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 10, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Times of India reported that Justice BJ Odoki,...
The Times of India reported that Justice BJ Odoki, Chief Justice of Uganda, said that rape was considered the most heinous in his country
- NOVEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Augustine Kania of the High Court has convicted...
Justice Augustine Kania of the High Court has convicted and sentenced to death a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) an Local Defence Unit (LDU) soldier after finding them guilty of murder
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Human-rights groups in Uganda stepped up their campaign...
Human-rights groups in Uganda stepped up their campaign against the death penalty, with several of them submitting strong memoranda to the Constitution Review Commission urging for its removal from the statute books
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Miss Uganda beauty queen, Rehema Nakuya, is carrying...
Miss Uganda beauty queen, Rehema Nakuya, is carrying her mantle to the glamour of the Miss World beauty contest in Abuja, Nigeria
- OCTOBER 17, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still...
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still waiting for an independent inquiry into the March 22 murder of the former parish priest of Panyangara, Fr
- OCTOBER 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Martial Appeals Court in Kampala upheld a death...
The Martial Appeals Court in Kampala upheld a death sentence against an ailing UPDF soldier who killed a colleague in Gulu district
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed concern over the safety...
Amnesty International expressed concern over the safety of 20 prisoners held by the Ugandan army at a military detention facility in the northern town of Gulu
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed its concern for the...
Amnesty International expressed its concern for the safety of 20 prisoners held by the Ugandan army in Gulu
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World...
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World beauty pageant
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty...
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty was outdated and should be scrapped, adding that it was not a solution in the rehabilitation of prisoners
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of prisons departments in three East African...
The heads of prisons departments in three East African countries, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, have urged authorities in the region to abolish the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An Ugandan businesswoman and her maid, Kigula and Nansamba...
An Ugandan businesswoman and her maid, Kigula and Nansamba have been sentenced to death by the High Court, for killing the former's husband