【全非资讯·乌干达】 乌干达：Absa Bank 获准出售 Boss Beverages 资产以偿还债务

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坎帕拉——高等法院商业分部在驳回了一起关于涉嫌违规计算利息的长期贷款纠纷后，准许乌干达Absa银行（Absa Bank Uganda Limited）继续出售Boss Beverages International Limited名下价值数百万先令的房产。\n\n代理法官Ginamia Melody Ngwatu博士通过司法部的电子法院案件管理信息系统（ECCMIS）作出判决，驳回了Boss Beverages提起的诉讼，下令该公司支付诉讼费用，并授权银行通过出售抵押房产来追回7.102亿先令的未偿债务。\n\n法院裁定，自案件提起之日起至全额付清之日止，未偿金额将继续按年利率20%计息。Ngwatu法官裁定：“被告应依法继续出售抵押财产，以追回710,176,404乌干达先令的未偿总额，以及自本案起诉之日起按20%累积的利息，直至全额付清。”\n\n被指定用于追偿的房产位于Banda-Kireka的第232区块第2619和2406号地块，这些房产曾作为向该公司提供贷款信贷的担保。该裁决为这场历时八年的商业纠纷画上了句号。该纠纷始于2018年，当时Boss Beverages起诉乌干达巴克莱银行（Barclays Bank Uganda Limited，现为乌干达Absa银行），指控该贷款机构适用非法的利率和罚息。\n\n该公司辩称，其已基本还清了在2015年为偿还DFCU银行前期贷款而获得的一笔4亿先令定期贷款，并对银行声称未偿余额已升至7.102亿先令以上的说法提出了异议。Boss Beverages依据Izimba & Co.注册会计师事务所的一份审计报告，该报告估计债务约为2.88亿先令，并对银行计算的部分内容提出了质疑。\n\n然而，银行坚称，借款人不仅对4亿先令的定期贷款发生违约，还对另一笔高达6亿先令的短期信贷发生违约，这两笔贷款后来应公司的要求进行了合并。银行辩称，持续的违约导致合同利息和罚息不断累积，截至2017年8月，债务已飙升至7.102亿先令。\n\n法院听取了公司代表David Kyeera的证词，他对银行的数据提出了异议，但在交叉盘问中承认自己没有正规的会计资质。不过，Ngwatu法官认为他作为熟悉公司交易的员工有资格作证，但也指出其分析存在弱点，特别是未能将利息和违约金计算在内。

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Kampala — The High Court Commercial Division has allowed Absa Bank Uganda Limited to proceed with the sale of multimillion-shilling properties belonging to Boss Beverages International Limited after dismissing a long-running loan dispute over alleged wrongful interest calculations.

In a judgement delivered through the Judiciary's Electronic Court Case Management Information System (ECCMIS), Acting Judge Dr. Ginamia Melody Ngwatu dismissed the suit filed by Boss Beverages, ordered the company to pay costs, and authorized the bank to recover an outstanding debt of Shs710.2 million through the sale of the mortgaged property.

The court ruled that the outstanding amount will continue attracting interest at 20 percent per annum from the date the case was filed until full payment is made. "The defendant shall proceed with the sale of the mortgaged property according to the law to recover the outstanding sum of UGX 710,176,404 and interest accrued at 20% from the date of filing this suit until payment in full," Justice Ngwatu ruled.

The properties earmarked for recovery are located on Block 232, Plots 2619 and 2406 in Banda-Kireka, which were pledged as security for loan facilities advanced to the company. The decision brings to a close an eight-year commercial dispute that began in 2018 when Boss Beverages sued Barclays Bank Uganda Limited (now Absa Bank Uganda), accusing the lender of applying unlawful interest rates and penalties.

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The company argued that it had substantially repaid a Shs400 million term loan obtained in 2015 to refinance an earlier facility from DFCU Bank, and challenged the bank's claim that the outstanding balance had risen to over Shs710 million. Boss Beverages relied on an audit report by Izimba & Co. Certified Public Accountants, which estimated the debt at about Shs288 million and questioned portions of the bank's calculations.

However, the bank maintained that the borrower had defaulted on both a Shs400 million term loan and a separate short-term facility of up to Shs600 million, which were later consolidated at the company's request. The bank argued that continued default led to the accumulation of contractual interest and penalties, pushing the debt to Shs710.2 million by August 2017.

The court heard testimony from company representative David Kyeera, who challenged the bank's figures but admitted under cross-examination that he lacked formal accounting qualifications. Justice Ngwatu, however, found him competent to testify as an employee familiar with company transactions, though she noted weaknesses in his analysis, particularly his failure to account for interest and default penalties.

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