Kabira Country Club, owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia, has been ordered to pay its former receptionist, Robert Elwayu, Shs 9.4 million, after the court found that he was unlawfully dismissed following the accusation that he was “sleeping on the job.” Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana said although sleeping on duty can amount to gross misconduct, Kabira…
The High Court has dismissed an application by city dentist Dr Lule Ntwatwa seeking to halt criminal proceedings against him over the disputed ownership of land in Katanga in Wandegeya. Justice Paul Gadenya Wolimbwa ruled that the application had no merit because the complaints raised were largely procedural issues that should be addressed through the…
Sir Apollo Kaggwa Primary School will have to pay a former pupil, Naswif Katongole, Shs 5 million after two of its teachers caned him in 2011 and he suffered emotional and physical distress, Justice Simon Peter Kinobe has ruled. Justice Kinobe’s ruling brings to an end a legal battle that has raged for 15 years…
A businessman who had filed for divorce, claiming his wife was engaging in witchcraft, has been told to stay “in his marriage” after the court ruled that he failed to prove any of the legal grounds required to dissolve their 38-year marriage. Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha rejected allegations of witchcraft, cruelty, and desertion labeled against…
Amos Mwase, the former deputy director for Health and Safety at TotalEnergies Uganda, has lost his attempt to have his dismissal reversed after the High Court ruled that he had pursued the wrong legal process. Justice Bernard Namanya dismissed Mwase’s application for judicial review without considering whether his dismissal was fair or unfair. Instead, he…
The Industrial Court has dismissed a case lodged by Mathias Bbaale, a former lecturer at Victoria University, who was claiming salary arrears and other damages worth Shs 50 million after the university declined to renew his contract. The court discovered that Bbaale was not a full-time lecturer at the university, as he had claimed, but…
The Industrial Court has ruled that National Insurance Corporation (NIC) was right to sack its senior manager, Charles Gidaga, after he declined to be transferred, saying this amounted to gross insurbodination. However, the same court also found that NIC mishandled the disciplinary process and ordered the company to pay Gidaga four weeks’ net salary for…
Kibo Media, an events and promotions firm, is locked in a legal battle with Nile Breweries over unpaid marketing and events services worth more than Shs 12.76 billion. The standoff began with a demand letter dated February 14, 2025, from Kibo Media, demanding payment from Nile Breweries for outstanding bills arising from marketing and events…
For more than 30 years, Henry Jjemba knocked on the doors of church leaders, government offices and land authorities, trying to recover land in Mukono that he said had been left to him by his late uncle, Rev Fr Peter Wasswa. Last month, the High Court finally agreed with him and criticised the actions of…
The High Court has rejected the request of Agnes Nakalanzi to fly her 10-year-old son to Australia during school holidays following a bitter dispute over child custody with her former lover. Nakalanzi separated from the father of her son, Abdulla Kizito, after they developed irreconcilable differences. She relocated to Australia. In her ruling, Justice Celia…
FINCA Uganda will have to pay Gordon Bujanana, its former employee, Shs 51 million, whom it unfairly dismissed after placing him on an unfair Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), the Industrial Court has ordered. Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana ruled that Bajunana had been “set up to fail” after the microfinance institution imposed a monthly loan recovery…
A teacher who was seriously injured in a road accident by a reckless driver of California Bus Service shall be paid Shs 20.8 million by the bus company after the High Court dismissed the company’s appeal. Justice Harriet Grace Magala ruled that the appeal by California Bus Service and its driver, Micheal Edace, could not…
One of the nine people accused of blackmailing Pastor Robert Kayanja told the court that the pastor has used his influence to intimidate them and ensure they face criminal charges. Regan Ssentongo, one of the accused persons, made the claims while giving his defence before the Mengo Chief Magistrate’s Court. Ssentongo alleged that he and…
Proceedings in the case involving former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago were on Tuesday adjourned to July 9 after Uganda Prisons Service informed the court that he could not be produced because he is undergoing specialised medical investigations and treatment. The development was communicated to the court during a closed-door session. Speaking to journalists afterwards,…
Richard Mwami, a former senior manager at MTN Uganda who was hounded out of the job in 2012 following allegations that he had orchestrated mobile money fraud, has finally got justice after the court ordered that his former employer pay him Shs 2.3 billion for “malicious prosecution.” Justice Isaac Bonny Teko ruled that although the…
The High Court has dismissed a case lodged by G4S, a private security firm, against the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), protesting payment of tax on the meals it provides to its security guards at CNOOC and TotalEnergies facilities. However, the court also agreed that URA had wrongly used a blanket 30% tax rate in calculating…
A woman who sued Kampala Hospital after receiving conflicting Hepatitis B test results during pregnancy has lost her case after the High Court ruled that the hospital and its laboratory technician acted according to accepted medical practice and were not negligent. Justice Simon Peter Kinobe dismissed the case filed by Proscovia Namwanje against Kampala Hospital…
The Industrial Court has ordered All Saints Cathedral to compensate cleaners and security guards it fired during the Covid-19 pandemic, but failed to pay them the redundancy benefits promised under its own Human Resource Manual. The court, however, dismissed claims that the workers had been unfairly dismissed and rejected demands for overtime, general damages, severance…
The International Hospital Kampala (IHK) in Namuwongo has lost a court case in which it wanted to recover Shs82.6 million in unpaid medical bills after it treated, for five months, an employee of an American-based firm who had gotten involved in an accident. The case started after Robert Mugabe, who worked for Torres Advanced Enterprise…
