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
- JANUARY 20, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT MAINTAINS DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Court of Appeal, led by Deputy Chief Justice, Alice Mpagi Bahegeine
- JANUARY 3, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 12 CHILDREN ON DEATH ROW RELEASED
Ugandan High court judge Eldad Mwangusya ordered the release of 12 people who were arrested as juveniles and detained for 20 years following the failure of the justice minister to sentence them.
- JANUARY 1, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- DECEMBER 7, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
at a court in Tororo district, Uganda, Justice Stephen Musota sentenced Constance Oguti, Sande Hamprey Okite and Patrick Sanya to death for killing Bita Wajala on August 12, 2008, in Sibodobui village in Busia.
- DECEMBER 3, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE’S MURDER
in Uganda, a Court Martial chaired by Col. Mark Kodili and sitting at Burondo I trading centre in Bundibugyo district sentenced UPDF soldier Cpl. Charles Ojik to death for killing his wife on October 1.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: FORMER DPC AURIEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
former Mukono District Police commander James Aurien...
- NOVEMBER 10, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MUKONO MEN TO FACE DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Court of Appeal sustained the death sentence against Mukono men Andrew Kayondo and Emmanuel Sennyomo for murdering Dennis Tumwine because they suspected he had stolen a blanket.
- OCTOBER 3, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
Selvano Baguma, 72, was sentenced to death for fatally beating carpenter Ernest Balinda at Nyakatooke village in Bugaaki sub-county in Uganda's Kyenjojo district in 2008 because he burnt his eucalyptus trees.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR KILLING COLLEAGUES
in Uganda, Lt. Col. Eugene Sebugwawo of the UPDF 3rd Division Court Martial sentenced
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES SOLDIER’S WIFE TO DEATH
soldier’s wife Judith Koryang was sentenced to death by Lt Col. Eugine Ssebugwawo of the UPDF 3rd Division Court Martial in Moroto, Uganda, for killing her husband Pte. Nelson Okello, on May 1, 2009.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 167 MOVED FROM DEATH ROW TO LIFE SENTENCE
at least 167 inmates on death row have had their sentences reduced
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: COURT SENDS MAN TO GALLOWS
Ugandan High Court Justice Benjamin Kabiito sentenced casual labourer Peter