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Musaazi v Nakatoligo & Another (Miscellaneous Application 33 of 2025)

High Court · [2025] UGHCLD 48 · 2025 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for stay of execution and temporary injunction arising from appeal of lower court judgment
Decision
Application for stay of execution dismissed as incompetent and premature

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Holding

Application for stay of execution dismissed. Court held that the applicant failed to demonstrate substantial loss as required under Order 43 rule 4(3) of the Civil Procedure Rules, since the respondent remained in possession of her Kibanja interest both before and after the lower court judgment. The lower court's orders were predominantly declaratory and self-executing, thus not capable of being stayed. The dismissal order with costs award was not yet being executed and no taxation had commenced, rendering the application premature and incompetent.

Outcome

Application for stay of execution dismissed as incompetent and premature

Facts

The applicant filed Civil Suit No. 73 of 2021 in the Chief Magistrates Court of Nabweru and judgment was delivered against him on 10 October 2024. Dissatisfied, the applicant filed Civil Appeal No. 0103 of 2024 in the High Court. The applicant then brought this application seeking to stay execution of the lower court's decree and orders, and for a temporary injunction restraining the respondents from developing the suit land pending appeal. The lower court had found that the 1st respondent owned a Kibanja interest in land comprised in Kyadondo Block 82 Plot 2976, that the applicant lawfully acquired the mailo title interest but this did not affect the respondent's Kibanja interest, and dismissed the applicant's suit with costs. The 1st respondent opposed the application, stating she had not commenced any execution proceedings, costs had not been taxed, and she had been in continuous possession of the suit land.

Issues

  1. Whether the execution of decree and orders of the Chief Magistrates Court of Nabweru should be stayed and status quo be maintained pending determination of Civil Appeal No. 0103 of 2024.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Requirements under Order 43 rule 4(3) — Substantial Loss
An applicant seeking a stay of execution must satisfy the court that substantial loss may result unless the stay is granted. Substantial loss means something in addition to and different from the ordinary loss to which every judgment debtor is necessarily subjected when he loses his case and is deprived of his property in consequence.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Declaratory Orders — Self-Executing Nature
Declaratory orders are self-executing orders and cannot be stayed. Where the lower court's orders are predominantly declaratory in nature, an application for stay of execution cannot succeed in respect of those orders.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Premature Application — Costs Not Yet Taxed
An application for stay of execution is premature and incompetent where the respondent has not extracted any decree and no step has been taken to tax costs, such that no execution proceedings have actually commenced.
Land & Property — Mailo Land — Kibanja Interest — Effect of Mailo Title Acquisition on Kibanja Holder
A party's lawful acquisition of mailo title interest in land does not affect the Kibanja interest of a person already in occupation and utilization of that land. The mailo interest remains subject to the Kibanja interest.

Legislation cited (1)

Cases cited (4)

  • Lawrence Musiitwa Kyazze v Eunice Busingye (Supreme Court Criminal Appeal No. 18 of 1990)
  • Tanzania Cotton Marketing Board vs Coget Cotton Co. SA (1995-1998) EA 312
  • Muhorro Town Council v Rutalihamu Jacob (Miscellaneous Application No. 001 of 2022)
  • Kyambogo University v Professor Isaiah Omolo Ndiege (Court of Appeal Civil Appeal No. 341 of 2013)

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