Nando’S Battle! Tycoon Amos Nzeyi In Shs 1.4BN Legal Firestorm With US Partner

By Our Reporter

Three Court of Appeal justices have hit pause on the execution of a staggering Shs1.4bn order against city tycoon Amos Nzeyi, sending his bitter legal battle back into the spotlight.

 

Nzeyi, through his lawyer David Nambale, rushed to the appellate court after earlier setbacks in both the High Court and a single Court of Appeal judge, who had refused to stop enforcement of the payment — including Shs828m owed to his former business partner, Menna Tewahade.

 

But in a major twist, Justices Moses Kazibwe Kawumi, Mike Musisi and Dr Asa Mugenyi ruled that enforcing the payment now would be unfair, especially since Tewahade had already received nearly half of the disputed money.

 

The judges also noted that Nzeyi still holds shares that could be used to recover funds if he ultimately loses the appeal.

 

At the heart of the explosive dispute is a share deal tied to a NANDO’S Chickenland franchise under Innscor (U) Ltd — a business once co-owned by Nzeyi and Tewahade, who also served as Managing Director.

 

Court documents show Tewahade agreed to sell his shares to Nzeyi for USD 400,000, with only USD 50,000 paid upfront before he relocated to the United States.

 

But things went south when the franchise agreement was allegedly breached after ownership changes were made without the franchisor’s approval, triggering termination of the NANDO’S deal.

 

Now, Tewahade is demanding the balance, while Nzeyi fights back, arguing that enforcing payment is unfair since his former partner is based in the US with no known assets in Uganda to recover money from if the appeal succeeds.

 

The Court of Appeal will now dig deeper into the messy financial and franchise fallout — a battle that has pulled one of Kampala’s known tycoons into a high-stakes legal spotlight.