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September 2013
Jobe v Village Headman Kwenje (Civil Appeal 20 of 2011) [2013] MWHC 489 (30 September 2013)
Whether chiefs can alienate customary land and whether the applicant's long-term investment warranted protection and compensation.
  • Customary land — chiefs lack authority to sell — customary land vests in the President; Right to use vs title — long-term use and substantial investment create protectable use-rights; Appeal remedies — reversal, remittal under Courts Act s22(d) to quantify losses; Compensation for destruction of trees/crops.
30 September 2013
Namiti Mtsuko v Isaac Jere (Civil Appeal 8 of 2011) [2013] MWHC 498 (15 September 2013)
An appellant cannot dispossess longstanding customary occupiers; long use of customary land confers protected rights.
  • Customary land — rights of use not alienable title — long uninterrupted occupation confers protectable rights; access to courts not ousted by chiefs’ processes; procedural irregularity (delay and improper fees) criticized but insufficient to overturn substantive decision
15 September 2013
Lobi v Kagwela (Land Cause 213 of 2022) [2013] MWHC 492 (1 September 2013)
High Court dismissed a customary land claim as prematurely commenced; statutory land tribunals under the Customary Land Act must first adjudicate.
  • Customary land disputes — jurisdiction — Customary Land Act 2016 Part VII — requirement to institute customary land tribunals and district land tribunals; non-establishment and undue delay; judicial duty to give effect to statute; High Court not competent at first instance for matters assigned to statutory tribunals; precedential weight of Polypet Packaging Industries v. OG Plastic Industries; Kennes Msuku obiter dicta per incuriam
1 September 2013