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Nakayondo Milly v Namugambe Faisi (Miscellaneous Application 66 of 2025)

High Court · [2026] UGHC 176 · 2026 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for leave to appeal against a ruling and orders dated 23 January 2025 in Miscellaneous Application No. 001 of 2023, arising from Civil Suit No. HCT-17-FD-CS-0049-2023
Decision
Application dismissed for want of prosecution due to both parties' failure to file submissions as directed

Observed later treatment

Cited — treatment unverified cited in 1 (treatment unverified) Sequitur — Uganda’s citator · Derived from citing cases in the Wakilii corpus — not an assertion that this case is good law.

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Holding

Application for leave to appeal dismissed for want of prosecution. Both parties failed to file affidavits and written submissions within the timelines directed by the court. Non-filing of submissions is tantamount to failure to prosecute and indicates loss of interest in the matter. No order as to costs since the respondent also failed to comply with court directives.

Outcome

Application dismissed for want of prosecution due to both parties' failure to file submissions as directed

Facts

The applicant filed an application seeking leave to appeal against a ruling and orders dated 23 January 2025 in Miscellaneous Application No. 001 of 2023, which arose from Civil Suit No. HCT-17-FD-CS-0049-2023. When the application came up for hearing on 28 October 2025, the court issued directions requiring parties to file submissions in reply by 14 November 2025, submissions in rejoinder by 18 November 2025, with ruling scheduled for 26 November 2025. Neither party complied with these directions or filed the required affidavits and written submissions.

Issues

  1. Whether the application should be dismissed for want of prosecution where neither party filed submissions as directed by the court.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Failure to File Submissions — Dismissal for Want of Prosecution
Failure to file written submissions after court has given a filing schedule is tantamount to failure to prosecute a matter and is equated to non-appearance by a party in court, warranting dismissal of the application for want of prosecution.

Legislation cited (7)

Cases cited (2)

  • Blue Ladder Construction Limited v Zhongs Industries Limited (Commercial Court Miscellaneous Application No. 650 of 2025)
  • Byaruhanga Joseph v Nalongo Elizabeth Wandera (High Court Civil Application No. 62 of 2014)

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.

  • [2026] UGHC 572

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Nakayondo Milly v Namugambe Faisi (Miscellaneous Application 66 of 2025) [2026] UGHC 176 (2 March 2026)
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