Court orders woman to pay ex for breakup

A Ugandan woman who broke up with her fiancé has been ordered to pay him financial damages for psychological anguish.

The court in Kanungu said Richard Tumwine paid 9.4m shillings ($2,550; £2,060) for Fortunate Kyarikunda’s law studies, which she must now repay plus his legal fees.

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that by calling off their engagement after four years, Magistrate Asanasio Mukobi ruled that Kyarikunda had broken a promise to the detriment of Tumwine.

The court said it was “unreasonable, a misrepresentation and a fraud” for the defendant to argue that her parents told her not to marry an older man, saying she “had all the opportunity to reject the plaintiff’s love requests at the earliest point possible and avoid interfering with his financial obligations”.

It is not known if Kyarikunda will appeal against the judgement.