Gen. Saleh’s Daughter Esteri Wants Divorced Husband Declared Insane

The daughter to Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh, Esteri Mugurwa Akandwanaho has taken the battle for child custody with her divorced husband to another level and wants him declared insane.

According to documents seen by this news site yesterday, Esteri has filed an application in which she wants court to issue an order directing her former husband Eng. Ronald Ndizeye Sekaziga to be subjected to psychiatric examination.

 “In the circumstances, we humbly seek that the matter be fixed and Your Worship proceeds to have the Respondent (Ndizeye) undergo a mental psychological evaluation by a professional,” reads in part the letter Esteri wrote yesterday (February 11, 2020) pestering the Magistrate to quickly fix her application for hearing.  

The letter was written through her lawyers of Kashillingi Rugaba & Associates Advocates and tax consultants.

Her main accusation against the husband is his decision to visit their three daughters at school.

Court records show that Esteri filed for Divorce in 2017 at the High Court Family Division seeking an order for maintenance and custody of the three children.

Lady Justice Alexandra Nkonge Rugadya granted the Divorce petition and ordered for joint custody of the children.

Dissatisfied with the order for joint custody, Esteri filed another application asking court to cancel the joint custody order and grant her sole custody of the children.

This application was still pending when she filed another application seeking court to direct a medical examination of her husband.

To her dismay, the High Court instead referred her to Nakawa Chief Magistrates’ court and the Magistrate directed that they go for mediation a the practice is for all Civil Matters.

In the letter written by her lawyers of Kashillingi Rugaba & Associates Advocates she claims Ndizeye refused to go for mediation with his former wife.

“We had intimated to court that there was a nebewed mediation effort. However, regret to inform court that mediation failed at the insistence of the respondent. Instead, our client (Esteri) has observed disturbing trends with the respondent’s visists to the children’s school with strangers,” the February 11, 2020 letter reads in part.

The letter was served to Ndizeye’s lawyers of Bowmans/AF Mpanga Advocates and Nakawa court on the same day. Ndizeye a renowned city Engineer is an Old Boy of Busoga College Mwiri and his father is a reknown architect.

Esteri co-owns Isaiah 60 Film Production Company with First Daughter Natasha Karugire. The Company produced the 27 gun salute film, whose production led to the shutting of all activities at Parliament of Uganda in September 2018.