Nanyunja v Nakayima (Miscellenous Applicaton No. 536 of 2002) [2002] UGHC 18 (22 August 2002)

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M. S EGONDA-NTENDE }{\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \line }{\b\ul\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 RULING }{\b\ul\insrsid7563293 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 This is an application for an interim order for a temporary}{\insrsid7563293 injunction pending the hearing }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 of an application for a temporary injunction. It is made u}{\insrsid7563293 nder Sections 65 and 101 of the }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 Civil Procedure Act and Section 40(3) of the Judicature Statute. }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 The grounds of }{\insrsid7563293 this application are that: \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 a)\tab}}\pard \s15\ql \fi-360\li1080\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar \jclisttab\tx1080\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin1080\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 The respondent has threatened forcefully evicting the applic}{\insrsid7563293 ant from the land in issue \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 b)\tab}}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 the respondent had set a date for eviction on 19.8.2002}{\insrsid7563293 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 c)\tab}}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 that if eviction is carried out, it will render the applicant\rquote s suit nugatory and applicant is bou}{\insrsid7563293 nd to suffer irreparable loss. \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293 As}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 proof of the likelihood of suffering irreparable loss the applicant has filed an affidavit sworn on the 16th Augus}{\insrsid7563293 t 2002. It states in part: \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid7563293 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 7.\tab}}\pard \s15\ql \fi-360\li1080\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\jclisttab\tx1080\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin1080\itap0\pararsid7563293 { \insrsid7563293 \'93}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 That I have filed a suit in the High court seeking among other things a declaration that I am a bonafide/lawful occupant of the above said land and seeking a permanent injunction restraining the respondent from ever attempting to evict me there from and I am convinced that my suit has}{\insrsid7563293 a high chance of success.\'94 \par }\pard \s15\ql \fi-720\li720\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293 9.\tab }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \'93 That if the court does not accord me an interim remedy in the meantime while t}{\insrsid7563293 \tab }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 he suit and main application are being fixed for hearing and if the respondent is not stopped from her treacherous attempts of trying to forcefully evict me from this land, I am bound to suffer irreparable loss since this is the land where I and my family live and it is all we have got of the estate of my late husband.}{ \insrsid7563293 \'94 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293 In paragraph 10 o}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 f the affidavit the applicant states that if eviction proceeds the purpose of the suit will be defeated and she will suffer irreparable harm. \line Apart from stating that she lives on the land in question, her affidavit does not disclose what she ha}{ \insrsid7563293 s on the land in dispute. No mention is made o}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 f the developments on the land. Are there several houses on it or not? It appears this court is left to assume that since she states that she lives on the land, she probably has a house or grows cr ops on the same on which she depends. That is the first short fall in this application. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 On the other hand the land in dispute is stated to be part of the estate of her late husband. No mention is made if there is an administrator in law of that estate. It is questionable whether without a grant of letters of administration or probate the applicant can establish rights to her husband\rquote s estate in this court. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 Lastly in paragraph 7 of her affidavit the ap}{\insrsid7563293 plicant describes herself as a \'93}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 bonafide/lawful occupant}{\insrsid7563293 \'94}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 of the land in question. Bonafide occupant and lawful occupants are concepts introduced by the Land Statute 1998 and in particular, section 30 thereof. The two mean different things. I am not sure whether one can be both within the Land Statute. \line }{ \insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 In the circumstances, the applicant has failed in my view to establish a thresh-hold upon which this court ca}{\insrsid7563293 n exercise its discretion to }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 grant an interim order for a temporary injunction as she has failed to show what loss, let alone irreparable loss1 she may suffer. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 It is possible that she will suffer loss and irreparable loss too. But this has not been shown in the papers she filed before this court. I accordingly decline to issue the order requested fore I dismiss this application. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 I order that the main application be heard on the 28th August 2002 at 9.00 a.m. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7558739 F. M. S. Egonda-Ntende \line Judge. \line 22.8.2002.}{\insrsid7563293 \line }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \par }{\insrsid7563293 \par \par \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1033 {\insrsid10825639 \par }}