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Tusiime Bamanyindo v Kaali Ali Fadhil and Attorney General (Miscellaneous Application 403 of 2023)

High Court · [2024] UGHCCD 109 · 2024 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for temporary injunction arising from miscellaneous cause
Decision
Temporary injunction granted restraining respondents from implementing deserter declaration pending hearing of main cause

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Holding

The High Court granted a temporary injunction restraining the Uganda Police Force from implementing a wireless transmission communication that declared the applicant, a serving Assistant Superintendent of Police, a deserter and from subjecting him to suspension or disciplinary proceedings. The court found that the applicant satisfied all three conditions for grant of a temporary injunction: a prima facie case with probability of success based on allegations of violation of the right to fair hearing, irreparable injury given the threat of criminal and disciplinary proceedings, and balance of convenience favouring the applicant pending determination of the main cause.

Outcome

Temporary injunction granted restraining respondents from implementing deserter declaration pending hearing of main cause

Facts

Tusiime Bamanyindo Patrick, an Assistant Superintendent of Police attached to Field Force Unit since 2015, was informed on 17th March 2023 that he was listed as pending declaration as a deserter via wireless transmission dated 15th March 2023. He was surprised as he had been available at his unit and interacting normally with colleagues and superiors. He followed up with his commander, the 1st Respondent, who assured him the error would be cleared. However, on 23rd March 2023, he was declared a deserter via HRM WT Ref: 40/131/270. On 6th April 2023, he wrote to the Inspector General of Police through the 1st Respondent requesting reinstatement and correction of the erroneous declaration, but the letter was never forwarded. The applicant missed several promotion opportunities and faced imminent risk of criminal prosecution and police disciplinary proceedings.

Issues

  1. Whether the application discloses sufficient grounds for grant of an order of a temporary injunction

Orders

  • An order of a temporary injunction doth issue restraining the Respondents, their agents or servants from implementing and acting on the contents of the Wireless Transmission Communication that declared the Applicant a deserter pending the hearing and determination of the main cause.
  • An order of a temporary injunction doth issue restraining the Respondents, their agents or servants from subjecting the Applicant to any suspension based on the above said Wireless Transmission Communication pending the hearing and determination of the main cause.
  • The costs of the application shall abide the outcome of the main cause.

Rules and key headnotes

Temporary Injunctions — Conditions for Grant — Prima Facie Case
An applicant for a temporary injunction must show a prima facie case with a probability of success, which requires no more than that the court be satisfied that the claim is not frivolous or vexatious and that there are serious questions to be tried; the applicant is required to show merit in the case and not that he or she will succeed.
Temporary Injunctions — Irreparable Injury — Meaning and Application
Irreparable injury for purposes of grant of a temporary injunction means injury or damage that must be substantial or material and cannot be adequately atoned for in damages; where the injury is avoidable by restraint and monetary compensation would not adequately replace the applicant to his original position, the condition of irreparable injury is satisfied.
Temporary Injunctions — Balance of Convenience
On balance of convenience, the applicant must show that failure to grant the order of injunction will be to his or her greater detriment than it would be to the respondent if the injunction was granted; the balance lies more with the one who will suffer more if the respondent is not restrained in the activities complained of.
Police Officers — Disciplinary Proceedings — Right to Fair Hearing
Where a police officer is declared a deserter without justification or due process and faces credible threat of criminal prosecution and police disciplinary court proceedings, the declaration constitutes a violation of the right to fair hearing that warrants grant of a temporary injunction to restrain implementation pending full hearing.

Legislation cited (7)

Cases cited (4)

  • Kiyimba Kaggwa v Hajji Abdul Nasser Katende [1985] HCB 43
  • Giella v Cassman Brown & Co. Ltd [1973] 1 EA 358
  • Robert Kavuma v Hotel International (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 8 of 1990)
  • Tonny Wasswa v Joseph Kakooza [1987] HCB 79

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Tusiime Bamanyindo v Kaali Ali Fadhil and Attorney General (Miscellaneous Application 403 of 2023) [2024] UGHCCD 109 (3 July 2024)
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