Shumuk Aluminium Industries has been ordered by the Commercial Court to pay Bank of Baroda more than Shs 16.4 billion after losing a long-running legal battle over unpaid loan facilities. Justice Patience Rubagumya dismissed Shumuk’s case and instead ruled in favour of the bank, finding that the company had defaulted on its loan obligations and…
A 10-year-old girl secretly left her father’s home in the middle of the night, found a phone from a stranger and made her way to CPS after what she described as a miserable life under his care, the High Court has heard. The dramatic allegations emerged in a bitter custody battle between Lilian Kaitesi and…
The High Court has struck out a lawsuit filed by retired army officer Lt Grace Kafuko against Centenary Bank, saying that he waited too long to take legal action over his arrest and the impounding of his vehicle. Justice Joyce Kavuma agreed with Centenary Bank that Kafuko’s claims were filed outside the period allowed by…
In 2009, Barnabas Samuel Aliku and his wife, Christine Mutesi Aliku, purchased an incomplete house in Najeera for Shs 115 million. To finance the purchase and complete construction works, they obtained a mortgage loan of Shs 119 million from Housing Finance Bank. The loan was repayable over 20 years at an initial interest rate of…
When Bassey Kibwika was diagnosed with cancer and needed urgent treatment in the United States, his daughter Lynn Kibwika believed his bank’s insurance would help pay the bill. She was wrong. The Insurance Appeals Tribunal dismissed Lynn Kibwika’s appeal against Sanlam Life Insurance Limited and DFCU Bank, finding that her father was not entitled to…
The Industrial Court has dismissed a claim by a former employee of Sign Care, Susan Anyait, who had sought more than Shs 68 million in salary arrears and other benefits, after she failed to prove that she earned the Shs 2.5 million monthly salary on which her claim was based. Anyait said she joined Sign…
On its vehicles, billboards, and advertisements, African Queen Limited, a distribution company, refers to itself as the No. 1 Distributor of goods in Uganda. It turns out that not everyone is happy about this claim. Adlegal International, a consumer protection body, says this amounts to deceptive advertising. So early this year it decided to register…
MTK Uganda, once regarded as one of Uganda’s biggest agro and animal health companies, has suffered another major legal setback after the High Court ordered it to pay more than Shs 640m to French animal health giant Ceva Sante Animale over unpaid veterinary drugs. The ruling adds to the growing evidence of the financial troubles…
International Hospital Kampala (IHK), like other private hospitals, usually serves food to patients admitted at its Namuwongo-based medical facility. For IHK, the meals are itemized and included in the final medical bill of the patient. Between July 2018 and June 2022, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) carried out a tax assessment of the hospital and…
What started as a Shs40 million loan in 2016 slowly turned into a bitter legal fight over a truck, missed loan payments, allegations of unfair sale, and finally a courtroom defeat for businesswoman Regina Nalule. Let us start from the beginning. On April 8, 2016, Nalule borrowed Shs40 million from Vision Fund Uganda, a microfinance…
Genevieve Amen Munduru, a Ugandan expatriate who works with TotalEnergies in France, has been granted interim primary custody of her son by the court after a bitter dispute with her estranged husband, Hillary Masambu, over international travel arrangements for their child. This comes after Masambu declined to grant a parental consent letter while Munduru and…
The High Court has ordered DNA tests for 26 people claiming to be children of the late Benon Kigambo Tumwesigye after a bitter family fight erupted over his estate following his death without a will. Justice Celia Nagawa ordered that Tumwesigye’s remains be exhumed so government experts can conduct DNA tests to determine who his…
The High Court has ordered the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to refund more than Shs 73.5 million to the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAG) after ruling that the tax body illegally collected Value Added Tax (VAT) on humanitarian food aid imported for South Sudanese refugees. In addition, Justice Susan Odongo also awarded the faith-based organisation…
Uganda Revenue Authority acted unfairly and highhandedly when it impounded an armoured land cruiser belonging to Dr Jaala Higenyi, the former owner of Ntinda View College, following a tax assessment dispute, the High Court has ruled. In a strongly worded judgment delivered on April 30, Justice Susan Odongo overturned an earlier decision of the Tax…
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the East African Development Bank (EADB) does not enjoy absolute immunity from being sued in Ugandan courts, in a long-running dispute over mortgaged land in Kampala. A panel of three judges held that the bank’s immunity is “qualified and functional,” meaning the institution can, in some circumstances, face…
The Supreme Court has ordered Samuel Mukasa, the founder of Biyinzika Enterprises, to refund his foreign business partners more than Shs 130 million after a failed poultry farming land deal. Mukasa and his wife Milly Mukasa established Biyinzika Enterprises Limited, now Biyinzika Poultry International Limited, as a poultry breeder farm in 1990. In a landmark…
The High Court has dismissed a case brought by Maroola Technology-SMC against the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) over land in Namanve Industrial Park. The case stemmed from land at Namanve, which Maroola Technology acquired on lease from UIA in 2012. According to court records, the lease was renewed in 2016 and again in 2022. Maroola…
