Electricity Disputes Tribunal - 2022

Sort by:

3 judgments

Citation	Judgment date
May 2022
Kyakimwa Sauda & Another V Eco Power Holdings Limited (EDT COMPLAINT 5 of 2019) [2022] UGEDT 1 (23 May 2022) Applicant's challenge to land valuation dismissed due to proper valuation, delay, and failure to use grievance remedies. Electricity project land acquisition; valuation and compensation; illiteracy and translation of sale documents; availability and non-use of grievance mechanisms; laches and delay in seeking relief; refusal to order retrospective re-evaluation.	23 May 2022
Elementary Energy Limited v Electricity Regulatory Authority (Miscellaneous Application 1 of 2022) [2022] UGEDT 2 (16 May 2022) Tribunal ordered limited discovery of meeting records and the acting-CEO delegation, rejecting broad fishing-expedition financial requests. Discovery – Electricity Disputes Tribunal Rule 37 – Tribunal’s discretionary power to order production – documents must be in possession and relevant – discovery refused where request is fishing expedition or unnecessary – ordered production of meeting notices, attendance lists, agendas, certified extracts of signed minutes (subject-matter only) and instrument delegating Acting CEO – public audited accounts sufficient for general financial disclosure.	16 May 2022
April 2022
Rwansibo David v Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (Miscellaneous Application 4 of 2018) [2022] UGEDT 3 (1 April 2022) Tribunal allowed correction of disputed land location and reduction of claim, but ordered applicant to pay costs for the delay. Pleadings — Amendment of complaint — Correction of location and reduction of claim — Whether amendment alters cause of action or prejudices respondent — Tribunal’s discretion to permit amendments to determine substantive issues — Costs for delay.	1 April 2022