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
- MARCH 23, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA WOMEN DEFILERS FACE DEATH
convicted women defilers could get life sentences if the amendments to the Ugandan Penal Code proposed by legislators get Parliamentary approval.
- MARCH 22, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SIX TO HANG IN GULU FOR MURDER, ONE ACQUITTED
a High Court session in Gulu sentenced six people hang for murder, as 12 judges are in northern Uganda to
- FEBRUARY 23, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY
“I am a strong believer in the death penalty”, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said at the Forum on
- FEBRUARY 12, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UGANDA
two men and a woman have been separately sentenced to death for murder in the Bushenyi District.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: UPDF DISMISSES 14 SOLDIERS, 3 TO HANG
Maj. Felix Kulayigye, the Army and Defence spokesman said out of the 34 UPDF Military Court Martial cases concluded in 2006, 3 soldiers - Pte. Abubakar Mugwanate, L/Cpl. Moses Omarara and Pte. Richard Wofli, all convicted of murder, were sentenced to deat
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Uganda High Court sentenced a soldier to death for murder. Justice Mwangusya said the State had proved...
- JANUARY 2, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. CHRISTIANS CALL ON PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a group of born-again Christians in Uganda condemned the killing of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and also appealed to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to abolish capital punishment.
- JANUARY 1, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- DECEMBER 10, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 3 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
the High Court in Arua, Uganda...
- DECEMBER 10, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 566 ON DEATH ROW
a total of 566 inmates condemned to death are being imprisoned at Luzira Prison and Kirinya Prison in Jinja, Uganda.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SIX SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MILITARY OFFICER
six Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Lt. Christopher Abaasa.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA DRAFTING BILL TO EXECUTE HIV INFECTORS
it was reported that the Ugandan government was drafting a bill to execute offenders who knowingly infected minors with HIV.