Kampala University chief and Businessman Prof Baddru Kateregga has won the first round case as he battles to divorce his estranged wife Jolly Kateregga accusing her of domestic violence and infidelity.
In the ruling obtained by this website, Grade One Magistrate Arinaitwe Elisha ruled in favor of the professor. Below is part of the ruling;
This is an application for a protection order brought under the Domestic Violence Act 2010.
The brief facts as told by the Applicant are that the Applicant and respondent are married with 3 issues to wit; Badru Kateregga aged 12 years, Bayana Kateregga aged 12 years and Bakheet
Kateregga aged 5 years.
In September 2024, the respondent deserted their matrimonial home
abandoning the Applicant and children.
That following the desertion, the respondent ceased providing maintenance for the children and even cut off known communication. The respondent thereafter started harassing the Applicant by instituting baseless and malicious complaints against the applicant at various police stations with intention of embarrassing and harassing the Applicant.
The complaints were investigated and found to be baseless and dismissed. The respondent then resorted to issuing public press statements aimed at embarrassing intimidating and discrediting the Applicant. Respondent then resorted to cyber harassing the applicant, following her to various locations, loitering at her residence and sending her threatening messages. This prompted her to lodge a complaint of cyber harassment and threatening violence at police
The applicant asked me to issue a protection order restraining the respondent and his agents from threatening to kill or cause harm to her, stalking and accessing the applicant at her place of work, residence and any other place. She further asked me to prohibit the respondent from accessing anyplace or premises where the applicant and her children stay, frequent or attend without express consent of the applicant. Below is the full 10 page judgment;
