Pelagia Kakuliremu v Paulini Manyindo (Civil Suit No. DR. MFP 26/90) [1991] UGHC 22 (7 July 1991)

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DR. MFP 26/90 \par }{\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 (From }{\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Administration Cause No. DR. MFP 7/90) \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13007470 {\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 PELAGIA KAKULIREMU::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::PLAINTIFF

\par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13007470 {\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 -VERSUS- \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13007470 {\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 PAULINI MANYINDO:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::DEFENDANT

\par }{\b\insrsid15278858 BEFO}{\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 RE}{\b\insrsid15278858\charrsid15278858 : -}{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE I. MUKANZA }{\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 \par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13007470 {\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 JUDGMENT \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13007470 {\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The plaintiff in this case, Pelagia Kakuliremu brought this action against the defendant seeking for orders from the court that the Caveat the latter filed when the plaintiff applied for letters of administration to the estate of on}{ \insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 e Yoseph Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re be struck out. She also sought for an order for costs. \par }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 The p1antiff\rquote s cas}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 e}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 was that the deceased Kaijabohore left a cow land (Ki}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 ban}{ \insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 ja) and a house situated at Kito vill}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 age, Mirambi Parish Kyarusozi Mwenge Kabarole Distr}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 ict. All }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the }{ \insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 property is valued}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 at shillings one million. The deceased Kaijabohore}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 produced and left }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the plaintiff as his only child, and an aged motherless widow called }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 Kwebiiha her}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 step mother. Both the plaintiff and Kwebiiha live on the land}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 and}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 house left by the deceased }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 at Kitome }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 village and } {\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 th}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 e plaintiff solely maintains and caters for all the material}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 requirements of her}{\insrsid15278858 }{ \insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 step mother. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 On the date Kaijabohore was buried the defendant in }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 collaboration}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 with her step mother Kwebi}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 iha locked up the house which was pa}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 rt of the estate and stopped}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 the customary Kitoro last funeral rites of the deceased to }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 be p}{ \insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 erformed in the homestead, the assumed}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 ownership of the estate of the deceased. The plai}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 nt}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 iff and the relatives of the deceased had to perform the }{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 las}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 t funeral}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 rit}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 es of the deceased }{ \insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 el}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 sewhere on her land given to her by her uncle w}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 hich is adjacent to that of her}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 deceased father. The defendant is no}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 t a child, grand child or relati}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 v}{\insrsid14812205\charrsid15278858 e}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 of the late }{ \insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 Kaijabohore in any degree. He is a Mu}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 se}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 n}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 gya by clan whereas the deceased and the plaintiff are Babiito by clan. The defendant was not }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 given the Kibanja by the decease}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 d. He has his own land (Kibanja) and house on a separate }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 village}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 of Kisenyi village Ky arusozi Mwenge. The defendant never looked after the widow and the deceased and if he gave any assistance the same was not given as a price or consideration for taking away the property of the deceased Kaijabohore at the time of his death. The defendant h ad therefore}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 no locus standi in the estate and the purported bequ}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 est was void and or voidable}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 . That his father was a }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 sick man}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 at}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 the time of his death. He had boils and wa}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 s }{ \insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 mentall}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 y }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 unstable. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The case for the defendant was that his land (Kiban}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 ja.\} was adjacent to that of the late Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re the deceased. He is a cattle trader. }{ \insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 The}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 deceased used to sell him his animals and sometimes the former used to sell him the animals on credit. The deceased used to graze his animals on his land and used to provide the deceased w}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 ith some boozes (native drinks),}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 so}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the two became very friendly. Some time in the 1980\rquote s the deceased and his wife Kwebiiha the widow were attacked by thieves, who stole a number of their personal effects and even beat up the couple seriously. H e together with other people assisted the couple in replacing some of their stolen properties personal effects like clothing plates and extra. At the same time the deceased became weak and developed pneumonia. The couple were weak and elderly. He looked a fter the couple. He gave treatment to the deceased who was sickly and provided them with necess}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 aries for their lives like food}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 and even used to get water for them. The plaintiff and the deceased were}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 arch enemies. The former never}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 assisted her father at all . Because of the services he rendered the couple, the deceased out of his free will gave him his land and an agreement exhibit Dl dated 23/8/88 was made to }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 confirm}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 that. The couple used to rear some cattle. Most of the animals died and there remained only one cow. On one }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 occasion}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 she strayed and damaged a neighbour}{ \insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 \rquote }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 s garden. The decea}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 sed was fined. He paid the fine.