Uganda Case Law

Wesonga v Centenary Rural Development Bank Ltd (Labour Dispute Claim 136 of 2014)

Wesonga v Centenary Rural Development Bank Ltd (Labour Dispute Claim 136 of 2014) [2019] UGIC 33 (14 June 2019)

Court

Industrial Court of Uganda

Case number

Labour Dispute Claim 136 of 2014

Judge

Ruhinda-Ntengye, J, Tumusiime-Mugisha, J

The court found that the claimant was properly subjected to a disciplinary process that was neither biased nor partisan. The evidence, including the complainant's consistent testimony and the mobile money transaction, established on a balance of probabilities that the claimant solicited and received a bribe in contravention of the respondent's anti-corruption policy. The committee's conduct, including translation of messages and refunding transport, did not amount to bias. The dismissal was for the same misconduct for which the claimant was called to answer, and the process met the requiremen…

Source excerpt

• Unlawful Termination
• Disciplinary Procedure
• Employee Misconduct
• Bribery And Corruption

Rex v Brabin and Another

Rex v Brabin and Another (Criminal Appeals Nos. 127 and 128 of 1947) [1947] EACA 29 (1 January 1947)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeals Nos. 127 and 128 of 1947

Judge

Bartley J, Edwards CJ, Graham Paul CJ

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa upheld bribery convictions, holding that evidence of a prior corrupt transaction with the same complainant was admissible.

• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Similar Fact Evidence
• Credibility Of Witnesses
• Misdirection
• Bribery And Corruption
• Similar-fact-evidence