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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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October 2023
Mirembe Peace v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 15 of 2023) [2023] UGHCACD 15 (23 October 2023)
Conviction for corruption quashed due to lack of corroborative evidence and unreliable prosecution testimony.
Criminal law – corruption – elements of offering gratification to a public official – standard of proof – evidential requirement – necessity of corroboration – failure to call key witnesses undermines prosecution case – importance of direct evidence in bribery cases.
 23 October 2023
Uganda v Aijuka William (Criminal Appeal No. 28 of 2022) [2023] UGHCACD 17 (22 October 2023)
The court affirmed acquittal due to insufficient evidence proving the respondent authored or caused the making of false documents.
Criminal law – making false documents – East African Community Customs Management Act – evidentiary requirements – authorship of documents – standard of proof – acquittal upheld for insufficient evidence.
 22 October 2023
Uganda v Ezeh Chukuebuka (Criminal Session Case 6 of 2023) [2023] UGHCACD 8 (4 October 2023)
Accused acquitted where prosecution failed to prove funds were proceeds of crime and statutory declaration procedures were not followed.
Money laundering — possession of large cash at port of entry — requirement to prove knowledge that funds are proceeds of crime — prima facie case test — statutory declaration at ports (s.10 AMLA; Reg.10 SI 2015) — procedural irregularity where immigration officers did not escort traveller to customs — inadmissible/hearsay and inadequate investigation undermining prosecution.
 4 October 2023