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…
The court has overturned an earlier decision that had ordered Barclays Bank of Uganda (now Absa Bank) to refund more than Shs 8.5 million to its customer, Eron Kabachwamba, after she discovered that she had failed to properly safeguard her debit card and PIN. On January 18, 2013, Shs 8.5 million was withdrawn from Kabachwamba’s…
Bukusu Constructors, the distributor of Coca-Cola products in Manafwa district, has been ordered to pay the beverage giant Shs 412 million for breach of contract. Their relationship started on September 30, 2023, when Coca-Cola appointed Bukusu Constructors as its official distributor in Manafwa district for a period of three years. Under this agreement, Bukusu was…
A family dispute over a multi-storied building in Kampala has ended in defeat for Justine Namulindwa, one of the four widows of the late Emmanuel Baguma, who had claimed that Baguma had gifted her the building. Baguma, a wealthy businessman, died on April 19, 2016, without a will. He had four wives, including Namulindwa. Among…
The High Court has found Equity Bank Uganda negligent after it released critical shipping documents without payment, causing an Indian exporter to lose over Shs 115 million in a botched international trade deal. In his ruling, Justice Stephen Mubiru of the Commercial Division of the High Court said the bank failed to follow clear instructions…
Thursday, March 21, 2024, appeared to be like any other ordinary working day for Susan Mwogelerwa. She woke up as usual and went to her workplace, Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), along Hannington Road in Nakasero, Kampala. At 9.00 am, she went into a meeting with colleagues and put forward her ideas like she…
Winnie Byanyima and her four siblings have opposed a move by businessman Capt John Kassami and lawyer Francis Bwengye to extend their control over the wealth and property left by their father, Boniface Byanyima. Capt Kassami and Bwengye, who Boniface chose as the executors of his wealth, had asked the court to renew a grant…
Amrita Nayer’s parents are wealthy and established one of the leading pharmaceutical companies, Surgipharm Uganda, where she works as a director. But her husband, Shivay Kundra, did not want to know any of this as he inflicted punches that ended their one-year marriage. Here is how it started. Nayer, a 29-year-old director at Surgipharm, married…
Parliament recently passed the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2025, triggering debate on social media platforms and other fora as to how the law will benefit creators of intellectual property. While the bill, which is yet to be assented to by the president, lists actors and other creatives, the major focus was on local…
The High Court has awarded the Hajj Kasule family of Wandegeya, Shs 30 million in costs in a land trespass case with businessman Haruna Sentongo. The dispute arises from alleged trespass on 0.12 hectares of land located on Block 12, Plot 101 in Mengo-Kisenyi, Kampala. The taxation application was filed by Isaac Kasule of Kasule,…
Peter Katongole worked for Airtel Uganda for 13 years, during which time he rose to the position of Revenue Assurance and Fraud Manager. In early 2020, Airtel began investigating suspected fraud in its mobile money commission system. In February 2020, Airtel’s Revenue Assurance Centre of Excellence (RACE) team based in India flagged suspicious commission payments….
Oscar Musinguzi worked at Crown Beverages’ Kakungulu plant off the Entebbe Express Way, as an operations supervisor for Nivana mineral water. He claims that the work was risky since it involved getting in close contact with ozone gas, a powerful, chemical-free oxidant used for water purification to rapidly destroy bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Yet Crown…
In October 2014, Arben Pajaziti, a Kampala businessman, agreed with Be Forward Ltd, a vehicle importation firm, to buy a car worth Shs 31 million. The vehicle was to be shipped to Kampala under cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) terms. Under the arrangement, Pajaziti paid the full purchase price. Another company, Cadam Enterprises, was tasked…
There was drama at Mwanga II Magistrate’s Court after a forensic expert admitted he had been in contact with one of the accused persons in the ongoing Pastor Robert Kayanja case. Court heard that Enock Kanene, a forensic expert, communicated with Israel Wasswa, a bodyguard to Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga, who is among eight suspects accused…
Bemuga Forwarders has been given 14 days to defend itself in a case in which its former managing director, Ronald Kanyerezi, entered a Shs 1.7 billion deal with a global logistics firm without the knowledge of its shareholders. Justice Patricia Kahigi Asiimwe said the case raises serious issues that must be fully heard in court…
The High Court has dissolved the marriage between Atukunda Annex and Martin Ikubor, a Nigerian businessman, after finding that the relationship had broken down due to cruelty, threats, and constant conflict. The couple had lived in Lubowa, a suburb for rich people, for 23 years. For years, according to court documents, Atukunda, who often described…
Katuramu & Company, a surveying firm, has been ordered to pay Centenary Bank Shs 521 million for misleading the bank into extending a loan to a client without conducting proper due diligence on the land offered as security. The case started in December 2021 when Hasifa Namulondo applied for a loan of Shs 350 million…
