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Haji Katamba v Sheik Kalumba and 9 Others (Misc Cause 124 of 2019)

High Court · [2024] UGHCLD 147 · 2024 Application Partly Allowed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to dislodge caveats lodged on land purchased by the applicant
Decision
Caveats ordered to be dislodged by the Commissioner Land Registration

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Holding

Held that the application against the 1st to 5th respondents who sold the land was improper as they had no hand in lodging the caveats and was struck off against them. The caveats lodged by the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th respondents should be dislodged. The 7th and 8th respondents withdrew their interest in the caveat. The suit cited by the 6th respondent in support of the caveat was dismissed and did not concern the caveated land. The 9th respondent and her advocate denied lodging any caveat. The applicant acquired valid interest through a consent judgment.

Outcome

Caveats ordered to be dislodged by the Commissioner Land Registration

Facts

The applicant purchased land comprised in Kyaddondo Block 203, Plot 734 at Bwaise from the 1st to 5th respondents, who were administrators of the estate of late H.K. Kibirige, pursuant to a consent judgment executed on 30 January 2019 in HCCS No. 250 of 2018. The vendors warranted the land was free from encumbrances. However, caveats had been lodged on 3 December 2018 by the 6th, 7th and 8th respondents under Instrument No. KCCA 00056541, and another by Vicent Businge under Instrument No. KCCA 00056579 allegedly on behalf of the 9th respondent. The 6th, 7th and 8th respondents were children and beneficiaries of late H.K. Kibirige. The 7th and 8th respondents later withdrew their interest and consented to removal of the caveat. The 6th respondent opposed removal, citing a pending suit HCCS No. 194 of 2019 concerning mismanagement of the estate, but that suit was dismissed on 17 April 2023 and did not concern the caveated land. The 9th respondent and Vicent Businge both denied having lodged any caveat.

Issues

  1. Whether the application against the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respondents is proper.
  2. Whether the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th respondents have a caveatable interest in the land and whether the said caveats should be dislodged.

Orders

  • Application struck off as against the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respondents.
  • Application allowed.
  • Caveat lodged by the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th respondent (Vicent Businge) on land comprised in Kyaddondo Block 203 Plot 734 at Bwaise under Instrument No. KCCA 00056541 and KCCA 565798 to be dislodged by the 10th respondent.
  • Each party to meet their own costs for this application.

Rules and key headnotes

Caveats — Caveatable Interest — Requirements
For a caveat to be valid, the caveator must have a caveatable interest, legal or equitable, in the land. A caveatable interest must be an actual interest in the land such as an easement, mortgage, tenancy or purchase.
Beneficiaries — Caveatable Interest in Estate Property
Beneficiaries of a deceased's estate have a caveatable interest in land forming part of the estate and may lodge a caveat under section 139 of the Registration of Titles Act.
Caveats — Removal — Grounds for Dislodging
Where caveators have withdrawn their interest in land and consented to removal of a caveat, and where a suit cited in support of a caveat has been dismissed and did not concern the caveated land, the caveat should be dislodged.
Parties — Improper Joinder — Striking Out
Where a party has no connection to the relief sought and no cause of action exists against them, they are wrongfully added as a party and the application should be struck off as against them.

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