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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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July 2024
Kunsa v Uganda (HCT-00-AC-CM 51 of 2023) [2024] UGHCACD 7 (23 July 2024)
High Court lacked jurisdiction to stay execution of a compensation order pending a criminal appeal to the Supreme Court.
Criminal appeals – stay of execution – Rule 6(2)(a) Judicature (Supreme Court Rules) vests Supreme Court with power to suspend execution; Civil Procedure Act s.34(1) relates to execution matters but does not confer jurisdiction where decree is contested on appeal; jurisdictional objections may be raised at any stage; parties cannot confer jurisdiction.
 23 July 2024
Mugarura Andrew v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 27 of 2023) [2024] UGHCACD 12 (12 July 2024)
A conviction for personation and fraud was partly overturned for lack of proof of forgery, with sentence reduced and compensation upheld.
Criminal law – personation – personating a public officer – sufficiency of evidence for forgery – fair hearing – compensation for crime proceeds – sentencing discretion – use of property as security for compensation in criminal cases.
 12 July 2024
Nakirijja v Kiwanuka (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 69 of 2023) [2024] UGHCACD 5 (10 July 2024)
Applicant failed to prove matrimonial interest or possession; objector application dismissed though execution proceedings were competent.
Civil procedure – objector proceedings under Order 22 Rules 55–57; execution is a process not an event; Section 44 Civil Procedure Act – attachment of saleable property; Land Act s.38A(4) – family land and spousal interests; burden of proof – objector must prove marital interest and possession.
 10 July 2024