without consent or authorisation from the plaintiff discloses or otherwise appropriates the
information received in confidence from the plaintiff.
Relating the above principles to the instant matter, it is the finding of this court that the plaintiff
was not known to the defendant and the third party until she served the defendant with a notice
of intention to sue and therefore she was in any sort of relationship with the defendant or third
party. This would mean that no confidence was breached for no relationship existed between the
parties.
b) Breach of right to privacy
The right to privacy of the individual has been briefly addressed in the Constitution of the
Republic of Uganda 1995 as amended under Article 27(2). In that article it is provided that no
person shall be subjected to interference with the privacy of that person’s home, correspondence,
communication or other property. Though the constitution does not exhaustively address the
fundamental right of privacy of the individual, Uganda is a signatory to international Treaties
and Instruments which it is bound to observe and which international instruments address the
right to privacy of the individual. Such treaties and instruments include The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights provides the right to privacy of the person which provides under
Article 12 that
“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home
or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has
the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.’’
Uganda is also a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights whose
Article 17 (1) provides that;
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