HC: Anti corruption Division (Uganda)

 The Anti-corruption Division of the High court  was established in July 2008 by the Judiciary as a specialized Division to adjudicate corruption and corruption related cases. The Division commenced hearing cases in December 2008. 

The Establishment of the ACD was a deliberate step by the Judiciary, in response to demands by Government and other institutions engaged in fighting corruption, to take drastic action against the corrupt by strengthening the adjudicatory mechanism for fighting corruption.

The Principal Judge administratively set up the ACD, as a specialized Division of the High Court to adjudicate corruption cases. The Chief Justice would like to formally establish the ACD through a Practice Direction.

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Judgment date
December 2018
Senior ministry officials and a lawyer convicted for diverting pension funds using forged court documents to obtain Shs15.4bn.
Criminal law – Diversion of public resources – Payment of legal fees from pension vote – vote control and public finance mandate. Criminal law – Forgery of judicial documents – false certificates/orders and intention to defraud. Theft – Receiving public funds obtained by forged documents and fraudulent asportation. Conspiracy – liability where coordinated acts and procurements establish agreement to defraud. Public finance – Consolidated Fund, budget votes and unauthorized reallocation.
21 December 2018
Court convicted accused of diversion, forgery, theft and conspiracy over misdirected pension funds and ordered compensation.
Public Finance – Diversion of public resources – payments made from pension vote for legal fees and costs not budgeted – accounting officers’ liability; Forgery – judicial documents – false certificate of taxation and orders used to procure payment; Theft – receipt and withdrawal of public funds obtained by fraud; Conspiracy – inference from complementary roles and coordinated acts; Remedies – custody, compensation and disqualification from public office.
21 December 2018
13 December 2018