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treatment to citizens for example in Buganda succession customs does not show who the
successor should be in case when the deceased dies intestate but only distributed according to
what seems right and proper in circumstances.
Another unique characteristics of the existence of Buganda legal system, according to Buganda
Courts Ordinance the principal court is excluded from the jurisdiction to the deal with matter
affecting clans and therefore the court or principal court cannot entertain disputes as to whether
the deceased transferred or sold property to individual prior to death but the plaintiffs are not
barred from raising claims in the court of law.
But unfortunately the committee did not address the matter of administration of estate
(Appointment of administrator) but recommendation no.261 shows that there is a possibility that
the committee used the word executor to include both administrator and executor but this cannot
be further proved.