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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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March 2016
Ssempiira v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 26 of 2014) [2016] UGHCCRD 21 (21 March 2016)
Conviction for embezzlement upheld; confession and CCTV corroborated, sentence reduced to fine or two additional years plus time served.
Criminal law – Embezzlement – proof of employment; Admissibility of confession – trial-within-a-trial; Corroboration by CCTV and recovery of property; Right to counsel and voluntariness of in‑court admission; Sentencing – mitigation for first offender, youthful offender, and rehabilitation.
 21 March 2016
Uganda v Madolo (HCT-04-CR-SC-150-2013) [2016] UGHCCRD 145 (10 March 2016)
Court convicted accused of aggravated defilement: age and sexual act proved; victim’s cogent identification sufficient without corroboration.
Criminal law – aggravated defilement – elements: age, sexual act, participation; Sexual offences – corroboration not required but victim’s evidence must be cogent; Child witness evidence – evaluation of inconsistencies and identification; Medical evidence – time of assault; Accused conduct – flight and resistance as indicia of guilt.
 10 March 2016