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
JUNE 21, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: MOTHER, SON TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER
Justice John Bosco Katutsihe of the Ugandan High Court, sitting in Rukungiri district,
- JUNE 11, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH
in Uganda, Lt. Col. Eugene Ssebugwawo, who chaired the
- MAY 19, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT DROPS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST FATHER, SON
the Ugandan Court of Appeal dropped the death sentences issued in 2003 by the Masaka High Court against Lawrence Ndawula and his son, Isa Golola, for killing neighbour Steven Mwanje.
- MAY 7, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
TWO YOUTHS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UGANDA
Justice Caroline Atima Okello of the High Court, sitting in Apac district, Uganda, sentenced Moses Otim, 23, to death for the armed robbery and murder of Alex Ongom on October, 1, 2005.
- APRIL 25, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING MOTHER
the Ugandan Court of Appeal sentenced Francis Murungi to death for murdering his mother Edrayi Kenyegano in Bushenyi on February 7, 2000, using a machete.
- MARCH 29, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: ARINAITWE APPEALS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Richard Arinaitwe appealed against the death sentence handed down by the Ugandan High Court in December, 2003, as he was tried without legal representation.
- MARCH 2, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: WOMAN ACQUITTED OF MURDER, DEATH SENTENCE
Justices Bahigeine, Twinomujuni and Byamugisha of the Ugandan Court of Appeal dismissed a death sentence against Joan Tumuhairwe, 28, from Kakoni village in Kiruhura district, for murdering her husband Edgar Mwijukye.
MARCH 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: GAY BILL CRITICS DELIVER ONLINE PETITION
Campaigners opposing Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill have taken an online petition to parliament
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: EX-SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the UPDF 5th division court martial, sitting in Laguti sub-county in Pader district, Uganda, sentenced ex-soldier Africano Abono Lino to death.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
USA: OBAMA DENOUNCES ANTI-GAY BILL IN UGANDA AS 'ODIOUS'
President Barack Obama denounced as "odious" a proposed anti-gay law in Uganda that calls for the
- FEBRUARY 2, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
in Uganda, Patrick Bwenge’s death sentence was reduced to two years imprisonment. He was convicted of murdering his wife on May 5, 1995.
- JANUARY 21, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA SHELVES PLAN TO GIVE DEATH PENALTY TO HIV-POSITIVE PEOPLE CONVICTED OF GAY SEX
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni said that his government...