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
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary...
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Defence and Internal Affairs recommended a mandatory death sentence for individuals who through terrorist acts cause the death of other people
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan members of parliament opposed a mandatory death...
Ugandan members of parliament opposed a mandatory death sentence for convicted terrorists in the new Suppression of Terrorism Bill being debated in parliament
- JANUARY 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Appeal Court chaired by Justice Elly Turyamubona...
The Military Appeal Court chaired by Justice Elly Turyamubona heard appeals by two UPDF [Uganda People's Defence Forces] soldiers sentenced to death in 2000
- JANUARY 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Supreme Court confirmed that former Under-Secretary...
Uganda's Supreme Court confirmed that former Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs during Obote II regime, Anthony Okwonga, is to hang for murder
- DECEMBER 27, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention...
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja...
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja region
- DECEMBER 17, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Mubende, Uganda, sentenced to death...
The High Court in Mubende, Uganda, sentenced to death two men for robbery and murder
- DECEMBER 12, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda praised the United States for including the...
Uganda praised the United States for including the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on its blacklist of international terrorist organisations, the New Vision newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major...
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major Smarts Kiggundu, whom the General Court Martial (GCM) sentenced to death in 1995 on robbery charges, was set free by the Court Martial of Appeal (CMA)
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will...
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will be deployed for the Karamoja disarmament exercise to observe maximum discipline
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners,...
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners, will sit the 2001's Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) on November14 and 15, according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)
- OCTOBER 29, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for...
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for one day in Kampala, secretary Dr