In Re: Alan Hodgkins (An Infant) & In Re: An Application For Legal Guardianship By James Franklin Hammond & Anor (HCT-00-FD-FC-0196-2008) [2009] UGHC 25 (27 January 2009)

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The mother was called Nalugo Deborah aged about 23 years. The mother and baby were admitted to Mulago Hospital }{\f0\fs24\insrsid5395736 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 at the special care unit. The mother disappeared living the infant}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11292643 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 in the hospital.}{\f0\fs24\insrsid5395736 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 }{\f0\fs24\insrsid11292643 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5395736 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 3.\tab}}{\f0\fs24\insrsid5395736 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 The medical social worker of Mulago Hospital}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11292643 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 on 30}{\f0\fs24\super\insrsid11292643\charrsid11292643 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 th}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11292643 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 S\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 eptember 2004 wrote to the Probation and Social Welfare officer, Jinja requesting that he finds a home for the baby.}{\f0\fs24\insrsid4212339 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 This is the first troubling aspect of this application. The Probation and Social Welfare Office of Jinja ordinarily deals with situations a\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 rising within its geographical reach. The baby was in Mulago Hospital. The baby was born in Kampala. Ordinarily I would have expected that this case would have been referred to the Probation and Social Welfare Office in Kampala}{\f0\fs24\insrsid9306763 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 . This appears to be a patte\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 rn with a number of previous applications that have come before this court. Anyhow this is not the decisive point for this application.}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11688393 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid352736 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 4.\tab}}{\f0\fs24\insrsid352736 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 The application reveals that the Probation and Social Welfare Officer of Jinja asked the Welcome Home Ministries Africa \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 based in Jinja to take }{\f0\fs24\insrsid6372107 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 custody of the child}{ \f0\fs24\insrsid2369031 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 by a letter written on the 2}{\f0\fs24\super\insrsid2369031\charrsid2369031 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 nd}{\f0\fs24\insrsid2369031 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 October 2004}{\f0\fs24\insrsid6372107 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 . }{\f0\fs24\insrsid6772584 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Mr. William}{\f0\fs24\insrsid6372107 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Edema, the Manager of Welcome Home Ministries Africa applied to the Family and Children\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s Court at Jinja for a care order}{\f0\fs24\insrsid2905019 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 on 30}{\f0\fs24\super\insrsid2905019\charrsid2905019 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 th}{\f0\fs24\insrsid2905019 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 September 2004 well befo\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 re it was requested to take on this baby by the Jinja Probation and Social Welfare Officer!}{\f0\fs24\insrsid15337533 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 This }{\f0\fs24\insrsid11412517 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 application was received about 2 years later on 26}{\f0\fs24\super\insrsid11412517\charrsid11412517 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 th}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11412517 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 July 2006}{\f0\fs24\insrsid3700823 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 ,}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11412517 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 at least according to the receiving stamp of the Chief Magistrates Court of Jinja.}{\f0\fs24\insrsid810767 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 It }{\f0\fs24\insrsid15337533 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 was grant\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 ed on the }{\f0\fs24\insrsid810767 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 28}{\f0\fs24\super\insrsid810767\charrsid810767 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 th}{\f0\fs24\insrsid810767 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 July 2006}{\f0\fs24\insrsid15337533 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 . }{\f0\fs24\insrsid3700823 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Did Welcome Home Ministries Africa Ltd having filled in the application on 30}{ \f0\fs24\super\insrsid3700823\charrsid3700823 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 th}{\f0\fs24\insrsid3700823 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 September 2004 keep the application for about 2 years without filing it in court?}{\f0\fs24\insrsid810767 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15337533 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 5.\tab}}{\f0\fs24\insrsid15337533 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 It is worth noting that the letter from Mulago Hospital}{\f0\fs24\insrsid7423790 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 to the Proba\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 tion and Social Welfare Officer, Jinja}{\f0\fs24\insrsid15337533 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 is dated}{\f0\fs24\insrsid7423790 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 , 30}{ \f0\fs24\super\insrsid7423790\charrsid7423790 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 th}{\f0\fs24\insrsid7423790 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 September 2004,}{\f0\fs24\insrsid15337533 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 the same date}{\f0\fs24\insrsid810767 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 the application was made to the Family and Children Court in Jinja}{\f0\fs24\insrsid15337533 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11221045 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Did all these transactions take place on the same date of 30}{\f0\fs24\super\insrsid11221045\charrsid11221045 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 th}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11221045 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 September 200}{\f0\fs24\insrsid10840823 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 4}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11221045 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 ?}{\f0\fs24\insrsid13795007 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 }{\f0\fs24\insrsid5862320 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Did Welcome Home Ministri\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 es Africa Ltd apply to Jinja Family and Children\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s Court for a care order before the request from the Probation and Social Welfare Officer was written or made to it? }{\f0\fs24\insrsid12206978 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Those questions point to}{\f0\fs24\insrsid13795007 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 }{\f0\fs24\insrsid12206978 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 other}{\f0\fs24\insrsid13795007 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 troubling aspec}{\f0\fs24\insrsid12206978 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 ts}{\f0\fs24\insrsid13795007 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 of the facts surrounding this application}{\f0\fs24\insrsid12206978 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\insrsid9306763 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13795007 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 6.