}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The widow was }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 too }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 old. She could not}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 manage the cow. The same was sol}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 d to him and he transferred it to & friend. There was a letter of transfer Ex. D3.}{ \insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Eventually the deceased invited him to join him in the homestead. He moved with his family to the deceased\rquote s land the land that was given to the defendant during the life}{ \insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 time of the deceased Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re and that the cow was sold to the defendant and the house in the Kibanja was left to}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 the widow Kwebiiha. \par The learned co}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 unsel }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 appearing}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 for the plaintiff submitted that the case involved the law of Succession gift }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 intervivos}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 . }{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 Joseph}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Kaijabohore was a sick man and was some time mentally unstable and therefor}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 e a}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 man of unsoun}{\insrsid15402605\charrsid15278858 d mind he could not give a}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 gift. The gift was void or voidable. That the defendant blackmailed the deceased in t}{ \insrsid12270626\charrsid15278858 he course of his difficulties. }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Hospitality became an inducement with an axe to grind. }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Ex}{\insrsid15278858 .}{\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Dl contravened section 30 of the law of Evidence. It was not properly before the court. Ex}{\insrsid15278858 .}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 D2 was written after the death of Kaijabohore. The bataka had no mandate to speak for a man who was dead. They were meddling in}{\insrsid15278858 the estate of the deceased. Ex}{\insrsid12270626\charrsid15278858 .}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 D3 transfer }{\insrsid12270626\charrsid15278858 of cattle. That documen}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 t was not in the language }{\insrsid12270626\charrsid15278858 of}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the court and the author was never called as a witness. }{\insrsid12270626\charrsid15278858 \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Exhibit D4 was written on 11th March, 199}{\insrsid15278858 1 a}{\insrsid12270626\charrsid15278858 fter the death of Kaijabohore.}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 It}{\insrsid12270626\charrsid15278858 bears signature of several RC\rquote s}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 (Resistance council) Chairman. It was a useless document. It was in Lutoro language and was written long after the death of the deceased and the author was not called as a witness and the Bataka had no right to confer on the defendant estate of }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 the deceased. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Exhibit D5 conveyed the same meaning as exhibit Dl. The plaintiff being the lineal}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 descendant of Joseph Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re was entitled to administer the estate of her deceased father. The learned counsel referred me to a number of }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 authorities. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Mr. Mugamba the learned counsel appearing for the defendant submitted that the plaintiff who was the sole daughter of the deceased is not in a position to cater}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 for the widow. She was given a}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 piece of land in addition to one she already had. He continued he had seen frien}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 ds}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 sell off their properties to good booze and there is no need to consult the children. To say otherwise would mean no one owns }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 property}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 in his life. The deceased was firm mentally till his death. Even the plaintiff did not contradict this. It is not an act of insane person to call villagers and make a solemn declaration tending to alienation of ones }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 land}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 . Whereas a madman and drunken person would have just awarded land to the defendant and that would be the end but the deceased gathered very many }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 signatures}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 on the document because people could not have taken him seriously. There was no indication of immediate death to the}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 deceased. The learned counsel a }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 lso referred me to some authoritie}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 s. }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 At the commencement of the trial of the case the following }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 issues}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 were }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 framed. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \dbch\af0\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (i)\tab}}\pard \s15\qj \fi-720\li1080\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1 \widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin1080\itap0\pararsid15935795 {\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Whether the plaintiff is the bl}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 ood chi ld of Joseph Kaijabohore the deceased and in that }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 capacity wheth}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 er she is the lawful person to }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 obtain letters o}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 f administration to the estate of the deceased. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \dbch\af0\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (ii)\tab} Whether}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the defendant is a legitimate person t}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 o administer or obtain the administration of }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 th}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 e estate of the deceased. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \dbch\af0\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (iii)\tab} Whether the late Kaijabohor}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 e disposed of his estate by }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 way of}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 gift }{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 or otherwise to Manyindo. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \dbch\af0\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (iv)\tab} }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Whether the letters of administration which were granted to the plaintiff under administration cause No. 7 of 1990 whether they were valid}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 l}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 y granted and if not whether t}{ \insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 he same should not be revoked. \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13007470 {\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Now turning to the first issue according to the evidence on record from both the plaintiff side and the defence the plaintiff is the only sole surv}{\insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 iv}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 ing child of the late Jos}{ \insrsid15935795\charrsid15278858 eph Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re. Under section 28 (1)(a)IV of the Succession Amendment Decree 22 of 1972 on the distribution of the estate of her father who died intestate as a lineal descent was entitled to receive }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 75}{ \i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 percent of the whole of the }{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 property}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 of the Intestate. }{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 In addition under}{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 Statutory instrument 1972 No. 1}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 04 rule 9 (1) the }{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 persons}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 entitled to grant of letters of administration shall be determined in accordance with th}{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 e following order of priority:- \par }\pard \s15\qj \fi720\li1440\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid11632614 {\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 (a) }{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 The children of the deceased.

