The High Court has stopped Tropical Bank from selling eight acres of family land in Wakiso after finding that the loan behind the bank’s claim was never proved and that the document it relied on was in the name of a man who died 12 years earlier. In a stern ruling, Justice Stephen Mubiru ordered…
Ecobank Uganda has lost a court battle to recover Shs 1 billion from Planbuild Technical Services, a construction firm, after the High Court ruled that the bank failed to prove how much the company owed it. Dismissing the case, Justice Anna Mugenyi said the bank failed to authenticate the financial statements it produced, which were…
Religious institutions face fresh questions about public trust after the second deputy Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Haruna Bukenya, became embroiled in a disputed gold transaction worth Shs1.2 billion that has resulted in criminal charges. He deputizes Shaban Mubaje. Bukenya is jointly charged with businessman Elias Muzamiru Lubega over allegations that they obtained $288,000 (Shs 1.2 billion)…
A magistrate’s court in Kampala has issued an arrest warrant for city dentist Dr Lule Ntwatwa after he failed to appear for judgment in a criminal case involving alleged document forgery and a disputed kibanja in Katanga, near Wandegeya. Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nankya of Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court issued the warrant on October…
The High Court in Masaka has acknowledged that the vote recount that handed Local Government State Minister, Justine Nameere, the Masaka City Woman MP seat was carried out in breach of the electoral law. However, the same court ruled that her victory still stands. Justice Bernard Namanya yesterday dismissed the election petition filed by Rose…
A Soroti motorist who said his car was clamped while he rushed his baby daughter to a health centre has lost his bid to have street parking fees of Shs 210,000 declared illegal. Justice Boniface Wamala dismissed the case, ruling that the Soroti City Council has the legal power to charge parking fees and that…
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has been ordered to pay Shs123.9 million to the family of Olive Basemera, a street vendor, who drowned in the Nakivubo channel in 2017 as she was being pursued by the authority’s law enforcement officers. On August 4, 2017, Basemera was walking along Mukwano Road with her goods when KCCA…
Mengo Magistrate’s Court has given the prosecution and defence until December 9, 2026, to file their final submissions in the case involving nine suspects accused of trespassing at Pastor Robert Kayanja’s Lubaga Miracle Centre, giving false information, conspiracy to commit a felony and alleged sodomy. The decision was made by Mengo Grade One Magistrate Adams…
The High Court has ordered Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to pay Bisons Consult International more than Shs1.3 billion after finding that the city authority breached its contract for the construction of drainage channels in the city. The dispute goes back to May 2, 2016, when Bisons signed a contract with KCCA worth Shs 4.2…
The Supreme Court has ordered renowned businessman Ben Kavuya and his company to pay Alice Okiror, widow of former FUFA treasurer Michael Okiror, Shs 222 million in general and special damages over a loan dispute that has dragged on for sixteen years. The five Supreme Court judges, Justices Percy Night Tuhaise, Monica Mugenyi, Stephen Musoke, Christopher…
David Mutebe, a tax officer with the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) who asked for a bribe of Shs3 million from Alnoor Tiles & Ceramics so that he could “assess” them fairly, has cost his employer a Shs32.8 million VAT case. In a ruling, the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) said Mutebe abused his powers, and after…
The Court of Appeal has stopped the hearing of a multimillion-dollar loan dispute between Dei Industries International, Dei BioPharma, Dr Mathias Magoola and Equity Bank Uganda and Equity Bank Kenya, pending the determination of the main appeal. Justice Florence Nakachwa, sitting as a single justice of Appeal, ordered that the hearing and all proceedings in…
The High Court has dismissed a case by city businessman Dennis Ssengendo, who wanted to cancel a consent judgment in a land dispute with Josiah Muita, after he complained that part of the land he bought at Kireka was actually occupied by an existing road. Justice Patricia Kahigi Asiimwe ruled that Ssengendo had failed to…
Lawyers have been urged to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies while strengthening ethics, cybersecurity, and accountability to protect public trust. The call was made at the opening of the Uganda Law Society’s (ULS) 2026 Digital Transformation Festival at Commonwealth Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala, under the theme, “Digital Democracy: Advancing Access to Justice, Innovation…
National Housing has been ordered to pay Johnson Kwesigabo, its former tenant on Buganda Road flats, Shs141 million after the court discovered that the company kept money that was meant to be refunded to him, even after the government had paid a subsidy on the purchase of his flat. The dispute arose from Flat 660F…
Post Bank Uganda (since renamed Pearl Bank) has been ordered to pay a former branch manager Shs 61 million for unfairly and unlawfully dismissing him after he was placed on a performance improvement plan (PIP) with targets that the court said were unrealistic. Dickson Sanyu, who managed the bank’s Kabale branch, had sued the bank…
