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…
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…
The High Court has ordered Kobo360 Inc., a Nigerian logistics firm, to pay Nice Star International more than Shs 64 million after it failed to pay for transporting ten containers from Mombasa to Kampala. The court also awarded general damages, interest, and costs to Nice Star after Kobo360 repeatedly ignored court summons and failed to…
When Kansiime Selgio Muhangi joined the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in 1997 as an assistant revenue officer, he believed he was building a stable career in public service. Over the next eleven years, he advanced through the ranks, eventually becoming Officer I in the Customs department. But in December 2008, his career was abruptly cut…
When British American businessman Craig Whitehead teamed up with two Ugandan partners, Benjamin Buhikire and Simon Gombekwa, he believed he was helping build a promising venture in Uganda. Instead, Buhikire and Gombekwa quietly diverted more than Shs 228 million that Whitehead sent for company projects and used it for themselves. Does this sound familiar? For…
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 in Kabale has convicted 45-year-old Damiano Kabahoze of murdering his five-year-old niece, Provia Niyonshuti, in what the judge described as a calculated and “heinous” killing linked to a bitter family land dispute. Justice Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere said Kabahoze strangled the child on May 29, 2024, at Kibaya village in Nyakabande sub-county, Kisoro,…
Patrick Wandera joined Sadolin Paints Limited as a forklift driver in 2001. On October 12, 2010, a customer approached him and said he wanted to buy an empty 1,000-litre container. Wandera said it costs Shs 180,000. The customer paid the money, but instead of passing over the entire sum to the store’s manager, a one Jignesh,…
Amber Kyambadde, the daughter of former Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde, has been granted a divorce by the court after she proved that her lawyer husband, Edgar Bagumire Bichetero, had been cruel towards her and had exploited her financially. Edgar is the son of Veronica Eragu Bichetero, the former Woman MP for Kaberamaido. In December 2016,…
In a ruling that will surely resonate with many women in Uganda who have lived for years with partners without formal marriage, the High Court has dismissed a petition by Judith Bakabulindi, who sought to dissolve what she believed was her marriage to Dr Jones Yosia Kyazze. Bakabulindi also wanted the court to determine how…
Justice Susan Abinyo of the Commercial Division of the High Court has dismissed an attempt by a Ntungamo-based businessman, Alex Mugisha, to defend himself in a fuel supply debt dispute with Stabex International Limited. Stabex sued Mugisha under a summary procedure, a system that allows creditors to obtain a quick judgment where the defendant is…
