In the matter of an application for renewal and extension of letters of administration by Kasirye Saul and Kyagaba Joseph (Miscellaneous Application No. 2231 of 2025)

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Holding

The High Court granted the application to renew and extend letters of administration for two years from 3 July 2025 under Section 337(4) of the Succession Act, finding sufficient cause in delays acquiring certificates of title for estate property. The court also granted leave to file an inventory and final account out of time under Section 273(1), holding that the applicants had established sufficient reasons for the delay and were not guilty of dilatory conduct.

Outcome

Letters of administration renewed and extended for two years; leave granted to file inventory out of time

Facts

Kasirye Saul and Kyagaba Joseph were granted letters of administration for the estate of the late Sebulindya Lauben on 10 May 2018 vide Administration Cause No. 1680 of 2017. The letters expired on 31 May 2025 by operation of Section 337(2) of the Succession Act as amended. The applicants had not filed an inventory and final account within the requisite time. They attributed the delay to difficulties acquiring certificates of title for estate property at Block 542 Plot 8 Bukwe Busiro County Wakiso District and land at Bugogo Cell Bulumbu ward Kasanje Town Council Wakiso District. The applicants also cited ongoing civil suits against the estate (Civil Suit No. 0008 of 2019 and Civil Suit No. 262 of 2019), though the court verified these had been finalized by consent judgment on 28 December 2022. The applicants applied for renewal and extension of the letters and leave to file the inventory out of time.

Issues

1. Whether leave should be granted to renew and extend the letters of administration for the estate of the Late Sebulindya Lauben.
2. Whether leave should be granted to the applicants to file an inventory of the deceased's estate out of time.

Orders

• Application allowed.
• Letters of Administration for the Estate of the Late Sebulindya Lauben vide Administration Cause 1680 of 2017 extended for a period of two years from 3rd July 2025.
• Applicants granted leave to file an inventory and final account of the estate vide Administration Cause No. 1680 of 2017 out of time.
• Applicant directed to file updated inventory within 30 days from the date of this Ruling, clearly showing: name of deceased; date of death; Administration Cause number; date of issuance of letters; names of administrator; date of submission of inventory; properties forming part of estate; credits and debts of deceased; list of beneficiaries and their National IDs; proposed distribution of properties; and for property already distributed, a list and justification.

Rules and key headnotes

Legislation cited (7)

• Succession Act Cap 268 s.337(2)
• Succession Act Cap 268 s.337(4)
• Succession Act Cap 268 s.273(1)
• Civil Procedure Act Cap 282 s.98
• Civil Procedure Rules SI 71-1 Order 52 rule 1
• Civil Procedure Rules SI 71-1 Order 52 rule 3
• Civil Procedure Rules Order 15 rule 5

Cases cited (5)

• Hadijah Ndagire and Another v Muhammad Kasozi and Others (High Court Civil Suit No. 40 of 2014)
• Molly Kyalikunda Turinawe and Others v Engineer Ephraim Turinawe and Another (Supreme Court Civil Application No. 27 of 2010)
• Mugo and ors vs Wanjiru & another [1970] EA 481
• The Registered Trustees of the Archdiocese of Dar es Salam versus the Chairman Bunju Village Government & Ors
• Gideon Mosa Onchwati versus Kenya Oil Co. Ltd & Anor [2017] KLR

Cases citing this judgment (1)

How later Ugandan judgments in the Wakilii corpus have cited this case. Treatment labels come from Sequitur — Uganda’s citator — each backed by a verbatim span from the citing judgment, and are not an assertion that this case is, or is not, good law.

• Ssaka Christopher and Rashid Kimera v Estate of the Late Ibulahim Mwaziza Galukande (Miscellaneous Application No. 106 of 2025)

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