A court in Western Uganda has ordered a woman who broke her marriage vows to a man who paid college tuition to pay 10.4 million shillings (360,991 shillings) for damages after refusing to marry him.
Her request to reverse the Court decision has been denied. In February, the Kanunga District Court ruled that Ms. Fortunate Kyarikunda, a law enforcement officer, broke her promise to marry local teacher Richard Tamwin in 2018.
Erasmus Nabimanya, who defends Mr Tumvine, said he welcomed the court’s decision but said he should have received a fee for the case.
“While we are happy that the filed application was dismissed, court did not award us costs yet we spent a lot of money. In consultation with my client, we shall consider filling an application demanding for the costs of this dismissed application,” said Nabimanya.
Her lawyers, from M/s Nasike & Company Advocates, said they were not satisfied with the court ruling and would appeal.
“Whereas Mr Richard Tumwiine’s story was heard, no one has ever heard from our client and yet people continue to judge her wrongly. ” she said
“We shall appeal because all we want is for our client to be heard,”
Tumwine revealed that she returned in February 2022 she then set the date for the inauguration ceremony, but left because the man was too old.
