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
AUGUST 13, 2026UgandaDEATH PENALTYUganda: Court in Kampala sentences Ndiga clan chief killers to death
- AUGUST 5, 2026UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, SEVEN JAILED FOR LIFE OVER SUSAN MAGARA MURDER
MAY 29, 2023UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SIGNS HARSH ANTI-GAY LAW, WITH THE DEATH PENALTY IN SOME CASES
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on May 29, 2023 signed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, defying condemnations from Western governments, businesses and human rights activists.
- MARCH 22, 2023UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MPS PASS BILL IMPOSING DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
MPs in Uganda have passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which would make homosexual acts punishable by death.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2021UgandaDEATH PENALTY
TWO UGANDAN SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALIA
Two Ugandan People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have been sentenced to death and three others to 39 years in jail for the deaths of civilians.
MAY 18, 2021UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: THREE SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN JAIL FOR MURDER OF ERITREAN NATIONAL
The High Court in Kampala on 17 May 2021 sentenced three man to 50 years in Jail for the kidnap and killing of an Eritrean businessman.
MAY 6, 2021UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW HOMOPHOBIC BILL
The Ugandan Parliament on 3 May 2021 passed the Sexual Offences Bill 2019, further outlawing “unnatural” same-sex relations and doubling down on laws criminalising the LGBT community.
MAY 14, 2020UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR FOUR PEOPLE
The Ugandan Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of four people from Kamuli District, who are accused of disarming Police and lynched to death four people suspected of poisoning Paul Kigoli, Pml Daily reported on 12 May 2020.
MAY 13, 2020UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 82-YEAR OLD
The Ugandan Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Clement Wandubire, 82, who was sentenced to death for the murder of three people including two Police Officers and a Civilian old man, Pml Daily reported on 12 May 2020.
JANUARY 10, 2020UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: MASAKA PANGA KILLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Four of the 6 Masaka machete- wielding men have been sentenced to death by General Court Martial sitting in Makidye, The Tower Post reported on 16 December 2019.
- JANUARY 1, 2020UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- OCTOBER 17, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA DENIES PLANS TO IMPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX AMID GLOBAL CONCERN
Uganda will not impose the death penalty for gay sex, a presidential spokesman said on 14 October 2019, after major aid donors said they were monitoring a plan by the African nation to reintroduce a bill colloquially known as “Kill the Gays”.