\par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 (b) The surv}{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 iving spouse \par }\pard \s15\qj \li2160\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid11632614 {\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 (}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 c) The fat}{ \insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 her or mother of the deceased. \par }\pard \s15\qj \fi720\li1440\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid11632614 {\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 (d) Brother & s}{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 isters of the whole blood etc. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 (e) Issue of a}{\insrsid11632614\charrsid15278858 ny such child of the deceased. \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13007470 {\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 From what has transpired above the plaintiff as the sole child of}{ \insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 the intestate }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 takes priority when considering }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 who should be granted letters of }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 administration to the estate of her f}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 ather the late Joseph Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re. In the result the firs}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 t issue is in the affirmative. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 On the second issue}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 ,}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 whether the defendant was the legitimate person to obtain letters of Administration to t}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 he estate of the late Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re. The defendant adduced in evidence documents to show }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 that the late Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re gave him his Kibanja during his life time because all the good things he did for }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 them the late Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re and the widow Kwebiiha. The }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 defendant}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 (DWI) put in evidence exhibit Dl a document }{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 dated 23rd August 1988. }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 This was}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 an agreement between Kaijaboho}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re and Paulo Manyindo indicating that the former had given his land voluntarily to the latter and}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 the document clearly showed tha}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 t the land shared boundary with t}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 hat of the deceased\rquote s daughter t}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 he plaintiff. It was witnessed among very m}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 any others Chairman DW3 and DW4.

\par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 re was yet another document Ex D}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 5 written on 22/8/89 }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 s}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 till confirming that the }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 deceased}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re gave his Kibanja as a }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 gif}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 t during his life time}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 to the defendant. It was thumb }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 printed by both the deceased and Kwebi}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 iha the widow DW}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 2. The writer of the document Byabasaija Andrea was never called as a witness but Kwebi}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 i}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 ha a}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 s DW2 came out }{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 stron}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 gly in support of both exhibit D}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 2 & Exh.}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 D5}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 .}{ \b\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\b\i\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 \par }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 Exhibit D}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 3 was a letter from Vice Chairman Alex Kabare authorising the defendant to transfer away his cow which the said K}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 aijaboho}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re had sold to him. The Chairman the author of the letter was never called as a witness but there was evidence from DW2 whom I believed to}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 ld this court the truth that in}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 fact the deceased had sold the cow in question to the defendant during his li}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 fe time \par Ex. D}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 2 was a docum}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 ent from the residents of Kitom}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 i (Nyakitovu Mirambi)}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 con}{ \insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 firming that the late Kaijabohore had given his}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Kibanja (}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 land) to the defendant. The documen}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 t is dated 23/1/90 and wa}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 s}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 signed }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 by several residents of the are}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 a}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 .}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 It was writte}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 n long after the said Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re had passed aw}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 ay and of course the residents could}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 not confer title on the defendant and to crown it all they did not give evidence in court. Ex }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 D2 was of no evidential value. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The }{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 crux}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 of the matter was whether the la}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 te Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re gave away his Kibanja (land) to the}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 defendant as a gift intervivos.