On 9th-Nov-2023, Kania J ✍️ A money lending transaction (which is civil in nature) should not be turned into criminal charges of theft and obtaining money by false pretences,✍The proper course of action is to file a civil suit to recover the sums lent.
Lubega J Validates Late Summons for Direction, Direct parties 2 Report to D.Registrar 4 Further Directions ✍️considering the fact that suit has been active from time it was instituted,faulting Respondent 4 failure to take out summons within time,will not serve the ends of justice
Himbaza J✍️Bail is not a punishment,nor is it reserved for the poor,even indigent persons are entitled to it✍️Court weighs circumstances of each case✍️ Applicant had been on remand for 4 years without committal to High Court,while police file remains missing & unretrieved to date
The High Court of Uganda has ordered a URA staff to pay his fellow Ugx. 100m for defaming him on the URA senior management WhatsApp group. His defense of qualified privilege couldn't stand for having been reckless and indifferent in truth as he communicated on the page. Beware!!!!!
In Nyanzi Fred Sentamu vs. EC & Others; EPA No.20 of 2021 (June 24, 2022) Court of Appeal (Kiryabwire, Musota & Gashirabake, JJA) cited the Gatete case to hold that the purpose of serving summons in a civil suit is achieved once a defendant is made aware of the pending suit👇🏿.
On 5-Dec-2022 Wamala J in ⏬cited Ochwa vs AG where Mubiru J ✍️there is no power to arrest & detain a person merely to make enquiries about him or her. Constitution does not permit an arrest for purposes of interrogation in hope of getting enough information to ground a charge⏬
Why wait for 11 days?
If he is released tomorrow, do u still strike?
What’s the purpose of the strike: to show that we are pissed, to pressure his release or to make a statement? Unfortunately the Kasujja style of press release doesn’t answer the questions
Read this case in tandem with Immaculate Kabagesera & Another vs. Kabatooro Justine & CLR; HCCS No.6 of 2021 (February 28, 2025) wherein Wagona, J (Fort Portal) dismissed a suit for want of prosecution on account of the plaintiffs' failure to comply with the pre-trial directives.
In Monitor Publications Ltd & Others vs. Silver Kayondo; HCMA No.261 of 2026 (June 14, 2026) Dr. Ngwatu, Ag. J (Commercial Division) upheld the order to proceed ex-parte when a defendant fails to comply with the schedule to file pre-trial documents under O.17, r.4 of the CPR👇🏿.
Monitor Publications Ltd and Others v Silver Kayondo (Miscellaneous Application No. 261 of 2026) [2026] UGCommC 298 (14 June 2026)
Applicants’ non‑compliance with pre‑trial directives justified ex parte hearing; review application dismissed with costs
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Ngwatu J✍️ enters judgment on admission for USD 390,959 & UGX 40M in general damages after Respondent’s counsel admitted liability for debt✍️rejects argument that admission could not be relied upon because it was made during mediation✍admission made before trial judge was clear
Only a lawyer would understand the weight of 61 pages of Mubiru J's ruling.
All RDCs, Police officers ought to read this.
Kiranda Timothy &Anor V Hajjat Fatuma Nabitaka Ndisaba & 7 Ors.
MC 61 of 2025
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The Court observed that where a deceased dies intestate, without a surviving spouse or children, his or her siblings are among the nearest relatives entitled to share in the estate. Claims of lineal descendants of such siblings are thus protected, and an administrator's failure to distribute to such relatives does not extinguish their entitlement
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