Court of Appeal reaffirms UGX450 million damages award to Pius Bigirimana against Daily Monitor newspaper

Two Justices of the Appellate Court have directed the Daily Monitor newspaper to pay Pius Bigirimana, a total sum of UGX450 million as compensatory damages for defaming him in a series of articles published on several dates between 2012 and 2015. Bigirimana at the time served as the Permanent Secretary to the Office of the Prime Minister before he was transferred to Gender Ministry in the same capacity. Currently, he is the Permanent Secretary to the Judiciary. The judgment delivered on Thursday, 5th January 2023, by the court’s Deputy Registrar followed an appeal by Daily Monitor, challenging the judgement of…