[1993] UGHC 3
The court found that the application to set aside the ex parte judgment did not qualify as an urgent matter to be heard during court vacation. The supporting affidavit was defective, failing to comply with the requirements of Order 17 Rule 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules, as it did not distinguish between matters of...
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- Citation
- [1993] UGHC 3
- Parties
- Plaintiff: Livingstone Kato; Defendant: Filimoni Kagwa
- Court
- High Court of Uganda
- Jurisdiction
- Uganda
- Case Number
- CIivil Suit No.9 of 1992
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Application for Leave to Set Aside Ex Parte Judgment During Court Vacation
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Ex Parte Judgment, Setting Aside Judgment, Affidavit Defects, Urgent Applications
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Livingstone Kato
Plaintiff
Filimoni Kagwa
Defendant
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Application for Leave to Set Aside Ex Parte Judgment During Court Vacation
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the application to set aside the ex parte judgment should be heard as an urgent matter during court vacation.
- 2 Whether the supporting affidavit is sufficient and complies with the Civil Procedure Rules.
- 3 Whether there was proper service and procedural regularity in the original suit.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the application to set aside the ex parte judgment did not qualify as an urgent matter to be heard during court vacation. The supporting affidavit was defective, failing to comply with the requirements of Order 17 Rule 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules, as it did not distinguish between matters of knowledge and belief or state the source of information. The court also found that the applicant was aware of the hearing date, and the absence of both the applicant and his counsel was inexcusable. The affidavit contained inconsistencies and falsehoods, undermining its credibility. As a result, the application was dismissed for lack of urgency and for being supported by a...
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application to set aside the ex parte judgment as an urgent matter during court vacation is dismissed.
- No order as to costs.
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The contents of the }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavit is irrelevant to the present }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 application. A}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 part from that failure the }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 affidavit i}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 s full of }{ \insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 inconsistencies}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and lies and should be rejected. Paragraph }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 5 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 state}{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 s that neither the counsel then,}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 counsel for the }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 applicant}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 nor the }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 applicant himself was served }{ \insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 w}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ith hearing notice and that there was no affidavit of service on record and that the procedure followed by the }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 learned trial }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 judge was accordingly }{\insrsid1187884\charrsid7438059 irregular}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and that judgment should be set a side and that was also }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 absolutely false because the }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 hearing date of }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 23/ }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 9/92 was fixed by }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 consen}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 t of both}{ \insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 counsels. And it is on record, that}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 it }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was a deliberate lie and }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 the quest}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 on of affidavit to prove that does not arise. In addition the allegation by}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 para}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 5 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 is bellied by paragraph }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 3 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 of the same affidavit, In para }{\i\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 3 }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 the applicant is a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ware that }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 the matter}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was coming for hearing on 23/}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 9}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 /92. It states that the applicant}{ \insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 was informed by his couns}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 el Mr. Kibirige that the }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 case had been adjourned.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Th}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 e affidavit is silent about this}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 but there was a letter written by he counsel for the applicant to the deputy Registrar of this court applying for an adjournment. It was dated 22/9/92 just at the eve of 23/9/92 copied to him and received at }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 4.45}{ \i\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 PM on the same day by him and}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the court}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 .}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 T he letter also contained discrepancy because it said the lawyer representing the applicant was one Muso}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 ke and not Kibirige. It was supposed }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 to be an application for an }{ \insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 adjournment}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 nd the counsel for }{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 the applicant was aware that the}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 case was coming fo}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 r hearing on the following day. If one considered the time one wond}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ers}{\insrsid11369083\charrsid7438059 why the counsel}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 had told the applicant }{\insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 that the matter was adjourned.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 As you could see from the record the learned judge refused to accept the letter as an application for \line }{\insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 adjournment}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and held that, the absence of the }{ \insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 councel}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was inexcusable and that at least the applicant should have been th}{\insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 ere. The affidavits}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 which tell deliberate lie can }{\insrsid1845775\charrsid7438059 not be acted upon and must be ejected. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 His final objection was that the affidavit itself was defective because it said that what was stated in paragraph 13 and }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 4 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 wa}{ \insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 according to the deponents information}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 . The source of}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that information was not stated and}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 it continued that matters depon}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ed to in the rest of paragraphs were according to his know}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 ledge and be lief. The affidavit did not}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 distinguish}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 matters on belief and}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the}{ \insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 basis of such belief and matter}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 of }{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 his own}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{ \insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 knowled}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ge}{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 . It has been held in several cases in this c}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ourt that an affidavit drawn in that meaning is totally }{ \insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 defective}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid10571681\charrsid7438059 and}{\insrsid6098233\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid2707343\charrsid7438059 m}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 u}{\insrsid6098233\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 t be rejected under order 17 rule }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The deponent is supposed to confine to such }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 points as the deponent was able}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 to prove on his own knowledge except on }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 interlocutory}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 matters provided the grounds there in are stated, That was done and what was even deponed to could not}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 be proved of his own knowledge. That is another reason why the}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavit in support of the }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 application should be rejected.