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 10, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT STRIKES DOWN MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCES
Uganda's constitutional court struck down the imposition of mandatory death sentences but rejected an appeal by death-row inmates to completely outlaw capital punishment.
- JUNE 6, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. RETAIN DEATH PENALTY – UJCC
a Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) report on public opinion revealed that the death penalty should be retained.
- MAY 17, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COUNTRY GETS TOUGH WITH GOAT THIEVES
it was reported that 25-year-old David Katushabe, from Uganda's Nakasongola district, had been sentenced to death for stealing a goat.
- MAY 12, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COUNTRY ACCUSED OF OPERATING SAFE HOUSES FOR TORTURE
the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) asked Uganda to explain its continued use of torture chambers commonly referred to as safe houses.
- MAY 3, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
the Ugandan High Court sentenced David Katushabe, from Nakasongola, to death for wounding his neighbour while stealing a goat.
- APRIL 25, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. GOVERNMENT FREES UGANDANS ON DEATH ROW
the Kenyan government released four Ugandans who had been on death row for 10 years in Kenya on allegations they were rebels.
- APRIL 14, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, PRISONS CHIEF PLEADS
Joseph Etima, the outgoing Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, urged the Constitutional Court to declare the death penalty illegal.
- MARCH 24, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SEVEN TO HANG FOR MURDER, ROBBERY
five men convicted of murder and two convicted of armed robbery were sentenced to death in a Jinja High Court, Uganda. Laliyo Munirwa, Gopi Wako, Stephen Koire, Max Kulira and Patrick Muyaka were convicted of killing a herbalist, Haruna Mubere. They alleg
- MARCH 9, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. KAYUNGA OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR TREASON CONVICTS
the death penalty should not be applied in Uganda to people convicted of treason.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2005FranceDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International asked Uganda to drop the death penalty.
Amnesty International asked Uganda to drop the death penalty.
- JANUARY 28, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the court cannot abolish the death penalty because courts do not make laws...
the court cannot abolish the death penalty because courts do not make laws...
- JANUARY 27, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the State of Uganda insisted that the death penalty was constitutional and should be upheld.
the State of Uganda insisted that the death penalty was constitutional and should be upheld.