Livingstone Kato V Filimoni Kagwa (CIivil Suit No.9 of 1992) [1993] UGHC 3 (19 August 1993)

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PLAINTIFF \par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7549091 {\b\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 VERSUS \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7549091 {\b\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 FILIMONI KAGWA\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85. DFENDANT

\par }{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 BEFORE: }{\b\ul\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE MUKANZA \par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7549091 {\b\ul\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 RULI}{\b\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 NG}{\b\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059

\par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7549091 {\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 This is an applicat}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 ion by notice of}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 motion brought under rule 4 }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 of the court vacation rules S I 41-}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 7 and order 48 r}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 ule }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 1 of }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 the CPR}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The applicant is seeking for}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 an order that leave }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 b}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 e}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 granted}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 to the applicant to apply to s}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 et}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 a}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 side the expart}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 e judgment and stay of execution of the head suit}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 during court }{\ul\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 vacation as an urgent matter.}{ \ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 \par Mr. M}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ayambila Ntegge the leaned counsel }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 appearing}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 for the applicant/defendant submitted that he intends to apply during court }{ \insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 vacation to set aside the expert order in favour of the }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 respondent/plaintiff. }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 T}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 he respondent already has an attachmen}{ \insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 t warrant. If the matter is not}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 heard during cou}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 rt vac}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation he}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 might lose his properties. He prayed tha}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 t the application, be allowed. \par In reply Mr. Ayigihugu opposed the application.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 He submitted that h}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 e was at a loss he did not know}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 what application his learned friend wants to be heard during court }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 vac}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation that there were two possible applications}{\insrsid12197470\charrsid7438059 ;}{ \insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 An application to set a side the expert decree judgment}{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 ,}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 a}{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 nd secondly an application for stay of }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 execution. He was wondering }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 whether}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the }{\insrsid7549091\charrsid7438059 two applications}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 had been filed. He sought guidance from the court. }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 \par At that juncture Mr. Ntege}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 intervened and explained that}{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 there is an application on the file to set a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 side the decree and judgment whose date for hearing has b}{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 een given. There is no application}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 for stay of execution on the record }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 because}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 if the expert }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 decree is set a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 side the warrant of attachment is rendered nugatory. It expired on 18/7/93}{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and no application for}{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 renewal }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 has been made so if the order to set as}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ide the d}{ \insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 ecree is made that would enable}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the court }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 to proceed}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 . }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 \par After that clarificati}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 on Mr. }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 Ayi}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 gihugu submitted that no }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 grounds}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 have been }{ \insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 advanced}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 for setting a side the expert }{\insrsid15933240\charrsid7438059 judgment}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 as an urgent matter. It was the}{ \insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 duty of the applicant to}{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 convince this}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 court }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 that there}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 n urgent matter and had to do so by evidence. }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 The }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavit before you does not state }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 any where that the setting aside }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 of the e}{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 x}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 pert}{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 judgment }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was}{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 an }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 urgent matter. The contents of the }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavit is irrelevant to the present }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 application. A}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 part from that failure the }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 affidavit i}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 s full of }{ \insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 inconsistencies}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and lies and should be rejected. Paragraph }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 5 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 state}{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 s that neither the counsel then,}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 counsel for the }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 applicant}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 nor the }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 applicant himself was served }{ \insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 w}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ith hearing notice and that there was no affidavit of service on record and that the procedure followed by the }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 learned trial }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 judge was accordingly }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 irregular}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and that judgment should be set a side and that was also }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 absolutely false because the }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 hearing date of }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 23/ }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 9/92 was fixed by }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 consen}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 t of both}{ \insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 counsels. And it is on record, that}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 it }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was a deliberate lie and }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 the quest}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 on of affidavit to prove that does not arise. In addition the allegation by}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 para}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 5 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 is bellied by paragraph }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 3 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 of the same affidavit, In para }{\i\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 3 }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 the applicant is a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ware that }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 the matter}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was coming for hearing on 23/}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 9}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 /92. It states that the applicant}{ \insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 was informed by his couns}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 el Mr. Kibirige that the }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 case had been adjourned.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Th}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 e affidavit is silent about this}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 but there was a letter written by he counsel for the applicant to the deputy Registrar of this court applying for an adjournment. It was dated 22/9/92 just at the eve of 23/9/92 copied to him and received at }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 4.45}{ \i\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 PM on the same day by him and}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the court}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 .