Uganda, Sept. 30 -- The High Court has ordered Mandela National Stadium Ltd to pay one of its guests about Shs10m as compensation for the injuries she sustained that led to the breaking of her leg.
In her law suit, Ms Jossy Gakumba sued the stadium demanding for a compensation for injuries she sustained on July 1, 2016 when she fell into a dangerous and uncovered manhole and broke her leg at the Stadium where she had gone to attend a wedding ceremony.
High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana ruled that as a guest at a wedding, the stadium owed Ms Gakumba a duty of care to ensure the premises were safe.
"The least standard of care expected of the defendant (stadium) in this case was to put up warning signs notifying the guests of the uncovered manh...