Prominent lawyer Fred Muwema has been granted permission by the High Court to serve papers on Isaac Nsejjere, a Ugandan businessman living in the United States, clearing a key hurdle in a long-running commercial dispute that stretches back to a 2010 sportswear supply deal. The story goes back to August 24, 2010, when Sports Club…
More than Shs1.5 billion in legal fees claimed from the estate of the late Muhamad Katimbo, who was a prominent businessman in Kikuubo, has been thrown back into dispute after the High Court blocked recovery of some of the fees and ordered the rest to be examined afresh. The ruling followed a fight involving lawyer…
The High Court has ordered Paramount Hospital to pay Medequip Shs48 million as the balance for an X-ray machine supplied in 2019. The dispute started after Medequip supplied Paramount Hospital with a Fuji CR System, an X-ray imaging machine. The agreed purchase price was Shs75 million and required the hospital to pay an initial deposit…
Betty Amongi, the former minister of Gender and Labour, acted illegally and unlawfully when she fired Osborn Turyasigura, an employee in the ministry, over allegations that he used forged academic documents to acquire a job, the court has ruled. In a ruling, Justice Simon Peter Kinobe declared that the decision to terminate Turyasigura was illegal…
A political argument on NBS TV that former lord mayor Lukwago Erias said turned into a frightening physical attack has ended with the High Court ruling that the alleged assault was not proved. Justice Bonny Isaac Teko has dismissed a case in which Lukwago accused former government spokesman Ofwono Opondo of attacking him in July…
The government’s decision to list the Kampala Pentocostal Church (KPC) building along Kampala Road as a historical and cultural site has been quashed by the court after its owner, Watoto Church, challenged the decision, saying it was illegal, irrational and procedurally improper. Justice Bonny Isaac Teko said the government had failed to demonstrate that the…
The High Court has overturned a decision that had given the husband sole custody of the children he shares with his former wife, saying that the magistrate who issued the first orders had acted outside the law when she changed an earlier consent agreement between the couple. Justice John Eudes Keitirima said the lower court…
The High Court in Jinja has ordered a mother and her son to pay Shs20 million to another son, a magistrate, after finding that they defamed him by accusing him of forgery, fraud, theft, and abuse of his judicial office. The case was brought by Steven Johnson Waidhuuba, a Grade II Magistrate who worked in…
The High Court has dismissed a challenge by architect Jackson Muhwezi against his five-year suspension by the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), saying he had failed to prove that the procurement regulator acted illegally, unfairly or unreasonably. Justice Simon Peter M. Kinobe dismissed Muhwezi’s application and ordered that PPDA be paid…
Jackline Nakku, who had been sentenced to 20 years for allegedly killing her husband in 2018, has been freed by the Supreme Court, which said the evidence used to convict her was not strong enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt that she participated in the killing of her husband. The five justices of the court…
The Entebbe High Court circuit has inspected a disputed 306-acre piece of land at Nakigalala in Wakiso, including the remains of a family graveyard that relatives say was destroyed during the construction of the Entebbe Expressway. The court visit was led by Assistant Registrar Rashida Butanula, who toured parts of the contested land, spoke to…
The High Court has allowed Michael Mwesigwa, a former Bank of Africa employee, to defend himself in a Shs291.6 million debt recovery case brought against him by the bank. However, Justice Susan Odongo ordered him to first deposit Shs30 million in court within 30 days. The dispute goes back to Mwesigwa’s time as an employee…
FBW (Uganda), an architectural firm that was contracted by Meera Investments for design work on the expansion of Kabira Country Club in Bukoto, has been ordered to deposit Shs495 million in court within 45 days before its appeal against an earlier ruling can be heard. Justice Susan Odongo ruled that FBW and the other applicants…
A lady who wrote a defamatory social media post alleging that a young lawyer was a rapist and habitual abuser of women has been ordered to pay Shs 60 million by the High Court. Justice Collins Acellam awarded Douglas Kasirye, the lawyer, Shs50 million in general damages and another Shs10 million in exemplary damages after…
The High Court in Kitgum has acquitted a 14-year-old boy who was accused of aggravated defilement after ruling that the prosecution had failed to produce enough evidence to require him to defend himself. Justice Philip Mwaka, in a ruling, said the prosecution had not established a prima facie case against the juvenile, identified in court…
Private security firm Hash Security has been ordered to pay Shs115 million to a man who was shot twice in the thighs by one of its guards during a confrontation outside a bar in Bulenga in April 2022. Justice Bonny Isaac Teko said the firm was responsible for the injuries suffered by Zein Bukenya after…
Prominent businessman Patrick Bitature has built a habit of fighting his creditors and contractors on a technicality rather than the substance of what he owes them. The technicality is almost always the same. He argues that the company or professional pursuing him for money is not properly registered or licensed in Uganda and therefore has…
Prominent businessman and motivational speaker Patrick Bitature has been ordered by the court to pay Finicon Uganda, an architectural firm, more than Shs 955 million for work the firm did on two of his properties nearly 14 years ago. If you factor in the 9% per annum interest awarded by Justice Stephen Mubiru starting from…