}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 T he letter also contained discrepancy because it said the lawyer representing the applicant was one Muso}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 ke and not Kibirige. It was supposed }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 to be an application for an }{ \insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 adjournment}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 nd the counsel for }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 the applicant was aware that the}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 case was coming fo}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 r hearing on the following day. If one considered the time one wond}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ers}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 why the counsel}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 had told the applicant }{\insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 that the matter was adjourned.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 As you could see from the record the learned judge refused to accept the letter as an application for \line }{\insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 adjournment}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and held that, the absence of the }{ \insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 councel}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was inexcusable and that at least the applicant should have been th}{\insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 ere. The affidavits}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 which tell deliberate lie can }{\insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 not be acted upon and must be ejected. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 His final objection was that the affidavit itself was defective because it said that what was stated in paragraph 13 and }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 4 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 wa}{ \insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 according to the deponents information}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 . The source of}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that information was not stated and}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 it continued that matters depon}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ed to in the rest of paragraphs were according to his know}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 ledge and be lief. The affidavit did not}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 distinguish}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 matters on belief and}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the}{ \insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 basis of such belief and matter}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 of }{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 his own}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{ \insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 knowled}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ge}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 . It has been held in several cases in this c}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ourt that an affidavit drawn in that meaning is totally }{ \insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 defective}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 and}{\insrsid6098233\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid2707343\charrsid7438059 m}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 u}{\insrsid6098233\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 t be rejected under order 17 rule }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The deponent is supposed to confine to such }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 points as the deponent was able}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 to prove on his own knowledge except on }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 interlocutory}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 matters provided the grounds there in are stated, That was done and what was even deponed to could not}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 be proved of his own knowledge. That is another reason why the}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavit in support of the }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 application should be rejected.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Those }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 infact}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 were d}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 elaying tactics on the part of t}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 he applicant to stop the respondent to enjoy the}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 fruits of his judgment. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Mr. Ntege was permitted to reply and submitted that what was contained in paragraph 9 was a topographic error which wa}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 rectified by numbering th}{ \insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 e same and reiterated his earlier prayer}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 the application be granted. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 I was }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 opportuned}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 to hear}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 the submission of the learned counsels in this application and at the same}{ \insrsid13719281 time I perused the affidavits }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 sw}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 orn in}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 upport of the application and th}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 e replies and in the Same}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 vein I went though}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 the court record . The matter }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 before this court is simple and that}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 is}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 whether the }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 application}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 to set a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 side the expert judgment was an urgent matter that }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 could be heard during court vac}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation. }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The application is supported by the following ground set out in }{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 the }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavits sworn by one Filmon }{\insrsid7438059 Kagwa. The grounds were }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 namely }{\b\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 1)}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 That thi}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 s Honourable Court on 17/6/93 made an expert order in favour of the respondent that }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 an order to sell the first applicants property issue within fourteen days therefore as well as payment of }{\b\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 Shs}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 20}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 88748 legal costs to the respondent. }{\b\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 2) The appellant was unable to attend hearing of the case becau}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 se his counsel had advised him }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that the same had been adjourned. }{ \insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 \par }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 3) }{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 T}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 hat the property is lia}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 ble to be sold during court vac}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation and the applicant will suffer irreparable loss thereby in the circumstance. }{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 It}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 is a matter of urgency that the application as a for}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 esaid he heard during court vacation. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 It }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 must }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 be recalled that when the application came for hearing}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 .}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 It was consented by the counsels that the application to be proceeded with the application to set a side the expert judgm}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 ent and not the application for }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 stay of }{ \insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 execution.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 As I stated earlier I perused the affidavit of the applicant in support of the application, I would at this juncture point out some of the salient points }{ \insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 in the said affidavit, In para 4}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the applicant was complaining that he was informed that the counsel for the plaintiff procee}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 ded expert and that judgment wa}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 s obtaine}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 d in favour of the plaintiff. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Where as in paragraph }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 5 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 he averred that neither his counsel nor the applicant was served with a hearing notice and was advised by his counsel Ntege Mayambile that there was no affidavit of service and that the procedure adopted was irregular and that judgment obtained ough}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 t to be set a side again. In para}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 5 }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 he swore }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that the }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 Honourable}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 court had issued a warrant of attachment of his property and was likely to suffer irreparable damage and loss}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 nd in pars }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 7 }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 he swore that he intended to apply to court to have the expert judgment and execution set a side. Finally he deponed in Para 8 that the application to set a side the expert judgment and stay of execution was likely to }{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 succeed. