No. 119 of 2019)

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Eleanor Kamara Mpyisi v Peter Nyangabyaki and Another (Miscellaneous Application No. 2433 of 2025) [2026] UGCommC 25 (25 January 2026)
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