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, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 3 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
the High Court in Arua, Uganda...
- DECEMBER 10, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 566 ON DEATH ROW
a total of 566 inmates condemned to death are being imprisoned at Luzira Prison and Kirinya Prison in Jinja, Uganda.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SIX SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MILITARY OFFICER
six Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Lt. Christopher Abaasa.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA DRAFTING BILL TO EXECUTE HIV INFECTORS
it was reported that the Ugandan government was drafting a bill to execute offenders who knowingly infected minors with HIV.
- JULY 26, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SPEAKER BACKS DEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, said he does not support the abolition of the death penalty.
- JULY 4, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS DEATH PENALTY FOR KNOWINGLY INFECTING MINORS WITH HIV
the parliament of Uganda was considering a bill that could impose the death penalty for people with HIV/AIDS who knowingly infected those under the age of 18.
- JUNE 12, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
it was reported that the previous week, the High Court in Mbale, Uganda, sentenced two men to death after they were found guilty of committing robbery with violence.
- MAY 15, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF INFANT
a panel of three judges of the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that the trial judge, Lugadya Atwooki, who presided over the High Court sitting in Mbale, Uganda, on November 11, 2002, had rightly sentenced Zubairi Waira, in his sixties, to death.
- APRIL 24, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. ARMY COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH MUSEVENI GUARD
following a three day trial, the Bombo-based Division Court Martial (DCM), Uganda, sentenced to death Lance Corporal Charles Ssekamatte, a soldier attached to President Yoweri Museveni's security detail, for the murder of a civilian in Sembabule District.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. ARMY EXECUTED 26 SOLDIERS IN PAST THREE YEARS
the army has executed 26 soldiers in northern Uganda over the last three years for murdering civilians in the region, the 2003-2005 report on action taken against human rights violations by the UPDF in northern Uganda revealed.
- JANUARY 2, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SOLDIER TO HANG FOR IDP KILLING
the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) 4th Division Court Martial sentenced to death Private Joel Lubangakene, a soldier convicted of killing a pupil of the Lalogi Internally Displaced People's (IDP) camp on December 26, 2004.
- JANUARY 1, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences