Once upon a time, in Naguru, Kampala, Andrew “Desh” Kananura, a renowned businessman and Vehicle and Equipment Leasing, a car leasing firm, entered into a deal. On the surface, the deal sounded simple. Vehicle and Equipment Leasing needed space to park many cars that it had imported. Kananura had the space at Panamera Bar, which…
The signs were there from the very beginning, but somehow, Hope Kyomugisha hoped her husband, Friday Mugisha, would change into a better person. On their wedding night in 1992, Mugisha allegedly slapped her after an argument. Kyomugisha, fearful of disappointing many people, including her parents, chose to stay. Little did she know that the beating…
Goldmine Finance has been stopped from removing a telecommunications mast owned by Towerco of Africa Uganda in Bugolobi, Kampala, pending the hearing of an appeal. Towerco of Africa Uganda, formerly Ubuntu Towers Uganda, is a licensed provider of telecommunications infrastructure. It constructed a mast on land at Plot 35, Princess Anne Drive, Bugolobi. The land,…
Andrew Benon Kibuuka, a prominent actor and playwright has been trapped in a dispute between two ladies over a piece of land he owns in Kasanje, Wakiso. Court records show that Sheila Shemererwa paid money to Sarah Kagonyera for purchase of the the land but the transaction collapsed after vacant possession was never delivered. Kibuuka,…
The High Court has overturned tax assessments worth Shs1.24 billion that Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) had imposed on Britania Allied Industries Limited. In a detailed ruling, Justice Susan Odongo said URA acted “unfairly” and “unlawfully” by retrospectively changing its interpretation of customs law after approving Britania’s imports for nearly a decade. The dispute arose from…
The High Court has allowed Buildnet to defend a Shs146.3 million claim lodged against it by Fujian Industries Park, a Chinese firm contracted to carry out construction work on some of Buildnet’s projects. Buildnet is a prominent real estate development and management company in Uganda and has done several housing projects in Kampala and neighbouring…
The Mwanga II Magistrate, Adams Byarugaba, has warned defence lawyers representing nine accused persons in a blackmail case involving Pastor Robert Kayanja to stop what he described as repeated and unjustified excuses that have delayed the trial for years. The accused are facing charges of blackmail and conspiracy, arising from allegations that they attempted to…
The High Court has restrained businessman Naris Nuwagaba and three others from using the name and brand “Team Thorough”, after finding that they infringed on a registered trademark owned by Team Thorough Business Mobilizers Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited. In a judgment delivered on December 2, 2025, Justice Susan Odongo ruled that the defendants…
Bishop Grivas Musisi of Dunamis Radio and Prayer Palace is reeling after a one Jed Daniel Kabanda fraudulently obtained more than Shs 487 million from him in 2024 after posing as an official from Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). At that time, Musisi had issues with his broadcasting license, and Kabanda claimed he could make everything…
Those of you who have gone to an upscale hotel in Kampala, like Serena Hotel, will have noticed that they now serve Aquelle Mineral Water brand to conference guests. Well, a South African firm, Credscan, claimed that “Aquelle” is its trademark and that Aquelle Beverages, the Ugandan company that makes the water, had infringed on…
The High Court in Mpigi has ordered a DNA test to determine whether Sylvia Nampijja is the biological daughter of the late Robert Kaweesi, in a bitter family dispute that has stalled access to his estate and pitted his alleged widow against a young woman claiming to be his child. Justice Anthony Oyuko Ojok, in…
DFCU Bank has been granted permission by the High Court to appeal against an earlier decision in a long-running commercial dispute with Colline Hotel Limited, a case whose roots stretch back nearly a decade. In her ruling, Justice Susan Abinyo of the Commercial Division allowed DFCU Bank to challenge part of a ruling made in…
The High Court in Kampala has ordered real estate developer Opec Prime Properties and its marketing agent, Remax Uganda, to refund Shs 3.8 billion to a group of homebuyers after finding that the companies breached housing sale agreements linked to the failed Naguru-Nakawa redevelopment project. In a judgment, Justice Stephen Mubiru ruled in favour of…
In a span of two months, two NRM candidates, Loydah Twinomujuni and Brigadier Emmanuel Rwashande, have survived court challenges to their academic qualifications after judges dismissed the cases based on legal timelines, without examining the substance of the complaints. Last month, the High Court dismissed a petition filed by Hope Maurishia challenging Twinomujuni’s nomination to…
With nine days left to the 2026 general elections, the High Court has dismissed a case in which a human rights activist sought to compel the Electoral Commission (EC) to allow prisoners to vote. Justice Bernard Namanya held that the application by Aloyo Nyeko Omega was barred by the legal doctrine of res judicata, meaning…
The High Court in Kabale has allowed two children of an elderly woman to take over management of her property after finding that she is mentally incapable of handling her affairs due to Alzheimer’s. In his ruling, Justice Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere appointed Edmund Amanyire and Vivienne Mugabirwe as joint personal representatives of their mother, Prisca…
The Industrial Court has awarded Shs 25.9 million in general damages to Arnold Olweny Bonaventure, a former security guard at the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), after finding that his dismissal was unlawful and unfair. The court ruled that UCAA failed to accord Olweny a fair hearing and could not properly justify the reasons for…
Martin Kivumbi, a Kampala-based businessman, says he is about to break down, mentally, after a microfinance company, co-owned by Sam Kutesa’s son, took his prime Kigo plot over what he termed as unfair loan terms. “My mental health is not good. They have deployed soldiers on the land. My children are traumatized because they have…
Sarah Bireete, a good governance activist and executive director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance has been remanded until January 21, 2026 when her bail application will be heard. Bireete was today arraigned before Buganda Road magistrates court and charged with unlawfully obtaining and sharing personal data belonging to registered voters. According to the charge…
Apolo Senkeeto, one of the architects of the Katosi road scam that cost taxpayers billions of shillings, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court, with the court arguing that his continued incarceration poses a real risk to his life. In a ruling delivered by Justice Mike Chibita stressed that while Senkeeto was not automatically…
The High Court has overturned a lower court decision in a bitter motor vehicle dispute between businessman Francis Egessa and Sheraz Anwar Investments, ruling that the car dealer breached the contract and must refund more than Shs 30 million to the buyer. In her ruling, Justice Patience Rubagumya faulted Sheraz Anwar Investments for unlawfully repossessing…
The High Court has ordered a logistics company Freight Reach Services TTC Dubai and its local agent to compensate Hidaya Holdings after it “misplaced” its goods during shipment from Dubai to Uganda. In his ruling, Justice Collins Acellam ruled that the two freight companies breached a contract to transport goods belonging to Hidaya Holdings and…
The Industrial Court has ordered Nile Agro Industries to pay its former employee Shs 15 million after it unfairly and unlawfully terminated her contract. In a judgment, the court said Prossy Namuli was asked to stop working without notice, without pay, and without any formal explanation, a practice the court described as unlawful and unfair…
The Court of Appeal has stopped Dooba Enterprises, a prominent hardware shop in Kampala, from evicting ordinary people from a piece of land in Namanve that the firm had claimed it had purchased during an action by Housing Finance Bank. The court dismissed most of the appeal by Dooba Enterprises and upheld the finding that…
What is the difference between the packaging and appearance of a Colgate toothbrush and that of Good Doctor? Well, for many, there aren’t any. A trademark dispute between Colgate-Palmolive Company and a Chinese applicant, Bi Wang, the makers of Good Doctor toothbrushes, has exposed serious procedural errors at the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) that…
A long-running family dispute over control and management of KB Investments Limited, a company linked to the estate of former Vice President Dr Samson Kisekka, has ended in defeat for one of his sons, Paul Kisekka Walugembe. Walugembe had accused his siblings and other directors of running the company in an illegal, fraudulent and oppressive…
Ahmed Luyombya, who borrowed Shs 230 million from Centenary Bank but later his job has been ordered to clear the loan by court. In a ruling, Justice Bonny Isaac Teko dismissed an application by Luyombya and his guarantor, Richard Enoch Mwami, who had asked the court for permission to defend a summary suit filed by…
For years, businessman Ahmed Dubow Hudey conducted business the way thousands of traders across Kampala do. No formal contracts. No lawyers. Just trust, WhatsApp messages, and bank transfers. Dubow was a dealer in general merchandise, buying goods in Kampala and selling them across the Uganda–South Sudan border. His main supplier was Narendra Kotecha, a businessman…
Patrick Maag, a businessman, has won the right to fully defend himself in court after Bank of Africa sued him, demanding more than Shs 113 million following the sale of his mortgaged home in Naalya. Justice Patience Rubagumya of the Commercial Division of the High Court said the dispute raised serious legal and factual questions…
The High Court in Kabale has dismissed an appeal by John Ainembabazi, who had claimed ownership of land on which the children of the late Fred Karyabakabo buried their father, ruling that the alleged sale was invalid because the deceased lacked the mental capacity to understand what he was signing. Justice Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere upheld…
The High Court in Mbale has ordered Bugwere High School to pay more than Shs130 million to Namu & Company Ltd after finding that the school received large quantities of maize flour but failed to pay for them for over two years. In his judgment, Justice Dr. Farouq Lubega stated that the case was a…
Bishop Cipriano Kihangire SS has been ordered to pay Shs 36 million to its former deputy headteacher, Gerald Muhumuza, whom it dismissed unfairly after a workplace dispute that escalated into disciplinary proceedings and eventual termination. The school, located in Luzira, it is ranked among the top-performing secondary schools in Uganda. According to the court records,…
Mustafa Kangave had worked at Pride Microfinance for 16 years and had risen through the ranks to become manager at their Nakawa branch. However, on March 2, 2019, he was arrested and detained at Kabalagala Police Station after a complaint lodged by socialite and businessman Brian White. Brian White alleged that an unspecified amount of…
The Industrial Court has ordered the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) to pay a former manager Shs 280 million in general damages after it unlawfully dismissed him in July 2020. Wilson Turinawe Twebaze, the manager for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation at PAU, was placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) before he was dismissed in…
On April 1, 2010, Dr Gabriel Wasswa was appointed an assistant lecturer in the Department of Economic Theory and Analysis at Makerere University. It was Fools’ Day. Four years later, the university granted him a fully paid study leave to pursue a PhD at the University of Nottingham, running from October 1, 2014, to September…
The International Business Science and Technology University (ISBAT) could be evicted from its premises along Lugogo By Pass after the government cancelled its land title. The cancellation came after a Muslim Community claimed ownership of the same land and tabled a duplicate title. This week, the university got some respite after the High Court allowed…
The High Court has ordered Kobo360 Inc., a Nigerian logistics firm, to pay Nice Star International more than Shs 64 million after it failed to pay for transporting ten containers from Mombasa to Kampala. The court also awarded general damages, interest, and costs to Nice Star after Kobo360 repeatedly ignored court summons and failed to…
When Kansiime Selgio Muhangi joined the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in 1997 as an assistant revenue officer, he believed he was building a stable career in public service. Over the next eleven years, he advanced through the ranks, eventually becoming Officer I in the Customs department. But in December 2008, his career was abruptly cut…
When British American businessman Craig Whitehead teamed up with two Ugandan partners, Benjamin Buhikire and Simon Gombekwa, he believed he was helping build a promising venture in Uganda. Instead, Buhikire and Gombekwa quietly diverted more than Shs 228 million that Whitehead sent for company projects and used it for themselves. Does this sound familiar? For…
In 2012, Shamilah Nakalule and her husband took a loan of Shs 700 million from DFCU Bank. They secured it using several plots of land, including a piece of land at Najjera. Three years later, in 2014, Standard Chartered Bank took over the loan and repaid Shs 600 million. They signed an agreement, and by…
The High Court in Kabale has convicted 45-year-old Damiano Kabahoze of murdering his five-year-old niece, Provia Niyonshuti, in what the judge described as a calculated and “heinous” killing linked to a bitter family land dispute. Justice Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere said Kabahoze strangled the child on May 29, 2024, at Kibaya village in Nyakabande sub-county, Kisoro,…
Patrick Wandera joined Sadolin Paints Limited as a forklift driver in 2001. On October 12, 2010, a customer approached him and said he wanted to buy an empty 1,000-litre container. Wandera said it costs Shs 180,000. The customer paid the money, but instead of passing over the entire sum to the store’s manager, a one Jignesh,…
Amber Kyambadde, the daughter of former Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde, has been granted a divorce by the court after she proved that her lawyer husband, Edgar Bagumire Bichetero, had been cruel towards her and had exploited her financially. Edgar is the son of Veronica Eragu Bichetero, the former Woman MP for Kaberamaido. In December 2016,…
In a ruling that will surely resonate with many women in Uganda who have lived for years with partners without formal marriage, the High Court has dismissed a petition by Judith Bakabulindi, who sought to dissolve what she believed was her marriage to Dr Jones Yosia Kyazze. Bakabulindi also wanted the court to determine how…
Justice Susan Abinyo of the Commercial Division of the High Court has dismissed an attempt by a Ntungamo-based businessman, Alex Mugisha, to defend himself in a fuel supply debt dispute with Stabex International Limited. Stabex sued Mugisha under a summary procedure, a system that allows creditors to obtain a quick judgment where the defendant is…
When the dreadlocked Ricky Papa Thomson walked into Ecobank Uganda in March 2023 to take out a salary loan of Shs 180 million, he believed he was signing up for a lifeline to support his work as a director at Safeboda. He also believed the loan came with an insurance cover that would protect him…
The Mwanga II Court magistrate, Adams Byarugaba, has rejected what he described as delay tactics by the defence team in the case involving nine youths charged with blackmailing Pastor Robert Kayanja. “I need to know the person or the company and communicate with him or the organisation,” Byarugaba said. “Let counsel for the accused write…
When Development Associates Link International Ltd, a financial management consulting firm, applied for a Shs 60 million loan from KCB Bank Uganda in August 2022, the bank managers were confident that it would repay the loan swiftly and possibly request more. See, its founder and managing partner, Henry Clarke Kisembo, holds two PhDs and is…
Platinum Credit Uganda, a prominent microfinance institution, has been ordered to compensate Fred Wafula, a borrower, Shs 25 million after it wrongfully impounded and sold his car, yet he had cleared his loan. The ruling by Justice Bernard Namanya overturned the earlier decision of the Chief Magistrate’s Court, which had dismissed Wafula’s case for supposedly…
The High Court has ordered the release of a truck impounded at Kajjansi Police Station, to Pride Bank so that the bank can sell it to recover an outstanding loan of more than Shs 106 million owed by businessman Edmund Natumanya. The order was issued by Justice Patience Rubagumya, who ruled that Pride Bank had…
