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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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October 2022
Mugenyi v Uganda Revenue Authority (Miscellaneous Application 51 of 2022) [2022] UGHC 143 (28 October 2022)
28 October 2022
July 2022
Abooki v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 1 of 2023) [2022] UGHC 150 (12 July 2022)
Extension of time to appeal granted where prisoner showed promptness, no dilatory conduct and plausible grounds despite ignorance of law.
Criminal procedure – extension of time to appeal – sufficient cause required – prisoners’ remedy under s.30 to lodge appeal via prison officer; discretion exercised where delay is prompt, no dilatory conduct and prospects of success plausible.
 12 July 2022
April 2022
Uganda v Christoper (HCT-01-CR-SC 239 of 2019) [2022] UGHC 145 (19 April 2022)
A voluntary, corroborated confession plus last‑seen evidence established guilt for murder; life imprisonment applied where death penalty was not justified.
* Criminal law – Murder – elements: death, unlawfulness, malice aforethought, and participation; application of ‘last seen’ doctrine. * Evidence – Confession/Charge and Caution Statement – trial‑within‑a‑trial, voluntariness, language competency, signature and corroboration. * Forensic evidence – post‑mortem confirming strangulation as cause of death. * Sentencing – capital offences: application of Sentencing Guidelines; factors weighing against death; life imprisonment imposed.
 19 April 2022
Uganda v Muhereza and 2 Others (HCT-01-CR-SC 223 of 2019) [2022] UGHC 147 (19 April 2022)
Retracted confessions found voluntary and corroborated; two accused convicted of five murders, third acquitted; life sentences imposed.
Criminal law – murder: admissibility and voluntariness of charge-and-caution statements; retracted/repudiated confessions; corroboration by circumstantial evidence and prior threats; common intention; sufficiency of evidence against co-accused; sentencing — life imprisonment vs death sentence.
 19 April 2022
February 2022
Uganda v Monday (FPT-00-CR-SC 109 of 2019) [2022] UGHC 146 (17 February 2022)
Accused convicted for murder and one attempted murder based on single‑witness ID and circumstantial evidence.
* Criminal law – Murder – Ingredients: death, unlawfulness, malice aforethought, participation. * Criminal law – Attempted murder – necessity of malice and overt act manifesting intent. * Evidence – Identification by a single eyewitness; need for caution and possible corroboration. * Evidence – Circumstantial evidence: must be incompatible with innocence and exclude reasonable hypothesis of innocence. * Sentencing – Death penalty reserved for rarest of rare; application of Sentencing Guidelines; remand time deduction; concurrent versus consecutive terms.
 17 February 2022
January 2022
Attorney General and Others v Mulembari Bafanibenda and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 98 of 2022) [2022] UGHC 162 (9 January 2022)
Court refused to stay execution of an unappealed decree and ordered the Registrar to ensure execution proceeds per court orders.
Civil procedure – Stay of execution – Order 43 Rule 4 CPR – stay is exceptional and normally tied to an appeal or sufficient cause; execution of an unchallenged decree should proceed; complaints about execution process to be raised in the executing court/with the Registrar.
 9 January 2022