\tab}}{\f0\fs24\insrsid13795007 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Under the Children Act, Section 27 Care Orders may be granted by a Family and Children \hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s Court to a foster parent or an approved home in respect of an infant who may be in need of care. }{\f0\fs24\insrsid2559776 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Approved homes under the Children Act must be approved by Minister}{ \f0\fs24\insrsid12724783 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 s fit for the purpose}{\f0\fs24\insrsid2559776 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\insrsid12724783 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 See Section 56 of the Children Act.}{ \f0\fs24\insrsid11221045 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397437 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 7.\tab}}{\f0\fs24\insrsid1397437 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Welcome Home Ministries is not an approved home within the Section 56 of the Children Act. }{ \f0\fs24\insrsid7093616 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Attached to this application was a letter }{\f0\fs24\insrsid4539065 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 addressed to no one and signed for the Permanent Secretary of }{\f0\fs24\insrsid4981636 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Mi\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 nistry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. It is dated 15}{\f0\fs24\super\insrsid4981636\charrsid4981636 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 th}{\f0\fs24\insrsid4981636 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 October 2008. It basically says that the Ministry }{\f0\fs24\insrsid13654857 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 is processing a certificate of }{\f0\fs24\insrsid4981636 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 operation. In a nutshell Welcome Home Ministri}{ \f0\fs24\insrsid13654857 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 es Africa Ltd }{\f0\fs24\insrsid4981636 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 is not an approved home at the time this applicat\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 ion was made. Neither was it an approved home when it sought for a care order from the Family and Children Act. }{\f0\fs24\insrsid13654857 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 It is not qualified to receive a care order and keep infants under the Children Act.

\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1397437 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 8.\tab}}{\f0\fs24\insrsid1397437 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 }{\f0\fs24\insrsid16079821 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 In my view an individual or an institution not in lawful c\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 ustody of an infant cannot pass on custody}{\f0\fs24\insrsid2228502 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 of such an infant to non resident aliens/applicants however well intentioned }{\f0\fs24\insrsid14174613 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 the applicants are to the infant in question. The various legal}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11743439 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 and factual}{\f0\fs24\insrsid14174613 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 anomalies that I have pointed }{\f0\fs24\insrsid7549935 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 out }{\f0\fs24\insrsid14174613 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 herein above have to be co \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 mpletely}{\f0\fs24\insrsid7549935 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 explained and}{\f0\fs24\insrsid14174613 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 }{\f0\fs24\insrsid6772584 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 or }{\f0\fs24\insrsid14174613 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 rectified before an application of this nature can be entertained.}{\f0\fs24\insrsid3693460 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 This court cannot ignore these flagrant violations of the law}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11218773 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 at it was urged by learned Counsel for the Applicants, Mr. Peter Nyombi}{\f0\fs24\insrsid9651519 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 to do for the sake of the inf\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 ant}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11218773 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 .}{\f0\fs24\insrsid9651519 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 The legal infractions noted }{\f0\fs24\insrsid15665830 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 above}{\f0\fs24\insrsid9651519 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 and}{ \f0\fs24\insrsid15665830 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 the}{\f0\fs24\insrsid9651519 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 unexplained factual inconsistencies}{\f0\fs24\insrsid15665830 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 which form the base of this application}{ \f0\fs24\insrsid9651519 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 raise a red flag to this court}{\f0\fs24\insrsid5709204 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 which I cannot ignore.}{\f0\fs24\insrsid13795007 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7549935 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 9.\tab}}{\f0\fs24\insrsid7549935 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 For the those reasons I reject this application }{\f0\fs24\insrsid13713756 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 and direct}{\f0\fs24\insrsid1975483 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 the Registrar of thi\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 s Court}{\f0\fs24\insrsid13713756 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 that a copy of this ruling be forwarded to the}{ \f0\fs24\insrsid11743439 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Attorney General and}{\f0\fs24\insrsid1975483 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 the}{\f0\fs24\insrsid13713756 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Permanent Secret}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11743439 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 ary, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development}{\f0\fs24\insrsid1975483 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 for their attention.}{\f0\fs24\insrsid7549935 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1073160 {\f0\fs24\insrsid2255648 \par }{\f0\fs24\insrsid4210131 \par }{\f0\fs24\insrsid5964337 \par }{\f0\fs24\insrsid10313785\charrsid4210131 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Signed, dated and delivered at Kampala this }{\f0\fs24\insrsid2255648 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 2}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11688393 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 8}{ \f0\fs24\super\insrsid2255648\charrsid2255648 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 nd}{\f0\fs24\insrsid2255648 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 }{\f0\fs24\insrsid10313785\charrsid4210131 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 day of }{\f0\fs24\insrsid11688393 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 January }{\f0\fs24\insrsid10313785\charrsid4210131 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 200}{\f0\fs24\insrsid11688393 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 9}{\f0\fs24\insrsid10313785\charrsid4210131 \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sa200\sl276\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1073160 {\f0\fs24\insrsid10313785 \par \par \par \par \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 FMS Ego\hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 nda-Ntende \par \hich\af0\dbch\af36\loch\f0 Judge}{\f0\fs24\insrsid10313785\charrsid800908 \par }}