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Stephen Kanyana v Kyambogo University (Miscellaneous Application No. 146 of 2025)

Industrial Court · [2025] UGIC 75 · 2025 Application Partly Allowed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for stay of execution of Industrial Court award pending appeal to Court of Appeal
Decision
Stay of execution granted conditionally upon deposit of security for due performance

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Holding

The Industrial Court granted a conditional stay of execution of its award requiring the applicant to vacate university housing, pending appeal to the Court of Appeal. The court held that while the applicant demonstrated a valid appeal, imminent threat of execution, and absence of undue delay, he had not shown substantial loss because damages could compensate any harm. The stay was granted conditionally upon deposit of UGX 4,000,000 as security for due performance within 14 days, representing one-half of the decretal amount awarded in the underlying dispute.

Outcome

Stay of execution granted conditionally upon deposit of security for due performance

Facts

The applicant was initially employed by Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo from 1988 to 2003 and transferred to Kyambogo University in 2006 with effect from July 2003. He was allocated House No. 41 Mackay Road as a housing benefit. On 4 July 2007, the respondent university dismissed him for presenting a forged certificate during a staff validation exercise. The applicant challenged the dismissal and sought reinstatement and financial remedies. The Industrial Court affirmed the lawfulness of the dismissal but ordered the university to reimburse UGX 8,000,000 to the applicant and required him to vacate the university property within 60 days from 29 August 2025. The applicant filed a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal on 4 September 2024 and sought a stay of execution of the eviction order, arguing that execution would render him homeless and destitute and render his appeal nugatory.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant meets the conditions for a stay of execution of the Industrial Court award pending appeal.
  2. What remedies are available to the parties.

Orders

  • The applicant shall be granted a conditional order of stay of execution of the award, order and decree of the Industrial Court in LDC No. 002 of 2020 upon deposit of UGX 4,000,000 with the Registrar of the Industrial Court within 14 days of this order.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Conditions for Grant — Valid Pending Appeal
An applicant seeking a stay of execution pending appeal must demonstrate that a valid appeal has been lodged by producing evidence of filing a notice of appeal with both the trial court and the appellate court, and requesting a typed and certified record of proceedings.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Undue Delay — Application Filed Fourteen Days After Award
An application for stay of execution filed fourteen days after entry of the award is not brought with undue delay and does not constitute an attempt to frustrate the respondent's enjoyment of the award.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Likelihood of Success — Assessment Without Memorandum of Appeal
In assessing the likelihood of success of an intended appeal for purposes of granting a stay of execution, the court may consider averments in the supporting affidavit where no memorandum of appeal or draft grounds have been filed. If the affidavit suggests that critical evidence was not evaluated, the court may be satisfied that the appeal is not entirely frivolous.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Substantial Loss — Availability of Damages as Remedy
Where an award can be satisfied by damages, an applicant has not demonstrated substantial loss for purposes of a stay of execution. The availability of damages as a remedy means that any loss would be ameliorated or compensated, and therefore execution of the award would not render the intended appeal nugatory.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Security for Due Performance — Quantum of Deposit
In determining the quantum of security for due performance to be deposited as a condition for a stay of execution, the court must balance the right of the respondent to be protected against the risk of non-satisfaction of the decree and the appellant's right to pursue the appeal. The approach is that not the entire decretal amount need be deposited. Where the respondent obtained no monetary award but has been deprived of a housing benefit by the applicant's continued occupation, a deposit of one-half of the decretal amount awarded in the underlying dispute may suffice to compel the applicant to expedite the appeal.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Balance of Hardship — Financial Difficulties and Affordable Accommodation
In considering whether to grant a stay of execution, the court must assess whether refusal to grant the order will cause more hardship than not. Where an applicant has resided in premises for over 20 years and is facing financial difficulties such that he cannot find sensible, affordable accommodation, refusal to grant the stay would inflict more hardship than granting it.

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