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Nalongo Burashe v Kekitiibwa (Misc. Application No. 8 of 2010)

High Court · [2010] UGHC 236 · 2010 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to nullify LC II Court proceedings and orders on grounds of lack of original jurisdiction
Decision
Application dismissed; matter remitted to Chief Magistrate's Court for execution proceedings

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Holding

The High Court held that LC II courts (Parish or Ward Executive Committee courts) have original jurisdiction to hear and determine land disputes under section 76A of the Land Act as introduced by the Land (Amendment) Act 2004. The application to nullify the LC II court's proceedings was dismissed. The 2004 amendments transferred jurisdiction from village executive committee courts to parish/ward executive committee courts as courts of first instance for land matters.

Outcome

Application dismissed; matter remitted to Chief Magistrate's Court for execution proceedings

Facts

On 2 December 2008, Nsamba Richard sold his kibanja to Mangadelene Kekitiibwa for UGX 2,800,000, with UGX 500,000 paid immediately and the balance due by 28 January 2009. On or about 13 January 2009, Nsamba Richard purportedly sold the same kibanja to Nalongo Burashe. Mangadelene Kekitiibwa instituted Civil Suit No. 12 of 2009 in Kalagala Parish LC II court after negotiations failed. The LC II court heard evidence and made orders in favour of Kekitiibwa. When Kekitiibwa applied to the Chief Magistrate's Court for execution, that court dismissed the application on grounds that the LC II court lacked jurisdiction. Nalongo Burashe then applied to the High Court to nullify the LC II court proceedings on jurisdictional grounds.

Issues

  1. Whether the LC II court of Kalagala Parish had original jurisdiction to hear and determine a land dispute as a court of first instance.

Orders

  • Application dismissed with costs.
  • Registrar requested to return the record to the Masaka Chief Magistrate's Court for execution proceedings to be conducted.

Rules and key headnotes

Land Disputes — Jurisdiction — Courts of First Instance
Under section 76A of the Land Act as introduced by section 30 of the Land (Amendment) Act 2004, the Parish or Ward Executive Committee courts (LC II courts) are the courts of first instance in respect of land disputes.
Local Council Courts — Jurisdiction — Legislative Changes
Section 50(1) of the Local Council Courts Act 2006 repealed the Executive Committees (Judicial Power) Act Cap 8, and the Land (Amendment) Act 2004 removed legal jurisdiction from village executive committee courts to try and determine land disputes, vesting it instead in Parish or Ward Executive Committee courts.

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Nalongo Burashe v Kekitiibwa (Misc. Application No. 8 of 2010) [2010] UGHC 236 (15 June 2010)
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