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
- JULY 2, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES
the Court of Appeal in Uganda upheld a death sentence against Robert Lubowa and Jackson Kabazza for robbery.
- JUNE 19, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the 4th Division court martial in Gulu district, Uganda...
- MAY 22, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: APPEAL COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Court of Appeal overruled the death sentences of Godfrey Oguttu and Robert Ouma Musumba of Masafu village in Busia district.
- MAY 10, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA UPDF SOLDIER TO HANG FOR MURDER, ROBBERY
the division court martial in Mbarara, Uganda, has sentenced a UPDF soldier to death by hanging after he was found guilty of murder and robbery charges.
- APRIL 18, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. DEATH PENALTY FOR HIV-POSITIVE CHILD SEX OFFENDERS
Uganda's parliament passed a law that any HIV-positive person who wilfully infects a minor through sexual intercourse or rape will face the death penalty.
- MARCH 26, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 2 UPDF SOLDIERS TO HANG FOR MURDER
two UPDF officers, Lt. Stephen Misango and Lt. Omar Bongo, are to hang for torturing and killing Wanzala, an LC3 defence secretary of Buwalasi sub-county, Sironko district.
- MARCH 23, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA WOMEN DEFILERS FACE DEATH
convicted women defilers could get life sentences if the amendments to the Ugandan Penal Code proposed by legislators get Parliamentary approval.
- MARCH 22, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SIX TO HANG IN GULU FOR MURDER, ONE ACQUITTED
a High Court session in Gulu sentenced six people hang for murder, as 12 judges are in northern Uganda to
- FEBRUARY 23, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY
“I am a strong believer in the death penalty”, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said at the Forum on
- FEBRUARY 12, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UGANDA
two men and a woman have been separately sentenced to death for murder in the Bushenyi District.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: UPDF DISMISSES 14 SOLDIERS, 3 TO HANG
Maj. Felix Kulayigye, the Army and Defence spokesman said out of the 34 UPDF Military Court Martial cases concluded in 2006, 3 soldiers - Pte. Abubakar Mugwanate, L/Cpl. Moses Omarara and Pte. Richard Wofli, all convicted of murder, were sentenced to deat
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Uganda High Court sentenced a soldier to death for murder. Justice Mwangusya said the State had proved...