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 31, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Four hundred inmates are on the death row in Luzira...
Four hundred inmates are on the death row in Luzira Prisons, Uganda, Henry Tugume, the officer-in-charge of the prison, said
- DECEMBER 23, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International wrote to Ugandan President Museveni...
Amnesty International wrote to Ugandan President Museveni urging him to abolish the death penalty
- DECEMBER 19, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Richard Arinaitwe was convicted and sentenced to death...
Richard Arinaitwe was convicted and sentenced to death by the high court of Uganda for the murder of an American woman, Maria Cecilia Goetz
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
"No human being has power over the life of another
"No human being has power over the life of another
- OCTOBER 10, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
According to Ugandan Prison authorities, inmates on...
According to Ugandan Prison authorities, inmates on death row numbered more than 400
- OCTOBER 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Ugandan security agents...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Ugandan security agents of carrying out the extra-judicial killing of four men they detained in August 2003, a charge denied by the military
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Attorney General replied to the constitutional...
The Ugandan Attorney General replied to the constitutional petition against the death penalty, saying the petitioners' right to life was not absolute
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Corporal Pimundu Gimaro of the Ugandan Military Police...
Corporal Pimundu Gimaro of the Ugandan Military Police was sentenced to death by the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) field court martial for cowardice and failure to carry out duties
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Three policemen convicted of killing three prominent...
Three policemen convicted of killing three prominent businessmen in Jinja, on suspicion that they were armed robbers, were sentenced to death by the High court
- AUGUST 29, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Herbert Bwangalo, 34, Jackson Kuyoka, 28, and Charles...
Herbert Bwangalo, 34, Jackson Kuyoka, 28, and Charles Lule, 29, were sentenced to death by a court in Uganda for killing Benon Mmaali on suspicion that he was a thief
- AUGUST 19, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Masaka, Uganda, presided over by...
The High Court in Masaka, Uganda, presided over by Justice Elidad Mwangusya, sentenced Rogers Lutalemwa to death for killing his two-year-old son on July 27, 2003
- JULY 22, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni said the death penalty must...
President Yoweri Museveni said the death penalty must remain as a deterrent against indiscriminate killings