Yekoyakimu Mwima Hyabene v The Attorney General (Civil Application No. 46 of 1997) [1998] UGCA 24 (11 November 1998)

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MR. JUSTICE C. M. KATO, J. A. \line HON. MR. JUSTICE G. M. OKELLO, J. A. \line HON. MR. JUSTICE S. G. ENGWAU, J. A. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 YEKOYAKIMU}{\insrsid14762853 }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 MWIMA}{\insrsid14762853 }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 HYABENE ::::::::::::::::::}{\insrsid14762853 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::}{ \insrsid14762853\charrsid14762853 :}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 :: APPLICANT \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 -\tab}}\pard \s15\qc \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar \jclisttab\tx720\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid14762853 {\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 VERSUS - \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid14762853 {\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ::::::::::::::::::::}{\insrsid14762853 :::::::::::::::::::::::}{\insrsid14762853\charrsid14762853 :}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 :: RESPONDENT \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\ul\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 RULING OF THE COURT }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 This matter came before us on reference apparently under the provisions of section 13(2) of the Judicature Statute No.6 of 1996 and rule 54(1) (b) of the Rules of this court. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 The history of the application is fairly long but the gist of it is as follows. The applicant, Yekoyakimu Mwima Hyabene aged about 78 years, was appearing before Tinyinondi, J. in a civil case. He was not satisfied with the manner t he learned judge was conducting the case. He thus demanded that the judge disqualifies himself from continuin}{\insrsid14762853 g with the hearing of the case. }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 The judge overruled him and decided to continue with the hearing of the matter before him. The applicant did not take the judge\rquote s ruling lightly, he appealed against it. When, he however, discovered that his appeal was not as cheap as he had imagined, he had to deposit some money as security for costs in the event}{\insrsid14762853 }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 of his losing the appeal and being ordered to pay costs to the other side, he checked on the position of the law. He discovered }{\insrsid14762853 possibly with some relief that}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 the law could come to his assistance if the court declared him a pauper in which case he would not be required to deposit any money for costs. He filed an application before this court seeking for declaration that he was a pauper under provisions of Rule 112 of the Rules of this court. The application was heard by our brother Twinomujuni, J. A. He dismissed the application on 10/3/98}{ \i\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 on the ground that alt hough the applicant could be regarded as a pauper, his intended appeal had no chance of succeeding. Hyabene, the applicant, saw the dismissal of his application not as the end of the road. He resorted to the provisions of the law as indicated above and ha d this matter placed before the three of us for consideration. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 The matter proceeded ex parte under Rule 55(2) of the Rules of this court, after the applicant had successfully applied to the court to hear his side of the case in the absence of the responde nt who had been served but had not bothered to appear in court. The applicant who argued the application personally submitted that he was a poor man, a fact which he said had been appreciated by the court which was presided by a single judge. He also insi sted that his intended appeal against the ruling of Tinyinondi, J. had a high chance of succeeding. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 Rule 112(1) of the Court of Appeal Rules 1996 under which this application was lodged reads, in part, as follows: \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li720\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid14762853 {\insrsid14762853 \'93112. (1) If in any ap}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 peal from the H}{ \insrsid14762853 igh Court in its original or appellate }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 jurisdiction in any civil case the Court is satisfied on the application of an appellant, that he or sh}{\insrsid14762853 e lacks the means to pay the }{ \insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 required fees or to deposit the security for costs and that the appeal is not without reasonable possibility of success, the Court may, by order, direc}{\insrsid14762853 t that the appeal may be lodged\'85\'85\'85\'85. \'94}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid14762853 {\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 This rule clearly gives the court discretionary power to permit an intended appellant to file his appeal without paying the necessary fees or depositing security for costs, on being satisfied that such person lacks the means to raise money for such fees or security. In exercising this power, however, the court must act judiciously being guided by established and accepted principles. \line }{ \insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 In the instant case, before the court can declare the applicant a pauper, it (the court) must be satisfied that the applicant lacks the means to pay the required fees or security for costs and that his intended appeal has reasonable possibility of success. \line }{ \insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 The i}{\insrsid14762853 ss}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 ue as to whether a person is poor\rquote and fit to be declared a pauper is a point of fact which must be decided according to the evidence as adduced by the applicant. On 5/11/97 the applicant swore an affidavit in which he stated that he was a pauper living at the mercy of God and that he is medically invalid, aged 77 years and therefore unable to mulch the soil for a living (see paragraphs 3 and 5 of his affidavit). As there was no reply to this affidavit we have no reason not to believe what the applicant stated in it (affidavit). On balance of probability we are inclined to accept the applicant\rquote s claim that he cannot raise the necessary funds as security for costs. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 Regarding the question of whether his intended appeal is likely to succeed, the applicant was confident that he would win the appeal. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 This point cannot be handled properly without the decision of the }{\ul\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.14 of 1994 Hyabene v Attorney General }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 being examined first. The facts of that case are the same as in the present case. The applicant who was the appellant in that case appealed to the Supreme Court against Mr. Tinyinondi\rquote s refusal to disqualify himself from presiding over HCCS No.655 of 1988. The Supreme }{\insrsid14762853\charrsid14762853 Court}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 dismissed the appeal on the ground that the judge was justified in r efusing to step down. The court ordered that the case be retried. In the instant application the applicant\rquote s intended appeal is against the decision of the same judge for refusing to step down again in the same case. Considering the fact that the intended appeal is founded on almost the same facts as in Appeal No.14/94 and between the same parties, this Court will not depart from the earlier decision of the }{\insrsid14762853\charrsid14762853 Supreme}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 Court. In the }{ \insrsid14762853 premises, we are}{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 of a firm view that there are no chances of the intended appeal succeeding. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 We find that the applicant has failed to satisfy the requirements of the second leg of Rule 112(1) of the Rules of this court. The application to grant the applicant a status of a pauper is dismissed. Since the respondent did not appear at the hearing of this application it would be unfair to award hi}{\insrsid14762853 m costs of this application. \line }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 The applicant is however to bear his own costs. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 Dated at Kampala}{\insrsid14762853 this 12}{\super\insrsid14762853\charrsid14762853 th}{\insrsid14762853 }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 day }{\insrsid14762853\charrsid14762853 of }{\insrsid14762853 November }{ \insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 1998. \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 C. M. KATO \line }{\ul\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 JUSTICE OF APPEAL }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 G. M. OKELLO \line }{\ul\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 JUSTICE OF APPEAL }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 \line }{\insrsid14762853 \par }{\insrsid16191544\charrsid14762853 S. G. 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