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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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February 2021
Ocepa v Uganda (Civil Miscellaneous Application No. 45 of 2020) [2021] UGHCACD 1 (26 February 2021)
Applicant failed to show sufficient cause for an out‑of‑time appeal; application dismissed.
Anti-corruption Division – application for leave to appeal out of time – sufficiency of cause – explanation of right to appeal and time limits – absence/abandonment of counsel – jurisdictional complaint regarding triability of forgery – inordinate delay.
 26 February 2021
Paul Wanyoto Mugoya and Another v Sgt. Oumo Jushua and Another (Misc. Application No. 26 and 31 of 2020) [2021] UGHCACD 16 (10 February 2021)
A criminal trial will not be declared a nullity absent cogent proof of torture violating non-derogable rights of the accused.
Criminal procedure – Application to halt trial – Allegations of torture and violation of non-derogable rights – Standard of proof for claims of torture under the Human Rights (Enforcement) Act – Malice and abuse of office by investigators – No sufficient evidence of torture adduced – Trial not declared a nullity.
 10 February 2021
Wanyoto and Another v Sgt Oumo and Another (Miscellaneous Application No. 26 of 2020) [2021] UGHCACD 14 (10 February 2021)
Alleged torture not proven; trial not nullified under section 11(2) of the Human Rights (Enforcement) Act.
* Human rights enforcement – Torture allegations – burden of proof; non-derogable rights under Constitution and s11(2) Human Rights (Enforcement) Act, 2019; admissibility and probative value of audio forensic evidence; criminal procedure – nullity of trial; investigator misconduct and DPP supervision.
 10 February 2021