Court upholds Shs570.6m URA tax bill against Regal Paints Regal Paints has been ordered to pay Shs 570.6 million in taxes to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) arising from the importation of its Dr Fixit waterproofing products. Regal Paints manufactures paints, varnishes, printing ink and similar coatings. It imports raw materials for its decorative paints…
Elvis Ssekyanzi Wavamunno, once a budding entrepreneur and son of prominent businessman Gordon Wavamunno, has lost his bid to reopen a commercial court case in which Maru Capital is seeking to recover Shs164.86 million from him. Ssekyanzi had sought to stop the court from delivering a verdict, arguing that the case had been heard in…
The phrase “serviced apartment” became the centre of a tax dispute between businessman Sharad Karia and the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), after the tax body argued that apartments he rented out in Kampala were not ordinary residential properties but serviced apartments whose income was liable to Value Added Tax (VAT). The dispute eventually reached the…
The Court of Appeal has ordered Muwema & Co. Advocates, a prominent law firm in Kampala, to deposit security of $100,000 (Shs370 million) before it can benefit from a stay of execution in its long-running dispute with Downtown Investments Ltd over an eviction dispute. The court also ordered that if the money is deposited in…
The High Court has acquitted Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) officer Joseph Nsubuga of receiving a Shs15 million bribe, but upheld the conviction and one-year prison sentence imposed on his colleague Gerald Mujurizi for corruption. Justice Jane Kajuga delivered the judgment on 3 August 2026 after hearing an appeal by Mujurizi and Nsubuga against their convictions…
Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, the Makerere University philosophy lecturer, cartoonist and activist popularly known as “Spire”, has lost his bid to stop the High Court from enforcing a Shs30 million contempt of court penalty against him. The ruling delivered by Justice Bonny Isaac Teko dismisses Ssentongo’s application to stay, or pause, the execution of an…
A dispute over the qualifications of a defence witness has emerged in the case involving Pastor Robert Kayanja, of Rubaga Miracle Centre, after the prosecution questioned whether a specialist in dentistry and pathology is legally authorised to conduct forensic medical examinations in alleged sexual violence cases. The witness, Dr Phenehas Bwambaale, 44, of Kabalye Police…
On November 3, 2020, Mona Stella Kijunju, a businesswoman, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hydra Homes Uganda to sell them a brick-making machine at Shs146 million. The agreement required Kijunju to deliver the machine within five working days to a destination chosen by Hydra Homes, which was supposed to pay within 40 working days…
In 2020, Francis Xavier Ssempiira, a Ugandan living in Canada, was introduced to Aline Nabami, a gold dealer who was also operating a garage in Kampala. Ssempiira was the founder of Yata Technologies Inc, a Canadian company. When the Covid-19 pandemic affected the company’s business in 2020, he decided to start a luxury jewellery line…
The Principal Judge, Jane Frances Abodo, has overturned the conviction of Sheethal Kumar, a former manager at Tagore Apartments and Tagore Living, for theft and cancelled a compensation order of Shs 37 million that had been imposed on him by a lower court. The apartments, located along Mawanda Road in Kamwokya, are owned by prominent…
The High Court has ruled that Spedag Interfreight, a courier company, was right to sell a consignment of frozen chicken that had been entrusted to it by Fresh Cuts after the importer failed to pay transport charges. Justice Susan Abinyo dismissed Fresh Cuts’ lawsuit in its entirety and instead awarded Spedag more than Shs100 million…
Between December 2012 and June 2014, William Barigye, an employee at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, discovered that money meant for him had been going to another person’s account at PostBank (now Pearl Bank). Barigye worked as an assistant commissioner in the Legal and Inspectorate Services Department. He maintained his personal bank account at Centenary…
Former Kyadondo East parliamentary candidate and lawyer Maria Nassali Masereka has publicly denied authorising a notice of intention to sue the Kabaka over the implementation of a 2013 agreement between the Buganda Kingdom and the Baruuli Cultural Institution. Speaking to journalists at her office in Kampala, Nassali said she only recently became aware of the…
Joweria Nakku thought the Shs68 million she had saved in her Stanbic Bank account was safe. She had opened the savings account in 2001 and mainly used it to keep money rather than make frequent withdrawals. But the account had remained largely inactive for years except for a regular monthly insurance deduction. Her problems began…
Julius Tumwesigye, the former finance manager of Prestige Driving School, has been ordered by the court to refund Shs170.52 million to the company that he irregularly received and retained from the firm’s bank account without lawful justification. Justice Bernard Namanya also awarded the company Shs10 million in general damages, in a ruling that underlines the…
The High Court has dismissed an application by two directors of KK Electrical Company (U) Limited seeking to stop their prosecution over allegations of tax evasion and VAT fraud. The court ruled that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) acted lawfully in deciding to prosecute Mahmood Kasule and Henry Kasirye Masanganzira, the directors, who had gone to…
