Bazirake & Anor v Mutaba (Civil Appeal No 43 of 2008) [2011] UGHC 109 (3 August 2011)

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Land|Land Dispute

Case summary

From the evidence that was on record, it was proved that the land did not belong to the District Administration and thus it was not available to the public for leasing. The court found that the land was being used by the appellants and their families especially for cultivation and that they had unregistered interests in the land.   The court thus found that the respondents had fraudulently acquire the land title to the suit land thereby depriving the appellants of their interests in the land.   The appeal was accordingly allowed with costs to the appellants.

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