one of the children after the fiancée saw what type of father his fiancée had and the marriage that
was scheduled for May 2006 has never been held to date.
That the marriage has been characterized by mistreatment, embarrassing the petitioner in the
presence of relatives, visitors, friends and children. That the respondent has exhibited cruelty
and selfishness and ungrateful attitudes towards the petitioner, despite the petitioner’s loving and
kind deeds, general disposition and words towards the respondent for example
a)
knowing that the petitioner has a heart problem the respondent has
been physically assaulting and over quarrelsome aggravating the petitioner’s
problem
b)
the petitioner saved the respondent when he was very sick, despite
resistance and strong opposition and abuses from his relatives who had preferred
endangering his life when he was unconscious and were taking him to witch
doctors
c)
the petitioner contributed money to buy a minibus, but the
respondent mismanaged the money spending large sums on other women and
excluded the petitioner from the business
d)
In 1998, the petitioner started a general trade import business and
when the business prospered, the petitioner invited the respondent to join in the
business booming. That the respondent started unnecessary conflict until the
respondent kicked the petitioner out of the business and the respondent took
away all the property acquired from the business.
That the petitioner worked for the East African Community and also Uganda Government in the
Customs department for a long time and contributed more to the family assets than the
respondent but the respondent registered most of the assets in his sole names and excluded the
petitioner from them. She enlisted the business concerns of the family, see paragraph 15 of the
petition. That the respondent withdrew from fulfilling his family obligations like paying school
fees and buying food at home saying that he was no longer part of that family and that children
and the petitioner could fend for themselves.
That he was not getting anything from the children and yet he paid school fees as an investment
(paragraph (17) of the [petition) among others.
She prayed that her marriage be dissolved on the grounds of adultery, frequent desertion and
cruelty or a decree for judicial separation be granted in the alternative. She also prayed that
family property be shared between the petitioner and the respondent to enable the petitioner have
a home and an income to cater for herself and the children who are still at the university. She
prayed that the costs of the application be awarded.