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 24, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT ORDERS FRESH TRIAL FOR DEATH ROW CONVICTS
the Ugandan Court of Appeal, led by Deputy Chief Justice Alice Mpagi-Bahigeine, ordered a retrial for a father and his three sons as the judge was biased and the trial was defective.
- MAY 21, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING BRITON
five people, including a woman accused of having a hand in her British husband’s murder...
MAY 12, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: LAWMAKERS REMOVE DEATH PENALTY CLAUSE FROM ANTI-GAY BILL
after intense international criticism, proponents of an anti-gay bill before Uganda's parliament
- APRIL 29, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MEN GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the High Court in Rukungiri, Uganda, presided over by Justice Andrew Bashaija...
- MARCH 5, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Uganda, Col. Eugene Sebugwawo of the UPDF 3rd Division Court Martial sentenced soldier John Ouma to death for murdering Lance Cpl. Dennis Aule at the mogosi detachment in July 2010
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE PAKISTANIS TO HANG FOR MURDER
Justice Catherine Bamugemereire of the Ugandan High Court sentenced Pakistani nationals Ahmed Naveed, 28, Hussein Muzaffar...
- FEBRUARY 11, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Justice Eldard Mwangutsya of the High Court in Mbarara...
- JANUARY 20, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT MAINTAINS DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Court of Appeal, led by Deputy Chief Justice, Alice Mpagi Bahegeine
- JANUARY 3, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 12 CHILDREN ON DEATH ROW RELEASED
Ugandan High court judge Eldad Mwangusya ordered the release of 12 people who were arrested as juveniles and detained for 20 years following the failure of the justice minister to sentence them.
- JANUARY 1, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences