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Supreme Court of Uganda

The Supreme Court of Uganda is the highest judicial organ in Uganda. It derives powers from Article 130 of the 1995 constitution. It is primarily an appellate court with original jurisdiction in only one type of case: a presidential election petition.

The Supreme Court is headed by the chief justice nd has ten other justices. The quorum required for a court decision varies depending on the type of case under consideration. When hearing a constitutional appeal, the required quorum is seven justices. In a criminal or a civil appeal, only five justices are required for a quorum.

 

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December 2025
Apolo Senkeeto Alias Kalyesubula Mark v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application No. 1 of 2025; SUP-00-CR-CNO123-2025) [2025] UGSC 56 (23 December 2025)
Applicant granted bail pending appeal due to proven grave medical condition constituting exceptional circumstances despite serious financial offences.
Criminal procedure — Bail pending appeal — Discretionary relief requiring exceptional circumstances where convicted by two courts — Criteria from Arvind Patel — Grave illness/medical unfitness in custody as exceptional circumstance — Serious financial/public-project offences weighed against release — Stringent conditions (cash bail, sureties, passport and title deposits, monthly reporting) and automatic cancellation on breach.
 23 December 2025
Apolo Senkeeto v Uganda (Criminal Application No. 1 of 2025) [2025] UGSC 55 (23 December 2025)
A misdescribed affidavit opposing bail is not struck out where its substance shows it is an affidavit in reply.
Criminal procedure — Bail application — Affidavit in reply mislabelled as "Affidavit in Objection to Bail" — Substance over form — Minor procedural defects not fatal — Late-filed rejoinder admitted where delay justified and not prejudicial.
 23 December 2025
Bakisule Abdu v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 79 of 2021) [2025] UGSC 54 (22 December 2025)
The Supreme Court dismissed the applicant's appeal, finding identification and accomplice evidence properly corroborated and sentence not reviewable for severity.
Criminal law – Aggravated robbery; accomplice evidence and caution – corroboration by independent evidence (recovered magazine and bullets, eyewitness accounts) – identification under street lighting – appellate re-evaluation duty – limitation on Supreme Court review of sentence severity (Judicature Act s.5(3)).
 22 December 2025
Ssenyonga Haruna and Another v Kwesiga William and Others (Civil Appeal No. 17 of 2020) [2025] UGSC 53 (22 December 2025)
Appeal dismissed: expired lease, no proven equitable interest or fraud; lease irregularities did not invalidate statutory-Board grant.
Land law – lease expiry and reversion – effect of failure to renew or occupy; Ranch Restructuring Scheme – need for admissible public documents and proof; Fraud in land transfers – burden to prove transferee’s dishonesty or notice; Registration irregularities – undated or unnamed signatories are irregularities not necessarily invalidating statutory-Board leases; Signatures in non-Latin characters – Section 132 RTA treated as directory for leases by statutory bodies; Evidence Act judicial notice of public office-holders’ appointments and signatures.
 22 December 2025