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 From what has transpired above there is no evidence to show that the application to set a}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 side the expert judgment }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was an urgent matter that }{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 would be heard during court vac}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation. On this note I am }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 agreeable}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 with the submission of }{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 M}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 r. Ayigihugu}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 .}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Also Mr. }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Mayambile }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Ntege inform}{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 ed this court from the bar that}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 there was no more threat to}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 attach the applicant\rquote s property. The threat was}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 no longer there. The }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 warrant of attachment }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 had expired and that no re}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 newal ha been made. He further }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 submitted that a new date had been given}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 . I construed this to mean }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that a hearing date had been fixed for the application to set }{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 a side the expert judgment}{\ul\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 .}{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 \par In c}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ase I am mistaken that there was no urgency to hear th}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 is application during court vac}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 ,}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 I en}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 dorse the submission of the lear}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ned counsel for the defendant/Respondent that the applicant told a lie}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 in his affidavit when he av}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 erred that he was advised by his counsel that there was no service on record and that the proce}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 dure adopted was therefore irregu}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 lar and the judg}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 ment obtained ought to be set aside.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 I say so because on 9/4/92 when the parties app}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 eared before Okello}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 J}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 .}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Mr. Kibirije then counsel for the applicant and Mr. Ayigihugu counsel for the opposite party agreed by consent and had the }{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 hearing of the substantive suit adjournment to}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 another date. On the heari}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 ng date neither the applicant no}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 r}{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 his counsel }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 were in attendance. There was a letter asking for an adjournment which the learned judge refused to accep}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 t and rightly too in my opinion.}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 A 1ett}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 e}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 r \line was not the proper mode of apply}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 ing for an adjournment. If }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the counsel was not able to attend}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 court he would have}{\insrsid7438059 instructed the }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 applicant to come to court a}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 nd apply for adjournment. Also there} {\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 were some }{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 inconsistencies in the letter and}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 whether the coun}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid7438059 el }{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 for the applicant was with M}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 r}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 . Musoke and not Kibirije.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 It was an application for adjour}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 nment. There were also lies in the affidavit. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The general pr}{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 incipal is that where there are}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 inconsistence}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 in the affidavit however minor they cannot be }{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 ignored}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 since a sworn affidavit is not a document to be treated lightly if it contains an obvious f alse hood it becomes suspect. An application supported with such an affidavit }{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 o}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 f}{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 the applica}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 nt}{ \insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 who}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 does not go to court with clean hands and tell the truth. The application should be struck off }{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Se}{\ul\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 e }{ \ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Baintane Vs Kananura 1977 HCB P }{\i\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 34. }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 As }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 already explained above the affidavit contained some false hood some}{ \insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 lies}{\b\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and some }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 discrepancies}{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 and as such the applicatio}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 n }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 becomes }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 defective and the sam}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 e ought to be rejected. \line }{\insrsid7438059 \par }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 In para}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 9 of the affidavit}{\insrsid7438059 in support of the application }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the applicant averr ed that what was stated in para 13 and 4 are according to information and the }{\insrsid7438059 matters deponed in the rest of }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the paragraphs were according t}{\insrsid7438059 o knowledge and belief. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Ord}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 er 17 r3 of the civil procedure rules }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 prov}{\insrsid7438059 ides that affidavits }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 shall be }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 confined to such facts as the dep}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 onent is able of his own knowledge to prove except on interl}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 o}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 cu}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 tory application on which statements of his belief may be admitted provided th}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 e grounds thereof are stated. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 There are some authorities in }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 connection}{\insrsid7438059 with the above order. }{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 In corporative Bank Vs Kasiko 1983 HCB P 73 in which there was an }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavit in support of an appli}{\insrsid7438059 cation for leave to appear and }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 defend was said to be defective because the}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 deponent did not state in it } {\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the means of his knowledge, or his source of informatio}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 n and belief. The rational decidendi}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 in one of the holding in that case was that an affidavit in which the deponent states th}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 t the information deponed to is true to the best of his knowledge information and belief without stating specifically which facts of which are true to his knowledge and}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 which facts are merely stated }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 out of his belief from information received by him, The same is defective. See }{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 also In re Kikoma Saw Millers Co 1976 HCB P 50 at P 51}{\ul\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 .}{ \ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7438059 {\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 In the instant case the deponent/Applicant did not state in his affidavit the means of his knowledge or his source of }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 information}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and belief and in the}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 end the affidavit is defective.}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 refore the application to set a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 side the expert judgment as an urgent matt}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 er to be heard during court vac}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 fails. And the}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 sane is }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 dismissed}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 with }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 ap plication. \par }\pard \s15\qj \li5760\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin5760\itap0\pararsid7438059 {\b\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 I. Mukanza \par J}{\b\ul\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 UDG}{\b\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 E }{\b\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 \par }{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 19/8/1993 \line }{\insrsid11482869\charrsid7438059 \par }}