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 4, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
USA: OBAMA DENOUNCES ANTI-GAY BILL IN UGANDA AS 'ODIOUS'
President Barack Obama denounced as "odious" a proposed anti-gay law in Uganda that calls for the
- FEBRUARY 2, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
in Uganda, Patrick Bwenge’s death sentence was reduced to two years imprisonment. He was convicted of murdering his wife on May 5, 1995.
- JANUARY 21, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA SHELVES PLAN TO GIVE DEATH PENALTY TO HIV-POSITIVE PEOPLE CONVICTED OF GAY SEX
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni said that his government...
- JANUARY 21, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA PRESIDENT PARDONS TOP AMIN LIEUTENANT
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pardoned one of former leader Idi Amin Dada's top lieutenants who had been on death row since 1987.
- JANUARY 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- DECEMBER 28, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO TO HANG FOR MURDER OF SUSPECTED WITCH
two men were sentenced to hang by deputy Chief Justice Laetitia Mukasa-Kikonyogo of the Ugandan Court of Appeal for killing an old woman in Bushenyi District on suspicion that she was bewitching them.
- DECEMBER 9, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA TO DROP DEATH PENALTY FOR GAYS
Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti-gay bill
- DECEMBER 8, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a local Defence Unit (LDU) officer in Kabale, Uganda, was sentenced to death for murdering a resident of Rutenga cell in Kabale Town.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: FIVE DEATH ROW INMATES PARDONED
five inmates waiting to be hanged for more than 20 years were released by Luzira Prison authorities
- NOVEMBER 4, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: IBAHRI CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemned a proposal in Uganda to
- OCTOBER 14, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALS FACE DEATH PENALTY
aggravated homosexuality will be punished by death, according to a new bill tabled by a Ndorwa West MP in the Ugandan Parliament.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 17 CHILDREN ON LUZIRA DEATH ROW
Luzira Prison in Uganda has 17 juveniles sentenced to death but cannot be hanged because they committed the offences when they were below 18 years, said the Report launched by the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative.