The Supreme court of Uganda has overturned a constitutional court finding that allowed husbands to solicit a bride price or commonly known in SA as 'lobola' from their spouses after a customary marriage had broken down.
A women's activist group, Mifumi Uganda Limited brought a case challenging the repayment of a bride price or lobola, arguing it had strong links to domestic violence for women in Uganda.
According to Newvision.co.ug, the group further stated in their case that the practise of women having to repay their lobola after divorce went against women equality and was unconstitutional.
The case was heard in the constitutional court in 2007 where the refunding of lobola was upheld.
"The Court then ruled that the activists failed to adduce scientific evidence to prove the connection between bride price and domestic violence, which prompted them to appeal to the Supreme Court," cites Newvision.co.ug.
However, eight years later that finding was withdrawn and the Supreme court of Uganda deemed it illegal.
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