Natukunda Hilder v Kabagambe Eliab (Divorce Cause 2 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 422 (11 June 2025)
Court
High Court of Uganda
Case number
Divorce Cause 2 of 2024
Judge
Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere, J
The High Court granted a divorce-related judgment, awarded UGX 10 million in general damages for assault, and ordered equal sharing of the children’s education costs.
Natukunda v Friday (Civil Appeal 5 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 848 (29 August 2024)
Court
High Court of Uganda
Case number
Civil Appeal 5 of 2023
Judge
Mugabo, J
The High Court partly allowed a civil appeal over cohabitation property, finding the respondent proved only a 30% share and ordering each party to bear own costs.
The Supreme Court held that the Court of Appeal erred in law by pronouncing that all property individually owned prior to marriage automatically becomes joint property upon marriage and must be shared equally at divorce. The correct legal position is that only property to which a spouse has contributed, either directly or indirectly, is subject to division upon dissolution of marriage. The Constitution guarantees equality of spouses but does not abrogate the right to individual property ownership. The trial judge's division of property, which distinguished between individually owned and joint…