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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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May 2000
Nkojo Murro v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 2 of 2000) [2000] UGHC 70 (4 May 2000)
Embezzlement and financial-loss counts failed for lack of UNEB evidence; abuse of office conviction upheld.
Criminal law – embezzlement (s.257): requirement to prove employer–employee or fiduciary relationship and ownership; Criminal law – causing financial loss (s.258): necessity of proving "loss" via victim evidence; Criminal law – abuse of office (s.83): diversion of funds as arbitrary act prejudicial to victims; Evidence – failure to call victim institution (UNEB) can be fatal to proving ownership and loss; Compensation orders must be grounded in proven convictions and specified statutory basis.
 4 May 2000
Nkojo v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 2 of 2000) [2000] UGHC 39 (4 May 2000)
Appellant’s embezzlement and financial-loss convictions quashed for lack of victim evidence; abuse of office conviction upheld.
Criminal law – embezzlement (s.257) – failure to call the alleged owner/victim fatal to proving employer relationship and theft; Criminal law – causing financial loss (s.258) – victim evidence required to prove loss and its quantum; Criminal law – abuse of office – diversion of funds causing prejudice to students proved arbitrary act; Compensation under Penal Code (s.259) depends on valid convictions and specified basis.
 4 May 2000
March 2000
Habibu Namayaza and Another v Yosamu Bajenja (Civil Appeal 12 of 1998) [2000] UGHC 40 (28 March 2000)
Appeal allowed: suit not res judicata where appellant was not party to prior suits and land status change raises fresh issues.
Civil procedure — Res judicata — Section 7 Civil Procedure Act — Whether matter directly and substantially in issue in former suit between same parties — Effect where plaintiff was not party to earlier proceedings — Change of land status (Cultural and Traditional Leaders (Return of Properties) Statute, 1995) may give rise to fresh cause of action.
 28 March 2000
Namayaza v Bajenja (Civil Appeal 12 of 1998) [2000] UGHC 38 (24 March 2000)
Whether res judicata bars a land suit where statutory change in land status may create a new cause of action.
Civil procedure — Res judicata — Whether a later suit is barred where prior litigation between predecessors was finally adjudicated — Effect of statutory change in land status (Cultural and Traditional Leaders (Return of Properties) Statute, 1995) on fresh cause of action — Section 7, Civil Procedure Act.
 24 March 2000