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Nalwanga Lwanga and 5 Others v Administrator of the estate of late (Muwanga yoweri kaddu) and 2 Others (Misc Cause No. 80 of 2022)

High Court · [2022] UGHCLD 225 · 2022 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for representative order under Order 1 Rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules
Decision
Representative order granted with directions for service of notice on all interested parties

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Holding

The High Court granted a representative order under Order 1 Rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules, permitting the applicants to sue on behalf of approximately 100 beneficiaries of the Mamba clan who share an interest in ancestral land. The court held that the applicants demonstrated they have an actual existing interest in the suit land as beneficiaries under the estate of the late Yona Magera, and that a definitive identifiable group with the same interest exists. The applicants were directed to effect personal service of notice of the intended suit on all interested parties.

Outcome

Representative order granted with directions for service of notice on all interested parties

Facts

The applicants, six members of the Mamba clan, sought a representative order to sue on behalf of approximately 100 clan members with interests in land comprised in Busiro Block 555 at Bugera, Bussi Island, measuring approximately 660 acres. The clan had occupied the land undisputedly since the 1940s. The land was registered in the name of Yona Magera, their former traditional leader, who held it in trust for the clan, and was pending transfer to the current leader, Livingstone Magera. In 2017, the clan discovered that respondents unknown to them planned to survey the land. Upon conducting a search, they found Block 555 had been cancelled by the Commissioner Land Registration and Block 573 created over the same land, though cartographic maps still showed Block 555. The respondents began conducting forceful surveys with police assistance from Entebbe. The applicants attached a list of approximately 100 interested parties who had authorised them to represent their interests.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicants should be granted a representative order to represent all intending plaintiffs with an interest in land comprised in Busiro Block 555 located at Bussi Island.

Orders

  • Application for representative order granted.
  • The applicants shall by way of personal service effect service of the notice of the suit onto the intended persons on whose behalf or for whose benefit the suit is intended to be instituted.
  • The content of the notice must clearly disclose the nature of the suit as well as the reliefs intended to be claimed therein; mention the names of the persons who intend to file the representative suit together with the particulars of the advocate representing them; and other information, as guided by law.
  • No orders as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Representative Actions — Requirements for Grant of Representative Order
For a representative order to be granted under Order 1 Rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules, there must be numerous persons having the same interest in one suit, and the applicant must demonstrate that he or she has an actual existing interest in the subject matter and has taken steps, if necessary, to enable him or her to institute a suit concerning it.
Civil Procedure — Representative Actions — Requirement of Identifiable Group with Same Interest
A representative action filed under Order 1 Rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules must be in respect of a definitive and identifiable group of persons who all bear the same interest, and the object is to facilitate a large group interested in the same action to sue collectively without recourse to the normal procedure where each would individually maintain a separate action.
Civil Procedure — Representative Actions — Notice Requirements
Where a representative order is granted, the court must require personal service of notice on all persons intended to be parties, and such notice must disclose the nature of the suit, the reliefs claimed, and the names of the persons who have been permitted to represent them, so that persons interested may have an opportunity of knowing who has been selected to represent them.

Legislation cited (2)

Cases cited (3)

  • Ibrahim Buyembo and 2 Others v UTODA Limited (HCCS No. 664 of 2003)
  • Andama Richard and Others v Aagugo Tom (Miscellaneous Cause No. 74 of 2017)
  • Ibrahim Buyembo and Others v UTODA Limited (HCCS No. 664 of 2003)

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Nalwanga_Lwanga_and_5_Others_v_Administrator_of_the_estate_of_late_(Muwanga_yoweri_kaddu)_and_2_Others_(Misc_Cause_No._80_of_2022)_[2022]_UGHCLD_225_(1_December_2022)
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