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Those }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 infact}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 were d}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 elaying tactics on the part of t}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 he applicant to stop the respondent to enjoy the}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 fruits of his judgment. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Mr. Ntege was permitted to reply and submitted that what was contained in paragraph 9 was a topographic error which wa}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 rectified by numbering th}{ \insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 e same and reiterated his earlier prayer}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 the application be granted. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 I was }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 opportuned}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 to hear}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 the submission of the learned counsels in this application and at the same}{ \insrsid13719281 time I perused the affidavits }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 sw}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 orn in}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 upport of the application and th}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 e replies and in the Same}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 vein I went though}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 the court record . The matter }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 before this court is simple and that}{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 is}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 whether the }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 application}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 to set a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 side the expert judgment was an urgent matter that }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 could be heard during court vac}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation. }{\insrsid14316315\charrsid7438059 \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The application is supported by the following ground set out in }{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 the }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavits sworn by one Filmon }{\insrsid7438059 Kagwa. The grounds were }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 namely }{\b\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 1)}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 That thi}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 s Honourable Court on 17/6/93 made an expert order in favour of the respondent that }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 an order to sell the first applicants property issue within fourteen days therefore as well as payment of }{\b\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 Shs}{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 20}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 88748 legal costs to the respondent. }{\b\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 2) The appellant was unable to attend hearing of the case becau}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 se his counsel had advised him }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that the same had been adjourned. }{ \insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 \par }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 3) }{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 T}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 hat the property is lia}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 ble to be sold during court vac}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation and the applicant will suffer irreparable loss thereby in the circumstance. }{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 It}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 is a matter of urgency that the application as a for}{\insrsid1330800\charrsid7438059 esaid he heard during court vacation. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 It }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 must }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 be recalled that when the application came for hearing}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 .}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 It was consented by the counsels that the application to be proceeded with the application to set a side the expert judgm}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 ent and not the application for }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 stay of }{ \insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 execution.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 As I stated earlier I perused the affidavit of the applicant in support of the application, I would at this juncture point out some of the salient points }{ \insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 in the said affidavit, In para 4}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the applicant was complaining that he was informed that the counsel for the plaintiff procee}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 ded expert and that judgment wa}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 s obtaine}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 d in favour of the plaintiff. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Where as in paragraph }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 5 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 he averred that neither his counsel nor the applicant was served with a hearing notice and was advised by his counsel Ntege Mayambile that there was no affidavit of service and that the procedure adopted was irregular and that judgment obtained ough}{\insrsid14835609\charrsid7438059 t to be set a side again. In para}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 5 }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 he swore }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that the }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 Honourable}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 court had issued a warrant of attachment of his property and was likely to suffer irreparable damage and loss}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 nd in pars }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 7 }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 he swore that he intended to apply to court to have the expert judgment and execution set a side. Finally he deponed in Para 8 that the application to set a side the expert judgment and stay of execution was likely to }{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 succeed. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 From what has transpired above there is no evidence to show that the application to set a}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 side the expert judgment }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 was an urgent matter that }{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 would be heard during court vac}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation. On this note I am }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 agreeable}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 with the submission of }{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 M}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 r. Ayigihugu}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 .}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Also Mr. }{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Mayambile }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Ntege inform}{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 ed this court from the bar that}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 there was no more threat to}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 attach the applicant\rquote s property. The threat was}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 no longer there. The }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 warrant of attachment }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 had expired and that no re}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 newal ha been made. He further }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 submitted that a new date had been given}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 . I construed this to mean }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 that a hearing date had been fixed for the application to set }{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 a side the expert judgment}{\ul\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 .