Kigozi v Security Group Uganda Limited (Miscellaneous Application 49 of 2024)

Observed later treatment

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Holding

The Industrial Court dismissed an application for execution of a decree where the respondent had provided a valid bank guarantee as security. The court held that the matter was moot because a valid guarantee was in place at the time of rendering the ruling, meaning there was no longer a live controversy requiring judicial determination.

Outcome

Application dismissed as moot due to valid bank guarantee being in place

Facts

The applicant sought execution of a decree from Labour Dispute Reference No. 12 of 2018, in which the Industrial Court had ordered the respondent to pay UGX 156,694,000 for unlawful termination. On 13 January 2023, the court issued a conditional stay of execution requiring the respondent to deposit a bank guarantee for UGX 82,567,452. The applicant filed this application claiming the original Diamond Trust Bank guarantee dated 14 February 2023 had expired on 13 February 2024 without renewal. The respondent opposed the application and provided evidence of a renewed guarantee dated 19 February 2024, valid until 18 February 2025. During the proceedings, a fresh guarantee dated 24 January 2025, valid until 16 February 2026, was filed with the court registry on 17 February 2025.

Issues

1. Whether the application for execution of decree should be granted where the respondent had provided a renewed bank guarantee.
2. Whether the matter had become moot due to the provision of a valid bank guarantee.

Orders

• Application dismissed.
• No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Legislation cited (2)

• Civil Procedure Act s.98
• Civil Procedure Rules Order 52 Rule 1

Cases cited (2)

• Security Group Limited v Kigozi (Industrial Court Miscellaneous Application 2023)
• Community Justice and Anti Corruption Forum v Law Council and Another (High Court Civil Division 2021)

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.

• Katimbo Emmanuel Andrew v Centenary Rural Development Bank Limited and 2 Others (Labour Dispute Miscellaneous Application No. 138 of 2025)

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