Shaft Sinkers of Uganda Vs The Commissioner Geological Surveys & Mines Department (Civil Appeal No. 76 of 2014) [2019] UGCA 42 (16 April 2019)

Citation
Shaft Sinkers of Uganda Vs The Commissioner Geological Surveys & Mines Department (Civil Appeal No. 76 of 2014) [2019] UGCA 42 (16 April 2019)
Media Neutral Citation
[2019] UGCA 42
Court
Court of Appeal of Uganda
Case number
Civil Appeal No. 76 of 2014
Judgment date
16 April 2019
Language
English
Type
Judgment
Flynote
Civil Procedure
Case summary
The court held that an individual government officer could not bear the burden of litigation on his or her shoulders in respect of matters brought against him/her in his/her official capacity. The court was satisfied that section 10 of the Government Proceedings Act that required suits against the government to be brought against the attorney general was mandatory. The court accordingly concluded that the suit against the respondent wasn’t sustainable in law.
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