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
- MAY 6, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: AMUKA MILITIAMEN TO HANG OVER MURDER
the High Court in Lira district, Uganda, sentenced two former Amuka militiamen to death by hanging for killing 10 internally displaced persons.
- APRIL 30, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: FIVE MEN ESCAPE THE GALLOWS
five men convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to death in Uganda by the High Court escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal acquitted them.
- APRIL 20, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE HANDED DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
two women were sentenced to death by after Justice Lawrence Gidudu, at a court in Uganda, found them guilty of murder.
- APRIL 6, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
in light of its decision in January that found the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional...
in light of its decision in January that found the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional...
APRIL 3, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
the Ugandan Parliament unanimously created a new clause in the “Prevention of
- MARCH 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa...
Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: DEATH ROW POSES STIFF HEALTH TEST
Ugandan pyschologists spoke out about the affects of being on death row.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT OUTLAWS ARMY EXECUTIONS
the execution of two UPDF soldiers in Kotido district by the Field Court Martial in 2002 was illegal, the Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MINISTRY STUDIES DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs is studying the recent Supreme Court ruling on the death sentence to decide on the way forward, state minister, Fred Ruhindi, said.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: ‘DEATH PENALTY IS BAD’
a retiring judge, Justice Joseph Nyamihana Mulenga, who was on the panel that upheld the death sentence in Uganda, now said he does not believe in the sentence.
- JANUARY 25, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni praised judges for refusing to scrap the death penalty
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni praised judges for refusing to scrap the death penalty
- JANUARY 22, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court ruling on the death sentence in Uganda drew conflicting interpretations from the legal fraternity and human rights activists
the Supreme Court ruling on the death sentence in Uganda drew conflicting interpretations from the legal fraternity and human rights activists