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
- DECEMBER 27, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention...
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja...
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja region
- DECEMBER 17, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Mubende, Uganda, sentenced to death...
The High Court in Mubende, Uganda, sentenced to death two men for robbery and murder
- DECEMBER 12, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda praised the United States for including the...
Uganda praised the United States for including the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on its blacklist of international terrorist organisations, the New Vision newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major...
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major Smarts Kiggundu, whom the General Court Martial (GCM) sentenced to death in 1995 on robbery charges, was set free by the Court Martial of Appeal (CMA)
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will...
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will be deployed for the Karamoja disarmament exercise to observe maximum discipline
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners,...
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners, will sit the 2001's Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) on November14 and 15, according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)
- OCTOBER 29, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for...
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for one day in Kampala, secretary Dr
- OCTOBER 18, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Friends of Hope For Condemned Prisoners (FHCP), a Ugandan...
Friends of Hope For Condemned Prisoners (FHCP), a Ugandan NGO, called on government to immediately abolish the death penalty on all criminal cases, saying the sentence is not a deterrent
- OCTOBER 14, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An editorial published in the Ugandan newspaper The...
An editorial published in the Ugandan newspaper The New Vision urged Parliament to pass the Suppression of Terrorism bill 2001 tabled by the minister of state in charge of security, Muruli Mukasa, on October 11, "as soon as possible"
- OCTOBER 13, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the...
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the Constitutional Review Commission, proposed a change in the national flag, anthem, motto and the abolition of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 13, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the...
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the Constitutional Review Commission, proposed a change in the national flag, anthem, motto and the abolition of the death penalty