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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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November 2020
Kanyamunyu Mathew v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 151 of 2020) [2020] UGHCCRD 144 (9 November 2020) Adjournment for unregulated traditional reconciliation and late plea bargaining denied to protect the accused’s right to a speedy, equitable trial. Criminal procedure – Adjournment applications; Plea bargaining – timing, scope and limits after trial commencement; Restorative justice (mato oput) – complementary role to formal justice and lack of regulatory safeguards; Constitutional right to a fair and speedy trial – balancing individual rights with public interest and judicial economy.	9 November 2020

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Judgment date

November 2020

Kanyamunyu Mathew v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 151 of 2020) [2020] UGHCCRD 144 (9 November 2020)

Adjournment for unregulated traditional reconciliation and late plea bargaining denied to protect the accused’s right to a speedy, equitable trial.

Criminal procedure – Adjournment applications; Plea bargaining – timing, scope and limits after trial commencement; Restorative justice (mato oput) – complementary role to formal justice and lack of regulatory safeguards; Constitutional right to a fair and speedy trial – balancing individual rights with public interest and judicial economy.

9 November 2020