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…
The High Court has ordered the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to refund more than Shs 73.5 million to the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAG) after ruling that the tax body illegally collected Value Added Tax (VAT) on humanitarian food aid imported for South Sudanese refugees. In addition, Justice Susan Odongo also awarded the faith-based organisation…
Uganda Revenue Authority acted unfairly and highhandedly when it impounded an armoured land cruiser belonging to Dr Jaala Higenyi, the former owner of Ntinda View College, following a tax assessment dispute, the High Court has ruled. In a strongly worded judgment delivered on April 30, Justice Susan Odongo overturned an earlier decision of the Tax…
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…
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…
Goldmine Finance has been stopped from removing a telecommunications mast owned by Towerco of Africa Uganda in Bugolobi, Kampala, pending the hearing of an appeal. Towerco of Africa Uganda, formerly Ubuntu Towers Uganda, is a licensed provider of telecommunications infrastructure. It constructed a mast on land at Plot 35, Princess Anne Drive, Bugolobi. The land,…
The High Court has overturned tax assessments worth Shs1.24 billion that Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) had imposed on Britania Allied Industries Limited. In a detailed ruling, Justice Susan Odongo said URA acted “unfairly” and “unlawfully” by retrospectively changing its interpretation of customs law after approving Britania’s imports for nearly a decade. The dispute arose from…
The High Court has restrained businessman Naris Nuwagaba and three others from using the name and brand “Team Thorough”, after finding that they infringed on a registered trademark owned by Team Thorough Business Mobilizers Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited. In a judgment delivered on December 2, 2025, Justice Susan Odongo ruled that the defendants…
In 2012, Shamilah Nakalule and her husband took a loan of Shs 700 million from DFCU Bank. They secured it using several plots of land, including a piece of land at Najjera. Three years later, in 2014, Standard Chartered Bank took over the loan and repaid Shs 600 million. They signed an agreement, and by…
The High Court has ruled it will hear a case involving businessman Haruna Ssentongo, who is accused of attempting to breach a sale agreement for a property in Kisenyi, Kampala. The case started in 2017 when Ssentongo, who was drowning in debt, agreed to sell a property in Kisenyi to Downtown Bags Ltd for $700,000…
Timothy Kayondo and Denis Muguzi have lost their piece of land after they defaulted on a Shs 200 million loan offered to them by Goldmine Finance Limited. The loan was offered at a rate of 48% per year. Justice Susan Odongo of the High Court overturned a lower court’s temporary injunction that had blocked the…
Kampala Club, a leisure place patronised by the powerful and the connected, will not have to pay Shs 166 million that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) had assessed as VAT on the membership fees, the High Court has ruled. The decision, delivered by Justice Susan Odongo overturns an earlier ruling by the Tax Appeals Tribunal…
The High Court has ordered the eviction of two school owners from a property in Kisugu, Kampala, after they defaulted on a bank loan. The decision, made by Justice Susan Odongo grants Cairo Bank Uganda possession of the land, which was used as security for the debt. The case stems from a loan agreement in…
