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Naguru Nakawa Estates Residents Association Ltd. v Attorney General and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 627 of 2010)

High Court · [2011] UGHC 220 · 2011 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for temporary injunction arising from civil suit contesting threatened eviction of housing estate tenants
Decision
Application for temporary injunction refused

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Holding

The High Court dismissed an application for temporary injunction to restrain eviction of housing estate tenants. The court found that the government's actions were in compliance with a Memorandum of Understanding requiring tenants to vacate within six months to enable estate redevelopment. The tenants had already exceeded the agreed vacation period by more than two years and were required to arrange alternative accommodation. The application failed to establish grounds for injunctive relief under Order 41 Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

Outcome

Application for temporary injunction refused

Facts

On 7 May 2007, the Government of Uganda and registered tenants of Naguru/Nakawa Housing Estates entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for estate redevelopment. The agreement required the government to engage a private developer to construct 1,700 residential flats for resettlement of current registered tenants, who would have first priority to purchase. Tenants were required to vacate within six months and find alternative accommodation at their cost. The tenants did not vacate as agreed. On 15 December 2010, the Permanent Secretary issued a public notice requiring tenants to vacate by 7 January 2011. On 21 December 2010, the applicant residents association filed suit contesting the eviction and on the same day applied for a temporary injunction to restrain the eviction pending disposal of the main suit.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant satisfied the conditions for grant of a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from evicting tenants pending disposal of the main suit.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs to abide the outcome of the main suit.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Temporary Injunctions — Requirements for Grant — Prima Facie Case
An applicant seeking a temporary injunction must establish a prima facie case with a probability of success, demonstrate that irreparable injury would result if the injunction is not granted, and show that damages would not be an adequate remedy.
Civil Procedure — Temporary Injunctions — Order 41 Rule 1 — Property in Dispute
Under Order 41 Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules, a temporary injunction may be granted where property in dispute is in danger of being wasted, damaged or alienated, but where government actions are in compliance with a binding Memorandum of Understanding, such actions do not constitute wrongful alienation justifying injunctive relief.
Land & Property — Eviction — Memorandum of Understanding — Breach by Tenants
Where tenants have contractually agreed to vacate premises within a specified period to enable redevelopment from which they stand to benefit, and have failed to vacate for more than two years beyond the agreed period, they cannot invoke the court's equitable jurisdiction to restrain their eviction on grounds that such eviction would breach the agreement.

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Naguru_Nakawa Estates Residents Association Ltd. v Attorney General and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 627 of 2010) [2011] UGHC 220 (13 January 2011)
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