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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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August 2025
Uganda v Sale Idhi and Others (Criminal Appeal 5 of 2025) [2025] UGHCACD 17 (28 August 2025)
An appellate court set aside acquittals and convicted respondents for causing financial loss, theft, and conspiracy to defraud a public entity.
Criminal law – Causing financial loss – Theft – Conspiracy to defraud – Statutory duties of public officers – Sufficiency of evidence – Accomplice corroboration – Role of directors in receipt and control of fraudulent funds – Equal application of criminal liability regardless of public office.
 28 August 2025
Frank Bangirana v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application No 2 of 2025) [2025] UGHCACD 15 (18 August 2025)
A magistrate's order for re-commencement of a trial after file transfer is interlocutory and not subject to High Court revision.
Criminal procedure – revision – interlocutory versus final orders – transfer of trial and re-commencement before successor magistrate – section 144 Magistrates Courts Act – proper initiation of revision process – fair trial rights.
 18 August 2025
Kiggundu Paul and Another v Attorney General (Miscellaneous Application 32 of 2025) [2025] UGHCACD 18 (11 August 2025)
Stay of execution pending appeal requires applicants to set out intended grounds of appeal in pleadings or affidavits.
Civil procedure – Stay of execution pending appeal – Requirement to show arguable grounds of appeal – Pleadings must set out intended grounds of appeal – Discretionary remedies.
 11 August 2025
Obam Andrew v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application No. 49 of 2025) [2025] UGHCACD 16 (11 August 2025)
A remanded advocate charged with money laundering was granted bail, having proved a fixed abode, compliance, and substantial sureties.
Criminal procedure – Bail application – Discretionary grant of bail – Fixed place of abode – Abscondment – Substantiality of sureties – Economic crimes – Presumption of innocence – Conditions precedent for bail in money laundering cases
 11 August 2025
Ssekamwa James Kulubya v Uganda (URA) (Miscellaneous Application No 3 of 2025) [2025] UGHCACD 19 (11 August 2025)
Committal orders are not final and cannot be revised by the High Court; prosecutorial discretion over committals is unfettered.
Criminal procedure – Revision – Jurisdiction of High Court – Final orders – Committal to High Court – Discretion of Director of Public Prosecutions – Whether committal proceedings are amenable to revision.
 11 August 2025