[2006] UGHC 69

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JUDGE REMMY K. KASULE \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 RULING \par \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11019563 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 This Ruling is in respect of two applications, namely }{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 Miscellaneous Application Number 576 of 2005}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 and }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 Miscellaneous Application Number 655 of 2005. \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 Application Number 516 of 2005}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 is brought under Order 7 Rules 11 and 19 of Civil Procedure Rules and seeks the rejection of the Plaint in }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 HCCS No. 768 of 2004}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 on the ground that the Defendant in the suit, described as THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, RUBAGA MIRACLE CENTRE CATHEDRAL, is a non existing person, with no capacity to sue or be sued. \par \par In Application Number 655 of 2005, the applicant, Mulangira Ssimbwa a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 k}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 a Afidra Milton, seeks leave to amend the Plaint in HCCS No. 768 of 2004, by adding Pastor }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 Robert}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 Kayanja as a party to the suit, in addition to the Board of Trustees, Miracle Centre Cathedral. \par \par H. 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S No. 768 of 2004 was instituted by }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 Mulangira Ssimbwa a}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 .}{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 k}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 .}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 a}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 Af}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 idra Milton}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 as Plaintiff, against }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 The Board of Trustees, Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 , as Defendant;}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 claiming}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 Ug. Shs.12,200,000/= (Twelve million two hundred thousand) general damages and interest thereon being monies due and owing to the Plaintiff fr}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 o}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 m the Defendant. \par \par The claim is stated to be pursuant to an oral construction agreement executed in }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 1999}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 whereby }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 Pla}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 intiff was }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 con}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 tracted to complete the construction of Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral. \par \par Learned Counsel, Arthur Ssempebwa, for applicant, submitted in}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 respect of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 }{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 Miscellaneous Application Number 576 of 2005}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 that the Plaint i n H. C. C. S No. 768 of 2004 has to be rejected under Order 7 Rules 11 and 19 of the Civil Procedure Rules as the defendant does not exist as a real or legal person capable of suing or being sued. This had been expressly pleaded in paragraph 2 of the Writte n Statement}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 of Defence}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 :- \par \tab \par }\pard \qj \li284\ri284\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin284\lin284\itap0\pararsid11019563 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 \'932}{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 . The}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 Defendant files this defence in protest, as it is not aware of the identity or existence of the Defendant but was none the less served with Court Process.\'94 \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri284\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin284\lin0\itap0\pararsid11019563 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 With such averment as part of the Written Statement of defence, the burden of proof shifted to the Plaintiff to establish the prope}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 r capacity of the Defendant to }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 sue and to be sued. 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Thus Plaintiff has to establish the fact of }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 the}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 correct }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 ide}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 ntity of the }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 Plaintif}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 f. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 This}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 burden ha}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 s}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 not been discharged by the Plaintiff in the suit. \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11019563 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10518522\charrsid11019563 \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 He further submitted that since the suit is brought against a non existing Defendant, the Plaint has to be rejected. The same cannot be amended. \par \par Learned Counsel Sebastian Angeret, representing the opposite side, insisted that the Plaint should be amended under Order 1 Rule 10(2) of the Civil Procedure Rules by adding on Pastor Robert Kayanja as the second Defendant. This was to ena ble Court to determine and adjudicate effectually on all the issues before Court. Pastor Robert Kayanja had negotiated the construction contract with the Plaintiff and therefore it was only fitting that he is added as second Defendant. \par \par The law is now settled. A suit in the names of a wrong Plaintiff or Defendant cannot be cured by amendment: }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 THE FORT HALL}{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 BAKERY SUPPLY CO. VS. FREDERICK MUIGAI WANGOE : [1959] EA 474. \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11019563 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 and}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 \par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11019563 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 BENJAMIN SAJJABI T/A NAMATABA VS. TIMBER MANUFACTURERS LIMITED [1978] HCB 20 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 2. \par Whil e Order 1 Rule 10 (2) empowers Court to add or strike out a party improperly joined; and Order 1 Rule 10 (4) allows an amendment of a Plaint where the Defendant is added or substituted, such amendments of the Plaint can only be made if they are minor matt ers of form, not affecting the substance of the identity of the parties }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 t}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 o the suit: See }{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 Reliable African Insurance Agencies \par Vs National Insurance Corporation [1979] HCB 59. \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 \par Where the amendment by way of substitution of a party purports to replace a party that has no legal existence, the Plaint must be rejected as it is no Plaint at all: See }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 High Court Miscellaneous Application Number 503 of 2000. Aristoc Booklex Limited Vs. Vienna Academy Limited, }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 unreported. \par \par In the instant application, the Defendant described as }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 The Board of Trustees Miracle Centre Cathedral,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 does not exist in law. The attempt to add Pastor }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 Robert}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 Kayanja, is really an attempt to substitute a non existing Defendant. The law does not allow that}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 as}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 in reality there is no valid }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 p}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 laint in the suit. \par \par Accordingly }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 Miscellaneous Application Number 576 of 2005}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 , is allowed. The Plaint is rejected in }{ \b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 H. C. C. S No. 768 of 2004. Miscellaneous Application No. 655 of 2005}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 s}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 tands}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 dismissed. \par \par Since the decision of the Court is that there is no defen}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12469576\charrsid11019563 dant to the suit, no order will}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 }{ \lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 be made as to costs. A non existing party cannot be paid costs. See: }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 The Fort Hall Bakery and the Benjamin Ssajjabi case }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6955486\charrsid11019563 s}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 (supra).}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 \par \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 \par Remmy K. Kasule \par Ag. Judge \par 5}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 th}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 May 2006 \par \par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5903655\charrsid11019563 \par \par \par }}