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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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December 1990
Uganda v Ochieng (Criminal Session Case 74 of 1990) [1990] UGHC 30 (21 December 1990)
Court convicted juvenile accused of rape, finding child’s unsworn evidence corroborated by injuries, witnesses and accused’s flight.
Criminal law – Rape: ingredients and burden of proof; unsworn child evidence requires corroboration; corroboration may be provided by distressed condition, medical injuries and accused's flight; sentencing limits for offenders under 18 under the Trial on Indictment Decree (no death sentence).
 21 December 1990
Uganda v Ladur (Criminal Session Case 10 of 1990; Criminal Session Case 69 of 1990) [1990] UGHC 28 (11 December 1990)
Amendment from murder to manslaughter allowed; accused convicted on plea and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment.
Criminal law – Indictment amendment – Trial on Indictment Decree s.48(2) – amendment from murder to manslaughter permissible where no prejudice to accused. Criminal law – Plea of guilty – accused may still assert unlawfulness/justification despite plea to lesser offence. Sentencing – Manslaughter – mitigating factors (first offender, dependants, remand) balanced against aggravation (use of knife, fatal stabbing) – sentence reflects public disapproval rather than maximum deterrence.
 11 December 1990
November 1990
Uganda v Okot (Criminal Session Case 71 of 1990) [1990] UGHC 33 (26 November 1990)
A voluntary confession and charge‑and‑caution statement supported a manslaughter conviction despite no post‑mortem or weapon.
Criminal law – Manslaughter (s.182(1) Penal Code) – Admissibility and weight of confession to private person and charge‑and‑caution statement – Post‑mortem and weapon absence not necessarily fatal to prosecution – Conduct of accused as corroboration – Sentence balancing mitigation and deterrence.
 26 November 1990
March 1990
Uganda v Polino (Criminal Session Case 20 of 1989) [1990] UGHC 40 (7 March 1990)
Conviction unsafe where facts were not put to the accused, particulars vague, and prior conviction unproven.
Criminal procedure – plea of guilty – requirement that prosecutor narrate facts and court put them to accused for admission or denial – particulars must be clear – previous convictions relied on for sentencing must be proved under section 91 PUA’70 – failure to comply renders conviction unsafe.
 7 March 1990