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HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

The Criminal Division is Responsible for hearing all serious criminal offences referred to it by the Magistrates' Courts. According to the Principal Judge's Circular, except for Commercial Court Judges who must attend to only Commercial Court cases, the rest of the Judges of the High Court who are based in Kampala are members of the Criminal Division irrespective of the other Divisions of the High Court that they belong to.

Each of the above judges is supposed to do, at least, one High Court Criminal Session in a year at Kampala

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High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.
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August 2008
Uganda v Mukundane (Criminal Session Case No. 0029 of 2004) [2008] UGHCCRD 5 (29 August 2008)
Child’s credible sworn testimony, supported by medical and lay examinations, upheld convictions for defilement and concurrent 15‑year sentences.
Criminal law – Defilement – Child witness evidence; sworn testimony of child of tender years; corroboration desirable but not mandatory; age and identity proof; medical and lay examination as corroboration.
 29 August 2008
Simboyi & Anor v Uganda (HCT-04-CR-CN-0006/2003) [2008] UGHCCRD 62 (28 August 2008)
28 August 2008
Uganda v Muhumuza Alias Kadogo & Ors (Criminal Session Case No.0029 of 2004) [2008] UGHCCRD 9 (20 August 2008)
Theft and threatened use of a knife were proved, but identity of the assailant was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law – Aggravated robbery – elements: theft; violence or threat; deadly weapon; participation of accused. Evidence – threatened use of a kitchen knife can amount to a ‘deadly weapon’ even if not produced. Identification – caution where prosecution relies on single/circumstantial identifying witness; inconsistencies may render identification unsafe. Circumstantial evidence – must exclude all reasonable hypotheses of innocence before convicting.
 20 August 2008
Bakwata v Uganda (HCT-04-CR-CN-0027/2002) [2008] UGHCCRD 60 (7 August 2008)
7 August 2008