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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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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