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Kimbowa Stanely v Kampala Capital City Authority and Another [2026] UGHCLD 139

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application by notice of motion challenging the Commissioner Land Registration's cancellation of a certificate of title; dismissed by the court for want of prosecution
Decision
Application dismissed for want of prosecution; merits of the challenge to cancellation of title undetermined

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Holding

The applicant sought declarations that the Commissioner Land Registration's cancellation of his certificate of title over land at Plot 14A, Luthuli Lane, was unlawful and void. After the first respondent filed an affidavit in reply in August 2023, the applicant took no further step to prosecute the application. The court held that a matter left dormant for close to three years constitutes case backlog and that no reason existed to extend the period further. The application was accordingly dismissed under section 17(2) of the Judicature Act, with no order as to costs. The merits of the challenge to the cancellation of title were not determined.

Outcome

Application dismissed for want of prosecution; merits of the challenge to cancellation of title undetermined

Facts

On 30 June 2023 the applicant filed a notice of motion against Kampala Capital City Authority and the Commissioner Land Registration. He sought, among other orders, a declaration that the second respondent's decision cancelling his certificate of title to land comprised in FRV KCCA 551 Folio 5, Plot 14A, Luthuli Lane, Kibuga County, Kampala — made on the ground that the title had been issued without the approval of the first respondent's physical planning committee — was manifestly unfair, illegal, incurably invalid and void. The first respondent filed an affidavit in reply on 2 August 2023. Thereafter the applicant took no step to prosecute the application, which remained pending for close to three years before the court considered it as part of case backlog.

Issues

  1. Whether the application, which the applicant had taken no steps to prosecute for nearly three years, should be allowed to remain on the court record or be dismissed.

Orders

  • The application is dismissed under section 17(2) of the Judicature Act.
  • No orders as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Want of Prosecution — Dismissal of Dormant Applications and Case Backlog Management
Where an applicant takes no step to prosecute an application for a prolonged period, leaving the matter dormant on the record as case backlog, the court may dismiss the application under section 17(2) of the Judicature Act without determining its merits.

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Kimbowa Stanely v Kampala Capital City Authority and Another [2026] UGHCLD 139 (30 March 2026)
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