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14 CASES THAT TUNED JURISPRUDENCE IN 2025 No.6 will shock you HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 14. Francis Waithaka Ngokonyo & 2 Others Vs Telkom Kenya Ltd; Where Court confirmed that Permanent & pensionable employment status does not guarantee continued remuneration past retirement.

READ: Walusimbi Shafik v Attorney General (Miscellaneous Cause 72 of 2025) [6th March 2026] LINK. @2026-03-06" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judg…

While medical evidence is not a strict prerequisiteof proving torture (given the clandestine nature of torture), the evidentiary burden remains. The applicant must present credible, cogent, and independent evidence linking the alleged harm to acts of torture.

#HumanRights #48HourRule There is no exception to the 48-hr constitutional rule: a suspect must be produced in court within 48 hours of arrest, or be released on police bond. Failing this makes the detention unlawful & unconstitutional, giving the victim a right to compensation

#SuccessionLaw #LocusStandi 🍓Once a Lawyer's Client dies, the Lawyer ceases to have instructions. Read: 📌Muhumuza and 2 Others v Mbabulima (Civil Suit No. 38 of 2022) [2023]  @2023-08-24" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judg…

Jeniffer Bamuturaki Musiime v Uganda National Airlines Corporation (Labour Dispute Miscellaneous Application 1 of 2020)[2020] @2020-05-05" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judg…

The Industrial Court further reaffirmed that it is not a court of 1st instance in labour disputes; which must reach it only by proper reference under the Labour Disputes (Arbitration & Settlement) Act (LADASA). 📌Jeniffer Bamuturaki Musiime v Uganda National Airlines Corporation

Court has rejected an employer’s attempt to stretch a 6-month probationary period beyond its lawful end. Calculating from the date of assumption of duty, Court held that termination after the lapse of probation couldn't be justified under S.67 of the Employment Act.

A purchaser who accepted delivery at a fixed price could not retrospectively reduce that price by reliance on a general price-adjustment clause, without clear authority to interfere with accrued rights. Any contractual discretion had to be exercised reasonably and in good faith.

#ForceMajeure?? Covid-19 related commercial hardship did/do not justify reallocation of contractual risk or departure from pacta sunt servanda. (Agreements must be kept)

#ContractLaw #Covid19 #ArbitrioBoniViri #PactaSuntServanda Court has held that a purchaser cannot retrospectively cut a fixed contract price via a general adjustment clause or even by citing Covid-19. Discretion is subject to arbitrio boni viri (objective reasonableness)

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A litigant who claims illiteracy but later authors documents in English may be recalled for further cross-examination in the interests of substantive justice. 📌 Centenary Rural Development Bank (U) Ltd v Bwayo Mathew M.A 749 of 2025 [2026] #UgandaLaw #CivilProcedure

1. Otinga v Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education & 3 others (Civil Appeal E625 of 2023); Where Court ordered Council of Legal Education to make regulations to license other institutions to offer the Advocates Training Program.

2. Attorney General Vs Hon Michael Kabaziguruka; where Court observed that the General Court Martial has no jurisdiction to try civilians and that the sections of the UPDF Act that allow civilian trials in military Courts are unconstitutional.

14 CASES THAT TUNED JURISPRUDENCE IN 2025 No.6 will shock you HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 14. Francis Waithaka Ngokonyo & 2 Others Vs Telkom Kenya Ltd; Where Court confirmed that Permanent & pensionable employment status does not guarantee continued remuneration past retirement.