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balancing exercise between the right to privacy and freedom of expression to determine
infringement and compensation.
I am inclined to accept this approach because it facilitates adjudication of the specific
issue at hand .
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In Sikuku v Uganda Baati HCCS No. 298 of 2012 , Justice Madrama as he then was
adopted a liberal interpretation of article 27 of the Constitution. In that case, the plaintiff
complained the defendant had used a picture taken of him while on factory premises
of the defendant and sought compensation. Justice Madrama dismissed the claim on the
basis there was implied consent. In discussing the right to privacy , the judge noted that
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the plaintiff had to demonstrate that the filming was done in the privacy of his home . In
this case, it was done in the factory premises owned by the defendant who could bring in
people anytime thereby excluding the rights to privacy.
Justice Madrama gave pertinent dictum on the right to privacy which he extended to
pictures taken in the home of the claimant.
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Therefore the plaintiff reasonably expected that an image of him captured while he was
on a street would not appear on a billboard to advertise the defendant’s business.
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Public space and the incidental use of a person’s image.
Before I evaluate the evidence in the instant case, I want to review cases based on similar
facts and how the courts in those cases dealt with the issue of right to privacy and
photographs taken in a public space.
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In the Weller case, the defendant published online photographs of a well known musician
and his children while out shopping. The trial court found there was misuse of private
information and breach of Data Protection Act. On appeal, the court held that the trial judge
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