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Kakama v Asiimwe (Civil Appeal 7 of 2021) [2025] UGHCFD 2 (31 January 2025)
High Court family appeal on custody, maintenance and costs. The court replaced sole custody with joint custody, revised maintenance, and set aside costs.
Makokha v Namatovu (Civil Revision 9 of 2022) [2023] UGHCFD 172 (20 November 2023)
The High Court found that the Magistrate's Court acted within its jurisdiction in ordering a DNA test to establish paternity, as the applicant himself requested resolution of the paternity issue and the Children Act empowers courts to order such tests. The applicant was a party to the proceedings and the order was necessary to determine parentage, which is central to custody and maintenance matters. The court held that there was no illegality or material irregularity in the lower court's actions, and that the applicant failed to prosecute the revision application expeditiously. The interests…
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Makokha v Namatovu (Civil Revision 9 of 2022) [2023] UGHCFD 103 (20 November 2023)
The High Court dismissed a civil revision challenge to a DNA-testing order in a family cause, holding the magistrate acted lawfully within jurisdiction.
Mugabe v Nyinambungira (Civil Appeal 60 of 2022) [2023] UGCA 364 (17 April 2023)
The Court of Appeal found that the trial judge failed to conduct a valid hearing as required by the Divorce Act and Civil Procedure Rules. The procedure adopted—relying exclusively on written submissions and affidavits without oral evidence or opportunity for cross-examination—was a clear violation of Order 18 Rule 4 and Order 19 Rule 1. The right to a fair hearing includes the opportunity to test evidence through cross-examination, which was denied in this case. As a result, the judgment and decree nisi of the High Court were set aside, and the matter was remitted for retrial before another…
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Sawula v Uganda (Criminal Revision 13 of 2020) [2020] UGHCCRD 148 (16 October 2020)
The High Court upheld a magistrate’s maintenance order made in a child-neglect criminal case, holding that revision was unwarranted and dismissing the application.
Neville James Stevens v Sandra Stevens (Miscellaneous Application No. 2067 of 2014) [2015] UGHCEBD 14 (2 October 2015)
The court found that while the applicant had established businesses for the respondent, the maintenance order covered necessities for a period during which the applicant defaulted. The respondent's financial and health circumstances were considered, but the existence of the businesses meant she was not in a category where recovery would be impossible if the appeal succeeded. The court balanced the interests by granting a conditional stay: the applicant must pay 50% of the maintenance amount directly to the respondent and deposit the remaining 50% in court as security, pending the appeal. Fail…
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Namukasa v Kakondere (Divorce Cause No. 30 of 2010) [2015] UGHCFD 49 (10 April 2015)
The court found that a valid customary marriage existed between the parties, established by a formal ceremony and payment of bride price. The respondent committed matrimonial offences including cruelty, desertion, and adultery, substantiated by unchallenged evidence of physical and psychological abuse, police reports, and criminal convictions. The marriage was irretrievably broken down and subject to dissolution under the Divorce Act, with all grounds equally available to both spouses. Custody of the four children was granted to the petitioner, who had been their sole provider since the respo…
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Namukasa v Kakondere (Divorce Cause 30 of 2010) [2015] UGHCFD 211 (10 April 2015)
The High Court dissolved a customary marriage, granted custody to the mother, awarded child maintenance, and divided matrimonial property after finding cruelty and desertion.
Yusuf Amili v Babirye (Civil Appeal No 109 of 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 20 (6 February 2014)
The High Court held that an interim custody order was made without a fair hearing and outside the proper parentage procedure, but dismissed the appeal as incompetent for want of leave.
Nyiraneza Justine Kazaare v Kazaare Jolocome (Divorce Appeal No. 001 of 2010) [2011] UGHC 201 (28 July 2011)
The High Court allowed the appeal, found no proven customary marriage, set aside the decree nisi, and ordered custody, maintenance, and occupation rights for the appellant and children.