}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The learned counsel appearing for the plaintiff submitted that the deceased was a }{ \insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 sick man}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 and was somehow mentally unstable and therefore as a man of unsound mind he could not give a valid gift. Th}{\insrsid3038848\charrsid15278858 e defendant b}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 lackmailed the deceased in the course of his difficulties and that }{\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 the gift was void}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 and or voidable. \par Mr. Mugamba counsel for the defendant submitted that the sole daughter of the }{\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 deceased}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 was given piece of land in addition to the one she already had. She was not in a position to cater, for the deceased }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 and}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the widow and there was no need for the former to consult her since he had seen friends sell off their properties to good booze and there being no need to consult t}{\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 he children. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Turning to the issue, }{\b\ul\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 Halsbury\rquote s laws of England }{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 3}{\b\ul\super\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 rd}{ \b\ul\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 }{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Editio}{\b\ul\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 n}{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Vol. l8}{\b\ul\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 }{ \b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Para 6}{\b\ul\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 9}{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 2}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 stat}{\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 es}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 g}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 ift intervivos i}{\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 s defined shortly. \par }{\i\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 \'93As}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the transfer of any property fr}{\i\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 om one person to another gratuitously }{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 while the donor is alive and not in}{\i\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 expectation}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 of death}{\i\insrsid15278858 . It is an act }{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 whereby something is voluntarily transferred from the true }{\i\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 possessor}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 to another person with the full intention that the thing }{\i\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 shall }{ \i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 not }{\i\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 be }{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 return to the donor and with full intention on the part the receiver to retain the thing entirely as hi}{ \i\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 s}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 o}{\i\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 wn without restoring it to the giver.\'94 \par }{\insrsid3679915\charrsid15278858 Prima facie every one who}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 is sui juris can dispose by way of gift any property or any estate or interest therein to which he is absolutely entitled. It is on legal and equitable }{ \insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 principles}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 clear that suit juris acting freely, fairly and with sufficient knowl}{\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 edge ought to have and has the power to make in binding and }{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 effectual manner a voluntary gift o}{\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 f any property whether capable }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 or incapable of manual delivery, whether in possession or reversion and however }{ \insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 circumstanced.}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 See }{\b\ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 Kekewich v Manning 1851 IDEGM, & G.}{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 1}{ \b\ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 7}{\b\ul\insrsid15278858 6 }{\b\ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 at Page 187 &}{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 188 }{\b\ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 per Knight Bruce LJ, See also Hall v Hall 1873}{ \b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 8 Cr.}{\b\ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 }{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Ap}{\b\ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 p}{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 . }{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 430}{\b\i\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 at}{\b\ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 }{\b\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 P. }{\b\ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 437.}{ \ul\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 }{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 However gifts whether realty or }{\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 personality}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 made by infants are \line voidable by them and gifts by idiots and persons of unsound mind }{ \insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 whether}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 of realty or }{\insrsid7543397\charrsid15278858 personality}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 are absolutely void and even though made during lucid interval a gift interv ivos by a person of}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 unsound mind so found before a supersedes}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 of the }{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 inquisition}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 has been }{ \ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 obtained, is voi}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 d See Bevera}{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 ge}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 s }{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 case (1}{ \ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 60}{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 3}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 ) 4 CO RP 123 b}{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 }{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 at}{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 P.}{ \ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 126 Elliot }{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 vs.}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 In\'e7e }{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 1857 DE}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 GM MR G. 47}{ \ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 5,}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Re}{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 W}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 alker }{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 [}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 1905}{ \ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 ] 1 C}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 h }{\ul\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 160}{\ul\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 CA. }{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 Applying the above}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 principles to the instant case, the late Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re was sui juris he was a man of sound mind according to t}{ \insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 he testimonies of DW2, DW1}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 and DW3.}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 PW.1}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 testified that the deceased was sickly man used to suffer for boils stomach was mentally }{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 instable}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 from around }{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 1}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 987}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 .