An application by Hill Water Uganda seeking to overturn a default judgment in a debt dispute with General Moulding Uganda has been dismissed, bringing to an end a lengthy legal battle over unpaid goods worth Shs 45.8 million. Justice Dr. Ginamia Melody Ngwatu of the Commercial Court dismissed Hill Water’s application with costs, saying the…
KK Fresh Produce Exporters, one of the leading local exporters of fresh fruits and chilli to the international market, has been ordered to pay Shs 191.8 million to East African Packing Solutions, following a dispute over an unpaid debt. Justice Stephen Mubiru ruled that KK Fresh Produce had failed to meet the legal requirements needed…
The Industrial Court has ordered Shoprite Checkers Uganda to pay more than Shs 605 million to 14 former employees who lost their jobs when the South African supermarket chain exited Uganda. Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana ruled that while the workers were not unlawfully dismissed, the court had to intervene because the employees eventually lost their…
Justice Frederick Egonda-Ntende, who is set to retire from the bench soon, has been described as one of Uganda’s finest judges. Some have even said he is the “best chief justice that Uganda never had.” Yet as he prepares to hang his wig and robes, some say his career trajectory may have been different if…
The High Court has dismissed an application filed by Henry Mwebe, who had sought to revive a Shs 24 million claim against a friend, Robert Kagoda. In a ruling delivered on April 29, 2026, Justice Susan Odongo said the matter had already been decided by the Nabweru Chief Magistrate’s Court; it was not helpful to…
The court has set strict conditions for the renewal of letters of administration for the estate of the late Keith Muhakanizi, the former secretary to the Treasury. Justice Celia Nagawa said the renewal would only be granted if the administrator, Janet Kamukama Muhakanizi, complies with key legal requirements, especially filing a full account of how…
The Industrial Court has faulted National Medical Stores (NMS) for unfairly dismissing its former Chief Pharmacist, Atanasius Kakwemeire, following an unlawful change to his contract. Kakwemeire was hired by NMS on November 15, 2017, as Chief Pharmacist under a four-year contract due to run until November 2021. Everything changed in February 2020 when the NMS…
Anthony Natif, a businessman and a self-styled advocate of good governance on social media, has been ordered to pay a Makerere University senior lecturer Shs 75 million in a land transaction dispute. The ruling arose from a disagreement between Prof Narathius Asingwire and his wife Rovinia Asingwire on one side and Natif on the other…
The High Court has granted a divorce to a Turkish national, Safak Davut, after finding that his Ugandan wife, Violet Ddembe, subjected him to mental cruelty during their troubled marriage. Justice Celia Nagawa of the Family Division ruled that the marriage had “irretrievably broken down” and should be dissolved. Davut, 55, came to Uganda as…
The High Court has dismissed a defamation case filed by Lt Gen Charles Otema Awany and his wife, Elizabeth, against DFCU Bank, after the bank advertised their properties for sale over an uncleared loan. The case dates back more than a decade to when the couple entered into a banking relationship with DFCU. According to…
The government has been ordered to pay Shs 10 million for unlawfully detaining three youth climate activists. In a recent ruling, the High Court found that the activists’ right to personal liberty under Article 23(4)(b) of the Constitution was violated when they were held by police for more than 48 hours without being produced in…
A simple error in an appointment letter nearly handed a former factory worker at Crown Beverages millions of shillings. However in the end, the Industrial Court dismissed a case by Denis Nkalubo against his former employer after finding that although his appointment letter described him as a higher-paid employee, he knew or ought to have…
An application by Opportunity Bank Uganda to reopen a labour dispute it had already lost has been dismissed after the court faulted the bank and its lawyers for failing to properly account for their absence in court. Justice Anthony Musana of the Industrial Court upheld an earlier ex parte judgment in favour of Fiona Solome…
The High Court has thrown out a counterclaim in a commercial dispute involving money, property abroad, and the estate of Hajj Musa Sewava, a deceased businessman who founded Sir Apollo Schools in Uganda. Sewava’s son, Habib Namakajjo, had sued one of the wives of the late businessman, Madina Nakitto, after they disagreed on how to…
Airtel Uganda has been ordered to pay more than Shs1.09 billion in additional taxes to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for equipment it imported to manage high-speed data traffic. Court records show that Airtel declared the price of the equipment, known as a Broadband Processing Board, at about $1,349 (Shs 5 million at the time). But…
Equity Bank has been given a go-ahead by the court to pursue recovery of more than Shs 1.3 billion from Ratidu Trading Limited. Justice Susan Odongo rejected an application by Ratidu Trading and its director, Titi Kayondo Kabi, who had asked the court to halt execution of earlier orders as they prepared to appeal. The…
The High Court in Gulu has allowed Tonny Kitara to serve court documents to Norbert Mao through a newspaper advertisement after finding that all attempts to reach the minister personally had failed. Kitara competed against Mao for the Laroo-Pece division and lost in January this year. However, on April 1, he challenged Mao’s election in…
