Court orders URA staff to pay colleague Shs100m over WhatsApp defamation
A Ugandan High Court has ordered a tax authority employee to pay 100 million Shillings in damages for defaming a colleague on a company WhatsApp group. The ruling includes both general and punitive damages for the false allegations made.
Why it matters
It sets a legal precedent regarding the liability of employees for defamatory statements made within internal corporate digital communication channels.
The dispute arose from messages posted on September 18, 2022, in the URA Senior Management WhatsApp forum. PHOTO/ AI-GENERATED
The report is a straightforward summary of a court judgment without editorializing.
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