}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 W}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 hereas}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 DW4}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 testified that the deceased used to suffer fro}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 m boils and stomach and was men}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 tally }{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 normal.}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 My finding}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 is that the deceased was a man of sou}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 nd mind when he gave his land t}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 o the defendant. That was when he wrote or c}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 aused to write exhibits Dl and D}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 5 and the same were never w}{\insrsid4528899\charrsid15278858 ritten in expectation of death. Ex D1 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 was written on 23/8/88, whereas exhibi}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 t D}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 5 was written on 22/8/89 before the deceased passed away on 10/12/1989. D2 testified positively to this court that she witnessed the deceased hand over his land to the defendant and also testified positively that the cow which used to belong to the estate }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 was}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 sold to the }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 defendant. I watched this old lady aged about}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 90 yea}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 r}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 s she impressed me as a very truthful witness. The deceased }{ \insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 voluntarily}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 gave away his Kibanja to the defendant a}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 n}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 d apparently the }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 couple} {\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 had, no love for the plaintiff. According to her never assisted them even during those difficult days when the deceased was bed ridden. }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The deceased indeed truly gave away his land voluntarily to the }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 defendant}{\insrsid15278858 }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 with full intention that the land shall not be returned to}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 him. E}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 x. D1 and Ex }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 D5}{\i\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{ \insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 plus the testimonies of DW2, DW3 & DW4 confirmed }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the deceased\rquote s intentions. I do not therefore a}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 gree with the submission of the}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 learned counsel for the plainti}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 ff that the deceased was a man }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 of unsound mind when he wrote or caused th}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 e writing of Exhibit Dl and Ex}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 . D5, and that gave away his land when he expected death. The deceased led the residents of the area more }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 particularly DW3 and DW4 and showed }{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 them the land he had given to the def}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 endant and boundary marks were demarcated to sep}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 arate the plaintiff\rquote s land from that of the }{ \insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 defendant}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 . }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 That was not an act of a mad}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 man. And there w}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 as evidence that the plaintiff }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 was given another piece of land in addit}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 ion to one she already had. She was well provided for.}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 I do not belie}{ \insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 ve both PW}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 .1 & }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 PW.4 that the land }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 on which }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 she was living on}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 belong}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 ed to Bulasio Kiiza PW.4. T}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 he two did not impress me as }{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 being}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{ \insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 truthful witnesses. \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The learned counsel for th}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 e plaintiff submitted that the exhibits were in Lutoro}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 which was not the official lan}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 guage used in }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 our courts. The submission}{\insrsid13858835\charrsid15278858 was that }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 the exhibits were in Lutoro. But they were translated}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 to the court by the Co}{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 urt Interpreter in English and }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 immediately thereafter they were a}{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 dmitted as exhibits in evidence. }{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 The learned }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 counsel}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 never raised a}{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 finger in protest almost soon. As for now there was a translation of all}{ \insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 documents in English and the English }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 translation is attached on each exhibited document.}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 I do }{\insrsid15278858 not }{ \insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 perceive}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 any irregularity here. In the result I would answer the second issue }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 affirmatively}{\insrsid15278858 .}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{ \insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 \par }{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 In}{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 fact the}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 last }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 issue}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 should have been whether the Caveat entered }{ \insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 agains}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 t the }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 application}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 for}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 letters of administration be removed. }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 According}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 to the evidence adduced it was not necessary to make an order for the removal of the Caveat. The position therefore is that the plaintiff is not the proper person to be granted letters of }{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 administration}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 to t}{ \insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 he estate of the late Kaijaboho}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 re and I}{\insrsid5790564\charrsid15278858 so find. \par In}{\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 the end the suit stands dismissed with costs to the defendant. \par \par }\pard \s15\ql \li5040\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin5040\itap0\pararsid13007470 {\b\insrsid13007470\charrsid15278858 I. 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