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High Court of Uganda

The High Court of Uganda is the third court of record in order of hierarchy and has unlimited original jurisdiction, which means that it can try any case of any value or crime of any magnitude. Appeals from all Magistrates Courts go to the High Court. 

The High Court is headed by the Honorable Principal Judge who is responsible for the administration of the court and has supervisory powers over Magistrate's courts. 

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August 2023
Uganda v Habamugisha & Another (Criminal Session Case 242 of 2019) [2023] UGHC 482 (8 August 2023)

 

 8 August 2023
Bandeeba v Rwantebe & Another (Miscellaneous Application 236 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 404 (7 August 2023)
Stay of execution denied where decree lacked executable orders and no imminent threat of execution was shown.
* Civil procedure – Stay of execution pending appeal – criteria: notice of appeal; appeal not frivolous; serious and imminent threat of execution; promptness; security/undertaking (Kyambogo University v Prof. Isaiah Omollo). * Executability – decree lacking orders for vacant possession, eviction or costs may not be executable; absence of execution proceedings defeats stay application. * Security/undertaking – applicant’s failure to offer security is a factor against granting stay.
 7 August 2023
Nakanjako & Another v Tamale & 3 Others (Miscellaneous Application 124 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 403 (7 August 2023)
Contempt application dismissed because the sole supporting affidavit was not sworn before a commissioner of oaths.
* Civil procedure – contempt application dismissed where supporting affidavit not properly sworn; mandatory requirement to appear before Commissioner of Oaths (Oaths Act ss.5–6; Commissioner Rules). * Evidentiary rule – single invalid supporting affidavit leaves an application unsupported and liable to be dismissed. * Preliminary objections – competence of affidavit can dispose of substantive application without addressing merits.
 7 August 2023
Ssebunya v The Attorney General (Miscellaneous Cause 27 of 2021) [2023] UGHC 409 (7 August 2023)
Applicant's claim of threatened eviction and cancelled title dismissed for lack of admissible evidence and wrong defendant.
* Human rights enforcement – jurisdiction of High Court under Human Rights (Enforcement) Act; burden on balance of probabilities. * Right to property and fair hearing – alleged eviction and title cancellation. * Evidence – inadmissibility of newspaper articles as hearsay. * Land law – Registrar’s powers to rectify/cancel titles (Land Act Section 91; Registration of Titles Act). * State liability – distinction between Attorney General and Commissioner of Land Registration; proper defendant for title rectification challenges.
 7 August 2023
Uganda v Gasigazi (Criminal Session Case 93 of 2020) [2023] UGHC 487 (7 August 2023)

 

 7 August 2023
Samanya Hassan v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 1 of 2023) [2023] UGHC 213 (4 August 2023)
4 August 2023
Waiswa Sulaiman & Palmer Gerald v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 66 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 217 (4 August 2023)
4 August 2023
Uganda v Agaba and 11 Others (HCT-11-CSC 112 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 75 (2 August 2023)
Prosecution proved murder and common intention; ten accused convicted and sentenced to concurrent 25-year terms, two acquitted.
* Criminal law – Murder – Elements: death, unlawful act, malice aforethought – proved by postmortems and eyewitnesses. * Criminal law – Identification and alibi – credibility of eyewitnesses versus alibi defences. * Criminal law – Common intention (s.20 Penal Code Act) – mob action and joint liability where death is probable consequence. * Evidence – Postmortem reports, SOCO exhibits and contemporaneous eyewitness testimony corroboration. * Sentencing – Guideline starting point for murder; concurrent custodial terms and remand credit.
 2 August 2023
Emitu v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 15 of 2023) [2023] UGHC 481 (1 August 2023)
1 August 2023