Lira man intends to sue girlfriend he paid her education as ‘contract’ binds no more
Lira – A dweller of Ober Entebbe – Ojwina division in Lira Municipality is intending to drag to court his long-time sweetheart for breaching contract.
Micheal Egulu claims they agreed that Vicky Ejang would marry him after completing her education that he paid for.
According to Egule, he met Ejang from Alebtong district in 2015 during her senior six vacation.
That year, he added that his sweetheart asked him to pay for her university tuition – a request he didn’t refuse.
“We made a written agreement with the family members that we would get married after her graduation,” the intending plaintiff says.
“I sponsored her education at Kyambogo University from 2017 and I spent over 20 million shillings on her, but upon graduating recently Ejang went and introduced another man to her family as her fiancée,” disgruntled Egule, added.
Mr Egule is now threatening to drag Ejang to Court for breaching their agreement and is demanding shillings 120 million as compensation.
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What you may not know is that the challenges can actually start even before you say “I do.”
- If you’re committed to a relationship, you and your partner owe each other a calm, honest conversation about each other’s finances, habits, goals, and anxieties.
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