Uganda
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Uganda was a cosponsor of the amendments presented...
- News items in the archive
- 368
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Uganda is classified as Abolitionist de facto in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 368 news items on Uganda, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JULY 26, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SPEAKER BACKS DEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, said he does not support the abolition of the death penalty.
- JULY 4, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS DEATH PENALTY FOR KNOWINGLY INFECTING MINORS WITH HIV
the parliament of Uganda was considering a bill that could impose the death penalty for people with HIV/AIDS who knowingly infected those under the age of 18.
- JUNE 12, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
it was reported that the previous week, the High Court in Mbale, Uganda, sentenced two men to death after they were found guilty of committing robbery with violence.
- MAY 15, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF INFANT
a panel of three judges of the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that the trial judge, Lugadya Atwooki, who presided over the High Court sitting in Mbale, Uganda, on November 11, 2002, had rightly sentenced Zubairi Waira, in his sixties, to death.
- APRIL 24, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. ARMY COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH MUSEVENI GUARD
following a three day trial, the Bombo-based Division Court Martial (DCM), Uganda, sentenced to death Lance Corporal Charles Ssekamatte, a soldier attached to President Yoweri Museveni's security detail, for the murder of a civilian in Sembabule District.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. ARMY EXECUTED 26 SOLDIERS IN PAST THREE YEARS
the army has executed 26 soldiers in northern Uganda over the last three years for murdering civilians in the region, the 2003-2005 report on action taken against human rights violations by the UPDF in northern Uganda revealed.
- JANUARY 2, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SOLDIER TO HANG FOR IDP KILLING
the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) 4th Division Court Martial sentenced to death Private Joel Lubangakene, a soldier convicted of killing a pupil of the Lalogi Internally Displaced People's (IDP) camp on December 26, 2004.
- JANUARY 1, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SAYS 123 SOLDIERS ON DEATH ROW
about 123 soldiers of the Uganda People's Defence Forces are on death row, President Yoweri Museveni announced. Museveni was defending his government against claims that it had killed civilians the same way other governments, like that of the late Dr Milt
- OCTOBER 10, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. LUZIRA EXECUTIONS DEVASTATE PRISONERS AND HANGMEN, FIDH REPORT
the way executions are carried out in Luzira Upper Prison, Uganda, has a devastating effect on both the prison personnel and the other death row inmates, a report by the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) said.
- OCTOBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT SENTENCES CHINESE TO DEATH
the High Court in Kampala, Uganda, sentenced to death a Chinese National, Wang Nan, after convicting him of killing his uncle Kong Jishu in 2004. Justice Edmond Lugayizi convicted Nan, a 20-year-old man, for murder, saying the prosecution had proved the c
- JUNE 17, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. DEATH PENALTY WILL NOT END CRIME, EDITORIAL
“It is extremely important to take note of the fact that death penalty is not a punishment because the culprit is never given chance to reform. Death penalty contravenes the constitution and other international laws.
- JUNE 10, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT STRIKES DOWN MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCES
Uganda's constitutional court struck down the imposition of mandatory death sentences but rejected an appeal by death-row inmates to completely outlaw capital punishment.
- JUNE 6, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. RETAIN DEATH PENALTY – UJCC
a Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) report on public opinion revealed that the death penalty should be retained.
- MAY 17, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COUNTRY GETS TOUGH WITH GOAT THIEVES
it was reported that 25-year-old David Katushabe, from Uganda's Nakasongola district, had been sentenced to death for stealing a goat.
- MAY 12, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COUNTRY ACCUSED OF OPERATING SAFE HOUSES FOR TORTURE
the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) asked Uganda to explain its continued use of torture chambers commonly referred to as safe houses.
- MAY 3, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
the Ugandan High Court sentenced David Katushabe, from Nakasongola, to death for wounding his neighbour while stealing a goat.
- APRIL 25, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. GOVERNMENT FREES UGANDANS ON DEATH ROW
the Kenyan government released four Ugandans who had been on death row for 10 years in Kenya on allegations they were rebels.
- APRIL 14, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, PRISONS CHIEF PLEADS
Joseph Etima, the outgoing Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, urged the Constitutional Court to declare the death penalty illegal.
- MARCH 24, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SEVEN TO HANG FOR MURDER, ROBBERY
five men convicted of murder and two convicted of armed robbery were sentenced to death in a Jinja High Court, Uganda. Laliyo Munirwa, Gopi Wako, Stephen Koire, Max Kulira and Patrick Muyaka were convicted of killing a herbalist, Haruna Mubere. They alleg
- MARCH 9, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. KAYUNGA OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR TREASON CONVICTS
the death penalty should not be applied in Uganda to people convicted of treason.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2005FranceDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International asked Uganda to drop the death penalty.
Amnesty International asked Uganda to drop the death penalty.
- JANUARY 28, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the court cannot abolish the death penalty because courts do not make laws...
the court cannot abolish the death penalty because courts do not make laws...
- JANUARY 27, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the State of Uganda insisted that the death penalty was constitutional and should be upheld.
the State of Uganda insisted that the death penalty was constitutional and should be upheld.
- JANUARY 19, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's constitutional court began hearing an unprecedented legal challenge...
Uganda's constitutional court began hearing an unprecedented legal challenge...
- JANUARY 1, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences:
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences:
- DECEMBER 15, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
“It is surprising that lawyers have suggested to the government to...
“It is surprising that lawyers have suggested to the government to...
- DECEMBER 3, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in Lira, Uganda, sentenced retired UPDF Officer Lt. George Ocheng to death.
the High Court in Lira, Uganda, sentenced retired UPDF Officer Lt. George Ocheng to death.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Prison officers in Kawolo sub-county, Uganda, recommended that...
Prison officers in Kawolo sub-county, Uganda, recommended that...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the court martial of Uganda quashed a death sentence against Maj. Matayo Longole
the court martial of Uganda quashed a death sentence against Maj. Matayo Longole