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THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) HCCS NO 0298 OF 2012 SIKUKU AGAITANO}..............................................................................PLAINTIFF VS UGANDA BAATI}...............................................................................DEFENDANT BEFORE HON. MR. JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER MADRAMA IZAMA JUDGMENT The Plaintiff filed this action against the Defendant for declaratory orders that the Defendant is unfairly benefiting from the use of his images in their advertisements. He seeks a declaratory order that the Defendant is unfairly benefiting from the use of his image in its promotional advertisements on various television stations. Secondly the plaintiff seeks an order for the payment of Uganda shillings 150,000,000/= as usage fees from November 2011 to the date of filing this suit. Furthermore the suit is for assessment to be made for payment beyond the date of filing the suit on the ground of continuous breach; General damages for unfair benefit by the Defendant; interest of 27% per annum on the above claims from the time of filing the suit until payment; any other relief that the court may deem fit to grant and for costs of this suit. The Defendant denied the claims and preliminarily objected to the suit on the ground that the plaint discloses no cause of action. The preliminary objection was overruled on 15 January 2014 and the matter proceeded on the merits. In compliance with Order 12 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules Counsels filed a joint scheduling memorandum. In the joint scheduling memorandum it is agreed that the Plaintiff is an Employee of the Defendant. Secondly the Plaintiff's ‘image’ was Decision of Hon. Mr. Justice Christopher Madrama 1

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