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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Letia Shamil Atabua was a student at Cavendish University in Uganda and often complained about being treated unfairly by some lecturers. In one semester, he was given four retakes out of six course units. So he started complaining and insisting loudly that he needed to see his examination papers for the course units he retook….
Shafik Walusimbi, who was kept at the Flying Squad’s detention facility in Kireka for more than a week, has been awarded Shs 10 million by the High Court. Justice Joyce Kavuma, who presided over the case, ordered the government to pay Walusimbi the money as compensation after finding that police detained him beyond the constitutional…
For more than five years, Bob Ainebyoona had held a Dembe Account at DFCU Bank and had had a good working relationship with the bank. One day in 2020, he attempted to withdraw some money from his account at the bank’s Naalya branch at the Quality Shopping Mall. The officials there redirected him to the…
In a span of two months, two NRM candidates, Loydah Twinomujuni and Brigadier Emmanuel Rwashande, have survived court challenges to their academic qualifications after judges dismissed the cases based on legal timelines, without examining the substance of the complaints. Last month, the High Court dismissed a petition filed by Hope Maurishia challenging Twinomujuni’s nomination to…
On April 1, 2010, Dr Gabriel Wasswa was appointed an assistant lecturer in the Department of Economic Theory and Analysis at Makerere University. It was Fools’ Day. Four years later, the university granted him a fully paid study leave to pursue a PhD at the University of Nottingham, running from October 1, 2014, to September…
The International Business Science and Technology University (ISBAT) could be evicted from its premises along Lugogo By Pass after the government cancelled its land title. The cancellation came after a Muslim Community claimed ownership of the same land and tabled a duplicate title. This week, the university got some respite after the High Court allowed…
