A law enforcement officer attached to Rubanda Town Council has been sent to prison by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Rukungiri District for failing to compensate a man more than 14 million shillings following a breach of a marriage promise.
Fortunate Kyarikunda, a resident of Kiringa Parish in Kambuga Sub-county, Kanungu District, was ordered by the court to pay Richard Tumwiine Sh14,099,100.
Tumwiine, a primary school teacher and resident of Kagoongo–Nyakagyezi Village in Nyarutojo Parish in Kambuga Sub-county, filed the case after spending money on Kyarikunda while she was studying, with the expectation that they would later marry.
In January 2023, the Kanungu Grade One Magistrate’s Court ordered Kyarikunda to compensate Tumwiine Sh9,439,100 for the money he spent on her during her studies. The court also awarded Sh1,000,000 as general damages for the inconvenience and psychological distress suffered by Tumwiine.
Kyarikunda lost the case after failing to file a defence or appear before the court. The total amount later rose to Sh14,099,100.
After failing to pay the compensation as ordered, the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Rukungiri ordered that she be committed to prison.
Courtesy|The Independent
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