The High Court has awarded Shs 100 million to Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe, the deputy IGG, after finding that social media commentator and journalist Dean Lubowa Saava defamed her through a series of TikTok videos. In her ruling, Justice Joyce Kavuma said that the statements made by Lubowa about Muhairwe were false, malicious, and damaging to…
When Oliver Kabalisa’s young daughter fell seriously ill, the nurse faced a painful choice familiar to what many working parents face. Should she stay home and nurse her, or should she report to work and leave her sick daughter in the hands of other people? Kabalisa stayed away from work, and this cost her her…
The LDC Magistrate’s Court has held its first-ever open court session in Kagugube parish, with judicial officers calling on the public to embrace ongoing judicial reforms to improve access to justice and service delivery. The Open Court Day was organised to sensitise members of the community about court processes and procedures. The event focused on…
Erias Lukwago, the former Kampala lord mayor, has been denied bail after the Makindye Chief Magistrate Court ruled that he could interfere with investigations if released. In a ruling delivered on Tuesday, Chief Magistrate Sarah Basemera ordered that Lukwago remain on remand but directed prison authorities to take him to Mulago Hospital within 24 hours…
The High Court has dismissed an application filed by Henry Banyenzaki, a former minister and MP, over a disagreement he has with Tropical Bank regarding a loan facility he took in 2013. Justice Patience Rubagumya said the legal procedure (of originating summons) that Banyenzaki was using to try to evade paying the bank Shs 600…
The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) has cancelled a Shs 4.24 billion tax assessment imposed on Kuku Foods Uganda, the company behind the KFC franchise in Uganda, following changes in the fast-food firm’s ownership structure. Kuku Foods was originally owned almost entirely by Kuku Foods East Africa Holdings Limited (KFEAH), which held 999 of the company’s…
On the morning of December 13, 2005, Victoria Awor, then working as an assistant registrar at Makerere University, packed her bags and left her matrimonial home at Plot 415B Nakasero Hill Road in Kampala. She left behind her husband Alex Bwangamoi Okello and their three children. She moved into a house at the university, and…
In one of the WhatsApp messages, he called his colleague a “skirt-chaser”. In another, he claimed the same colleague had fired bullets at some people in Kansagati over a woman and that the police were looking for him. All this was posted in a WhatsApp forum of senior managers at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)….
Ernst & Young Uganda, one of the leading audit firms, has been ordered to pay the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Shs 3.48 billion as VAT from services it received from foreign companies within its global network. The dispute began after URA audited Ernst & Young Uganda for the period from January 2014 to June 2018….
Elizabeth Nyasuna, who worked as Team Leader at Stanbic Bank’s Entebbe branch, has been awarded Shs 40 million by the court after the bank unlawfully dismissed her over a suspicious Shs 75 million cash withdrawal in 2012. Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana of the Industrial Court said Stanbic Bank failed to follow a fair disciplinary process…
In 2006, Mariam Namutebi, who was living and working in Switzerland, wanted to construct a three-storeyed rental house on her land at Busega, Kampala. She started sending her sister Hadijja Nassuna money to oversee the project. Namutebi says she entered a verbal agreement with Nassuna under which she would receive money from her, buy building…
Justice Celia Nagawa of the Family Division of the High Court has rejected an attempt by a man to challenge the paternity of three children that he has raised for years, saying his request came too late and was based largely on untested allegations. Her ruling arose from a bitter family dispute between Steven Mutyaba…
Sheila Orikiriza, a Kabale-based businesswoman who sued Mandela Millers, demanding Shs 50.8 million for goods she says were never delivered, has suffered a setback after filing the case in the wrong court. Orikiriza claimed she paid Mandela Millers Shs 37 million for goods that were never delivered to her. She also wanted court to give…
The High Court has dismissed a defamation case in which Beti Kamya, the former IGG, sued veteran politician Miria Matembe for calling her a “political prostitute” during various interviews on NTV and NBS TV. Justice Isaac Teko said Matembe’s comments were “protected political opinion and not defamatory” in any way. READ FULL RULING HERE..https://ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judgment/ughccd/2026/179/eng@2026-05-11 The…
Absa Bank has been ordered to pay a haulage firm Shs 77.5 million after it unlawfully seized the firm’s trailer in 2008 following a dispute over a loan. An earlier ruling by the High Court had ordered that Kawa Distributors pay the bank Shs 65 million, but the Court of Appeal overturned this ruling and…
Pearl Bank (formerly PostBank) has been ordered by the Industrial Court to pay Shs 78.9 million to a senior manager it unfairly and unlawfully dismissed nine years ago. Paul Ndhego joined PostBank in May 2009 as a branch manager before rising through several positions. By December 2012, he had become credit manager in charge of…
The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) has ordered the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to refund Java House Shs 237.3 million in disputed VAT, while upholding a separate tax assessment of over Shs 935 million against the coffee chain. The ruling settled a long-running dispute that began after URA audited Java House’s tax affairs covering July 2014…
Former opposition politician James Birungi Ozo has been ordered to repay a Shs 383 million loan he took from Pride after the court rejected his attempt to stop the bank from enforcing a court order. Ozo, who was once a prominent official in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) before crossing to the National Resistance…
Ibrahim Lubega Kaddunabbi, the embattled chief executive officer of the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), has won an early victory in his legal battle against the regulator after the High Court issued an interim administrative order blocking the implementation of a decision denying him a contract renewal. In a ruling, Justice Joyce Kavuma restrained the IRA…
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…