}{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 \par In c}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ase I am mistaken that there was no urgency to hear th}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 is application during court vac}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 ,}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 I en}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 dorse the submission of the lear}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ned counsel for the defendant/Respondent that the applicant told a lie}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 in his affidavit when he av}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 erred that he was advised by his counsel that there was no service on record and that the proce}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 dure adopted was therefore irregu}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 lar and the judg}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 ment obtained ought to be set aside.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 I say so because on 9/4/92 when the parties app}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 eared before Okello}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 J}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 .}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Mr. Kibirije then counsel for the applicant and Mr. Ayigihugu counsel for the opposite party agreed by consent and had the }{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 hearing of the substantive suit adjournment to}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 another date. On the heari}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 ng date neither the applicant no}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 r}{ \insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 his counsel }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 were in attendance. There was a letter asking for an adjournment which the learned judge refused to accep}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 t and rightly too in my opinion.}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 A 1ett}{\insrsid3932286\charrsid7438059 e}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 r \line was not the proper mode of apply}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 ing for an adjournment. If }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the counsel was not able to attend}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 court he would have}{\insrsid7438059 instructed the }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 applicant to come to court a}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 nd apply for adjournment. Also there} {\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 were some }{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 inconsistencies in the letter and}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 whether the coun}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 s}{\insrsid7438059 el }{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 for the applicant was with M}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 r}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 . Musoke and not Kibirije.}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 It was an application for adjour}{\insrsid9450265\charrsid7438059 nment. There were also lies in the affidavit. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The general pr}{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 incipal is that where there are}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 inconsistence}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 in the affidavit however minor they cannot be }{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 ignored}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 since a sworn affidavit is not a document to be treated lightly if it contains an obvious f alse hood it becomes suspect. An application supported with such an affidavit }{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 o}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 f}{\insrsid16449772\charrsid7438059 the applica}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 nt}{ \insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 who}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 does not go to court with clean hands and tell the truth. The application should be struck off }{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Se}{\ul\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 e }{ \ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Baintane Vs Kananura 1977 HCB P }{\i\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 34. }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 As }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 already explained above the affidavit contained some false hood some}{ \insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 lies}{\b\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and some }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 discrepancies}{\i\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 and as such the applicatio}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 n }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 becomes }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 defective and the sam}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 e ought to be rejected. \line }{\insrsid7438059 \par }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 In para}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 9 of the affidavit}{\insrsid7438059 in support of the application }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the applicant averr ed that what was stated in para 13 and 4 are according to information and the }{\insrsid7438059 matters deponed in the rest of }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the paragraphs were according t}{\insrsid7438059 o knowledge and belief. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 Ord}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 er 17 r3 of the civil procedure rules }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 prov}{\insrsid7438059 ides that affidavits }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 shall be }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 confined to such facts as the dep}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 onent is able of his own knowledge to prove except on interl}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 o}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 cu}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 tory application on which statements of his belief may be admitted provided th}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 e grounds thereof are stated. \par }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 There are some authorities in }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 connection}{\insrsid7438059 with the above order. }{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 In corporative Bank Vs Kasiko 1983 HCB P 73 in which there was an }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 affidavit in support of an appli}{\insrsid7438059 cation for leave to appear and }{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 defend was said to be defective because the}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 deponent did not state in it } {\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 the means of his knowledge, or his source of informatio}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 n and belief. The rational decidendi}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 in one of the holding in that case was that an affidavit in which the deponent states th}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 t the information deponed to is true to the best of his knowledge information and belief without stating specifically which facts of which are true to his knowledge and}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 which facts are merely stated }{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 out of his belief from information received by him, The same is defective. See }{\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 also In re Kikoma Saw Millers Co 1976 HCB P 50 at P 51}{\ul\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 .}{ \ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7438059 {\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 In the instant case the deponent/Applicant did not state in his affidavit the means of his knowledge or his source of }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 information}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 and belief and in the}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 end the affidavit is defective.}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 The}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 refore the application to set a}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 side the expert judgment as an urgent matt}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 er to be heard during court vac}{ \insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 ation}{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 fails. And the}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 sane is }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 dismissed}{\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 with }{\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 ap plication. \par }\pard \s15\qj \li5760\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin5760\itap0\pararsid7438059 {\b\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 I. Mukanza \par J}{\b\ul\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 UDG}{\b\ul\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 E }{\b\insrsid7438059\charrsid7438059 \par }{\b\insrsid9530528\charrsid7438059 19/8/1993 \line }{\insrsid11482869\charrsid7438059 \par }}