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
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World...
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World beauty pageant
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty...
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty was outdated and should be scrapped, adding that it was not a solution in the rehabilitation of prisoners
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of prisons departments in three East African...
The heads of prisons departments in three East African countries, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, have urged authorities in the region to abolish the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An Ugandan businesswoman and her maid, Kigula and Nansamba...
An Ugandan businesswoman and her maid, Kigula and Nansamba have been sentenced to death by the High Court, for killing the former's husband
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates...
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates asked the UN to intervene and stop the stoning to death of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death under the Sharia law for bearing a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- AUGUST 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police...
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police Post in Uganda's Nakasongola district was sentenced to death for murder
- JULY 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Appeals Court upheld the death sentence against...
Uganda's Appeals Court upheld the death sentence against former Toro prime minister John Sanyu Katuramu
- JUNE 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
After waiting for five years to be hanged, a prisoner...
After waiting for five years to be hanged, a prisoner on death row in Luzira Upper Prison committed suicide by hanging himself
- JUNE 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Six convicts of mob justice were sentenced to death...
Six convicts of mob justice were sentenced to death by the High Court in Jinja
- JUNE 5, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A suspect who pretended to suffer fits during a judgment,...
A suspect who pretended to suffer fits during a judgment, could not escape the gallows when he and two others were sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court for violent robbery
- MAY 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking...
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking the use of death penalty in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala