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…
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…
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…
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…
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 On January 18, 2013, Shs 8.5 million was withdrawn from Kabachwamba’s…
On August 11, 2017, Fabrice Rulinda, the Entebbe mayor and PLU activist, received $73,000 ( about Shs 275 million) in his dollar account the dollar account at Stanbic’s Bugolobi branch. The money was deposited by a company called Green Global Corporation, which deals in gold. Suspicious, Stanbic Bank reversed the transaction and sent the money…
Zimba Logistics & Hardware has been ordered by the High Court to pay Uganda Baati Shs1.66 billion for construction materials supplied on credit. Justice Stephen Mubiru ruled that Zimba Logistics and its managing director, Ali Teko Awazi, are jointly responsible for the unpaid debt. He also found that Stanbic Bank breached its banking duty to…
On March 3, 2021, Hussein Ahmed approached Platinum Credit Uganda for a loan of Shs 31.4 million at an interest rate of 4% per month. As security, he handed over the logbooks for two vehicles: a Toyota Land Cruiser registration number UAW 911K valued at Shs25 million, and a Toyota Alphard registration number UBE 217M…
Moses Kigongo, the first national NRM vice chairperson, has been ordered by court to pay Shs 58 million in damages and costs to a contractor who installed aluminium doors and windows at his property in Mpigi. Kigongo had wanted “bulletproof” glasses, which he said Diamond Glass Mart, the contractor, never delivered. So he paid the…
Once upon a time, in Naguru, Kampala, Andrew “Desh” Kananura, a renowned businessman and Vehicle and Equipment Leasing, a car leasing firm, entered into a deal. On the surface, the deal sounded simple. Vehicle and Equipment Leasing needed space to park many cars that it had imported. Kananura had the space at Panamera Bar, which…
The High Court in Kampala has ordered real estate developer Opec Prime Properties and its marketing agent, Remax Uganda, to refund Shs 3.8 billion to a group of homebuyers after finding that the companies breached housing sale agreements linked to the failed Naguru-Nakawa redevelopment project. In a judgment, Justice Stephen Mubiru ruled in favour of…
The High Court has overturned a contempt of court ruling and fines imposed by the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) against Nile Breweries arguing that it (tribunal) lacked the power to punish the company for what it called “civil contempt”. However, the court sided with the tribunal on a key tax rule, confirming that companies must…
