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
- AUGUST 1, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
There are over 200 prisoners on death row in Uganda
There are over 200 prisoners on death row in Uganda
- JUNE 20, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed that the Uganda Prisons Service recruited...
It was revealed that the Uganda Prisons Service recruited six hangmen to undergo specialised training in carrying out executions
- MAY 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Moses Mukiibi of the High Court sentenced to...
Justice Moses Mukiibi of the High Court sentenced to death Shadrak Magara Rwakasisi one of the two former Makerere University students for murdering Warren Bantariza a fellow student in 1994
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A 15-member team has been named to review some contentious...
A 15-member team has been named to review some contentious issues of the 1995 constitution, including the death penalty, dual citizenship, federalism and political systems
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 180 people in Uganda were put to death...
A total of 180 people in Uganda were put to death by lynch since the beginning of the year 2000, the country's police spokesman Eric Naigambi stated
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed...
A Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence passed by the High Court against two Indian brothers, Kooky Sharmar and Davinder Kumar, for killing Kooky's wife Renu Joshi in 1997
- AUGUST 6, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced Janet Nyero Mureeba, Ismail...
The High Court sentenced Janet Nyero Mureeba, Ismail Aliga and Kassim Byaruhanga to death for the murder of Norah Mureeba, who was eight months pregnant, and her one-and-a half-year-old daughter Gabriella last in July 2000
- JULY 30, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Vatican ambassador to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe...
The Vatican ambassador to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, reaffirmed the Catholic church's strong stand against the death penalty which is still used in many countries
- JULY 28, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An army private was sentenced to death by hanging for...
An army private was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of three fellow soldiers at Gulu barracks in northern Uganda
- JULY 21, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Human Rights Initiative (UFHRI) thanked...
The Uganda Human Rights Initiative (UFHRI) thanked President Yoweri Museveni for commuting sentences of 16 convicts on 13th July and called for a moratorium on the death penalty
- JULY 13, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni commuted death sentences...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni commuted death sentences of 16 condemned prisoners by reducing the sentences of 12 of them to life imprisonment and freeing four others
- JULY 3, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to Presidents Yoweri...
Amnesty International appealed to Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda to end atrocities by their troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)