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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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Plot 2, the Square Kampala
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January 2024
Uganda v Birungi (HCT-01-CR-SC 337 of 2021) [2024] UGHC 390 (12 January 2024)
Voluntary confession plus threats, motive and forensic injuries established murder; life imprisonment imposed.
Criminal law – Murder: proof of death, unlawfulness and malice aforethought; admissibility of confession to private person; relevance of prior threats, motive and post-offence conduct as corroborative circumstantial evidence; life imprisonment as appropriate sentence for a premeditated, grievous killing of a vulnerable victim.
 12 January 2024
Uganda v Mwanga (HCT-01-CR-SC 253 of 2021) [2024] UGHC 391 (12 January 2024)
Prosecution proved aggravated defilement by corroborated child and medical evidence; accused convicted and sentenced to lengthy imprisonment.
Criminal law – Aggravated defilement – elements: victim under 14, sexual act (penetration), identification of perpetrator. Evidence – child witness of tender years: reliability and corroboration by medical report and contemporaneous statements. Defence of impotence/erectile dysfunction: inconsistency, failure to test in cross-examination and lack of medical corroboration. Sentencing – application of sentencing guidelines, aggravating and mitigating factors, and deduction of remand period.
 12 January 2024