Uganda
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 8, 1995; amended in 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- in 1995 a common law and customary law system was reintroduced
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Appeal and High Court
RELIGIONS
41.9% Catholics, 42% Protestants, 12.1% Muslims, other
From the country
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: MAN IN GULU SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A 43-year-old man in Gulu, Uganda, has been sentenced to death for murder, URN reported on 22 August 2019.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA ABOLISHES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Parliament in Uganda on 21 August 2019 passed a law that abolishes the mandatory death penalty for certain crimes, amending four different laws that had earlier prescribed capital punishment, including the Anti-Terrorism Act.
- JANUARY 1, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
DECEMBER 19, 2018UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SFC SOLDIER, GUARD GET DEATH FOR MURDER
A soldier of the Special Forces Command and a security guard were on 14 December 2018 sentenced to death for the murder of a Mobile Money agent over two years ago.
JANUARY 31, 2018UgandaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH BY UGANDAN COURT OVER MURDER
The High Court in Luweero District sentenced to death a 35-year-old Tanzanian national for murdering a fellow casual labourer at a farm in Wakyato Sub County, Nakaseke District.
- JANUARY 1, 2018UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- JANUARY 1, 2017UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
APRIL 20, 2016UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: GOVERNMENT MOVES TO OWN BILL ON DEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s Executive is making a belated move to take charge of the private member’s Bill that seeks to
- JANUARY 1, 2016UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- JUNE 19, 2015UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s unicameral Parliament adopted the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2015, in order to
Uganda’s unicameral Parliament adopted the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2015, in order to
- FEBRUARY 23, 2015UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MUSEVENI WANTS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERERS
Presidenti Yoweri Museveni asked judges to sentence murderers to death.
- JANUARY 1, 2015UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences