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 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…
The dismissal of Betsy Mugamba, the former chief operations officer of Sanyu FM in 2020 was lawful and justified, the Industrial Court has ruled. This bring to an end a five-year legal battle that arose from the 2020 staff strike over Covid-19 pay cuts. Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana, delivering judgment, said the radio station followed…
The Industrial Court has ordered World Vision Uganda to pay its former employee, Bonny Ocen Shs 17.8 million as compensation over unfair dismissal. Ocen was hired by World Vision, a global Christian organization focused on helping children and communities escape poverty, in 2017 as Project Officer for Resilience and Livelihood programs in Minakulu Oyam district….
In a landmark ruling delivered on June 11, 2025, the Industrial Court awarded Jolly Kaguhangire, former executive director of the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), approximately Shs600m in damages for her unlawful dismissal in August 2018. The court, comprising Justices Linda Lillian Tusiime Mugisha, John Abraham Bwire, Julian Nyachwo, and Juma Mwamula, declared her termination by…
