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\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2177387 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA}{\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 \par }{\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA \par MISC. APPLICATION NO. 272 OF 2005 \par (Arising from Civil Suit No. 141 of 2003) \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2177387 {\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 \par MOSES SEMANDA KAZIBWE ::::::::::::::::::: APPLICANT/DEFENDANT \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2177387 {\b\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 VERSUS}{\b\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2177387 {\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 JAMES SENYONDO KATONGOLE ::::::::::::: RESPONDENT/PLAINTIFF \par }{\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 \par }{\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 \par }{\b\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 BEFORE: HON. JUSTICE REMMY K. KASULE \par \par \par RULING:}{\b\insrsid3946840\charrsid2177387 \par }{\insrsid7998257\charrsid2177387 \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2177387 {\insrsid7998257\charrsid2177387 Regrettably, the Court file in this case i.e. 141 of 2003 was last before me on 22}{ \super\insrsid7998257\charrsid2177387 nd}{\insrsid7998257\charrsid2177387 December, 2005, when, it was adjourned for a Ruling on 26.02.06. Soon thereafter however, I move}{\insrsid10558073\charrsid2177387 d}{\insrsid7998257\charrsid2177387 to Gulu, and the case inadvertently remained }{\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 un-}{\insrsid7998257\charrsid2177387 attended to; as in the process of transfer to Gulu, the file somehow got misplaced. \par \par This Ruling is in respect of a submission by Mr. Katabalwa, learned Counsel for the defendant that the Plaintiff\rquote s }{\insrsid1576202\charrsid2177387 suit be dismissed under Order 43 Rule 2(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules, (old version) on the ground that the Defendant had failed to provide security for costs in the terms ordered by the Deputy Registrar, High Court, Land Division, in Miscellaneous Application No.272 of 2005 on 06.10.05.}{\insrsid7998257\charrsid2177387 \par }{\insrsid1576202\charrsid2177387 \par By way of back ground, the Plaintiff sue}{\insrsid10558073\charrsid2177387 d}{\insrsid1576202\charrsid2177387 the defendant in the main suit in respect of the ownership of a piece of land comprised in Busiro Block 266 Plot 186 situate at Kisimbiri, Busiro county, Wakiso District. Plaintiff claims that t he suit land belongs to him, while the Defendant on his part, claims that he owns the suit land, having acquired the same by purchase from one Christopher Katongole, now deceased. \par \par On 15.11.15 when the case came up for hearing, both Plaintiff and defenda nt consented to an order to amend their respective pleadings and to file the same in court before 08.12.05 when the case was fixed for mention. Before the said mention date was reached, the Registrar Land Division, His Worship W. M. Musene, ordered on 06. 10.05 the plaintiff to deposit in Court Shs.8,000,000/= security for costs within a period of 60 days from the date of the order. \par \par Court has studied the proceedings relating as to how the order for security for costs came to be made by the Registrar, Land D ivision, when the hearing of the case was already before this Court. Whether or not the Registrar, Land Division, had jurisdiction to issue the order of security for costs, given the stage the case had reached before this Court, is a matter to be decided }{\insrsid10558073\charrsid2177387 upon}{\insrsid1576202\charrsid2177387 by the Court that will entertain the appeal against that order. This appeal is Land Division Mi}{\insrsid10558073\charrsid2177387 scellaneous Appeal No. 4 of 2005}{ \insrsid1576202\charrsid2177387 . \par }{\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 \par }{\insrsid1576202\charrsid2177387 In view of the fact that an appeal is still pending in this Court against the decision of the Registrar, Land Division, }{\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 dated 06.10.05, this Court declines to dismiss H. C. C. S No.141 of 2003 on the ground that the Plaintiff has failed to provide security for costs. Instead this Court directs that the file of the suit and that of the appeal against the Registrar\rquote s order for security for costs be placed before the Land Division of the High Court with a view to a quick disposal of the appeal. It is so ordered and directed.}{\insrsid1576202\charrsid2177387 \par }{\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 \par Given the fact that the appeal }{\insrsid10558073\charrsid2177387 against the Registrar\rquote s order i.e. Miscellaneous Appeal No.4 of 2005, }{\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 is still pending in this Court and the main suit too is not yet disposed of, it is ordered that each party bears the costs of these proceedings as relate to matters the subject of this Ruling. \par \par }{\insrsid9446448\charrsid2177387 \par }{\b\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 Remmy K. Kasule \par Judge \par 2}{\b\super\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 nd}{\b\insrsid2499135\charrsid2177387 February 2009 \par }{\insrsid1576202\charrsid2177387 \par }{\insrsid7998257\charrsid2177387 \par }}