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Jjumba Mathias v Damanico Properties Limited and Others (Miscellaneous Application 807 of 2025)

High Court · [2026] UGHCLD 62 · 2026 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Miscellaneous application for boundary opening arising from prior abated suit and pending main suit
Decision
Application dismissed for failure to specifically identify the suit property; boundary opening matter to be addressed in pending main suit

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Holding

The High Court dismissed an application for boundary opening of customary land (kibanja) held to be fundamentally defective for failure to specifically identify the suit property upon which the applicant's kibanja was allegedly situated. The court held that without clear identification of the suit property, essential particulars relating to the proposed boundary opening were lacking and the application was untenable. The court further held that boundary opening is more appropriately addressed within the context of the pending main suit, where claims remain pending determination.

Outcome

Application dismissed for failure to specifically identify the suit property; boundary opening matter to be addressed in pending main suit

Facts

The applicant claimed ownership of a kibanja measuring approximately 7 acres at Kawali Lweza Zone B Mutungo Parish, which he purchased from Tenywa Siraje in 2008 and 2016. The applicant alleged that Tenywa Siraje gave out part of the kibanja to others without his knowledge. In 2019, Ssewaya Muhammad asserted claims over the land and sold part to Mweru Bosco, who in turn sold to Norman Kampororo who began developing the land. The applicant filed Civil Suit No. 364 of 2019 for trespass but it abated. He then sought to conduct a boundary opening exercise for the kibanja but was restrained from accessing the land by defendants in Civil Suit No. 1082 of 2023, a pending main suit concerning the same land. The first respondent, Damanico Properties Limited, denied recognizing the applicant as a kibanja owner and argued the applicant had no locus and that the application was premature abuse of process.

Issues

  1. Whether the boundary opening and verification exercise for the Kibanja situate at Kawali Lweza Zone B Mutungo Parish Makindye Ssabagabo Wakiso District should be carried out.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Land & Property — Boundary Opening — Requirement to Specifically Identify Suit Property
An application for boundary opening is fundamentally defective and untenable where the applicant fails to specifically identify the suit property upon which the claimed interest is allegedly situated, as essential particulars relating to the proposed boundary opening are lacking.
Land & Property — Boundary Opening — Effect of Survey on Proprietary Rights
A survey or boundary opening does not, in itself, determine proprietary rights in disputed property, but merely assists the court in attaining clarity as to the physical boundaries of the land.
Civil Procedure — Interlocutory Applications — Timing and Context of Boundary Opening Orders
Where a substantive main suit is pending determination with claims still outstanding, the issue of boundary opening is more appropriately addressed within the context of the main suit rather than by way of standalone interlocutory application, and the court must first be clear as to which boundaries are to be opened and the parties entitled to participate before making such an order.

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