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 28, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO TO HANG FOR MURDER OF SUSPECTED WITCH
two men were sentenced to hang by deputy Chief Justice Laetitia Mukasa-Kikonyogo of the Ugandan Court of Appeal for killing an old woman in Bushenyi District on suspicion that she was bewitching them.
- DECEMBER 9, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA TO DROP DEATH PENALTY FOR GAYS
Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti-gay bill
- DECEMBER 8, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a local Defence Unit (LDU) officer in Kabale, Uganda, was sentenced to death for murdering a resident of Rutenga cell in Kabale Town.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: FIVE DEATH ROW INMATES PARDONED
five inmates waiting to be hanged for more than 20 years were released by Luzira Prison authorities
- NOVEMBER 4, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: IBAHRI CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemned a proposal in Uganda to
- OCTOBER 14, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALS FACE DEATH PENALTY
aggravated homosexuality will be punished by death, according to a new bill tabled by a Ndorwa West MP in the Ugandan Parliament.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 17 CHILDREN ON LUZIRA DEATH ROW
Luzira Prison in Uganda has 17 juveniles sentenced to death but cannot be hanged because they committed the offences when they were below 18 years, said the Report launched by the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE
the UPDF 5th Division Court Martial sitting at Acholpii in Pader District, Uganda, sentenced a Local
- AUGUST 28, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO MEN
the Court of Appeal upheld the decisions of lower courts in western Uganda that sentenced two men to death for aggravated robbery.
- JUNE 21, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: LUWERO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Ugandan High Court in Luwero sentenced a 38-year-old man to death for killing his neighbour’s wife.
- JUNE 5, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 7 GET DEATH FOR MBARARA MURDER
the Ugandan High Court in Mbarara district sentenced seven people to death for murder and robbery
- JUNE 2, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SCHOOL HEAD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Justice John Bosco Katutsi, of the High Court in Uganda’s Rukungiri district, sentenced the former head teacher of Kitazigurukwa Primary School, Frank Turyatemba, to death for murder.