Justice Joyce Kavuma of the civil division of the High Court has halted civil proceedings brought against the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) by Zulpha Birungi after the body froze her account following allegations of fraud. The dispute began after a complaint by Cellulant Uganda Limited, which reported what it described as an illegal and fraudulent…
The Industrial Court has dismissed a labour dispute filed by Matthew Rumanyika against the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), his former employer, saying the regional organisation enjoys diplomatic immunity and cannot be sued in Ugandan courts over such employment matters. Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana said the case could not proceed because the court had no power…
The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) acted “illegally, irrationally and with procedural impropriety” when it froze a company’s bank account without promptly seeking court approval, the High Court has ruled. The dispute started on January 4, 2026, when BMS General Trading Limited discovered that it could no longer access its money in Stanbic Bank. At that…
The long-running dispute between MTN and former Deputy Inspector General of Police Julius Odwe has taken another turn, after the court declined Odwe’s request to throw out an appeal lodged by the telecom company. The case dates back to 2012, when MTN rolled out a project to extend network connectivity to Dokolo. During that exercise,…
A dispute over a multi-billion shilling electricity metre tender has collapsed after the PPDA Appeals Tribunal dismissed a case filed by Uzuzi Meter Technologies Limited against Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL). In a ruling delivered on April 2, 2026, the Tribunal did not even go into the merits of the dispute. Instead, it found…
In December 2012, businessman Arvind Patel sued Zzimwe Enterprises and its directors, Paul Kasagga and Josephine Kasagga, demanding Shs 612 million. Paul and Josephine are the children of prominent businessman Andrew Kasagga, the founder of Zzimwe Enterprises, who died in 2010. Patel told the court the money was a friendly loan that had not been…
The Commercial Court has overturned an earlier decision ordering the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) to compensate Rock Global Oils (U) for more than Shs 45.8 million after it lost fuel in a road accident. It all started in 2014 when Rock Global Oils, a company involved in transporting fuel from Kenya to Uganda, took out…
Agnes Nandutu, the former State Minister for Karamoja, has been sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of diverting iron sheets meant for vulnerable communities in Karamoja. The Anti-Corruption Court found that Nandutu unlawfully took 2,000 iron sheets that had been procured by the government to support disadvantaged households in the drought-prone sub-region….
As the court convenes today to sentence Agnes Nandutu, the former State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, following her conviction in the Karamoja iron sheets scandal, there is one person she regrets meeting: her own political assistant, Evelyn Hilda Bazibu. Details of the court proceedings show that Bazibu, who testified as Prosecution Witness 1 (PW1), helped…
A dispute that began nearly two decades ago over the construction of Course View Towers in Kampala has finally been settled, with Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA) emerging victorious for Seyani Brothers against Nangwala, Rezida & Co. Advocates, which represented Course View Limited. Justice Stephen Mubiru ruled that the court ruled that Course View Limited must…
Paul Maziike Ssemwogerere, a welder, who accused Tembo Steels Uganda of unfairly dismissing him has lost his case after the court ruled that he did not qualify for labour protection. Ssemwogerere was hired as a welder by Tembo Steels on September 12, 2023. He was paid Shs 75,000 per day. Ssemwogerere told the court that…
On August 17, 2015, Jane Nyamagambo appeared to be in a good mood as she spent the evening drinking at a popular bar in Fort Portal with Augustine Byaruhanga, Alex Magezi, and others. However, later in the night, she disappeared. Her body was discovered the following morning, floating in Lake Edward. Medical evidence showed that…
Fredrick Mubiru, a veteran civil engineer, has won a legal battle against the Engineers Registration Board after the High Court ruled that his suspension from practice was unfair and unlawful. In early 2024, several complaints were made against Mubiru by the National Building Review Board (NBRB). Mubiru, who runs Macro Technics Limited, was accused of…
Gabriel Achuk, a South Sudanese businessman who claimed he was locked inside the toilet of Ecobank at the Oasis Mall branch, where he had gone to withdraw money, has lost the case against the bank because his affidavit was “defective and incompetent”. Achuk had gone to court accusing the bank and police of violating his…
Justice Joyce Kavuma has allowed a request by a couple suing a fertility hospital in Bugolobi to keep their identities secret once court proceedings begin. The ruling followed an application filed by their lawyer, Fahim Matovu of Katende, Ssempebwa and Company Advocates, in a planned civil suit against Healingway Hospital and Healingway Fertility Centre, both…
Negash Tenaye Anteneh and Haile Banteyehun got married in Ethiopia, 50 years ago (October 1976). In the 1980s, the couple moved to Uganda to do business. Life seemed good, and Banteyehun set up Vambeco Enterprises in 1999. The company specializes in water supply, sanitation, and civil engineering works. In 2004, after they had made some…
