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

Physical address
High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.
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April 2025
Tumwesigye v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application 133 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 18 (17 April 2025) 17 April 2025
Besigye and Another v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application 113 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 16 (11 April 2025) 11 April 2025
Ssemakadde v Uganda (Private Prosecution by Byamazima Joshua and Tonny Tumukunde) (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 30 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 17 (11 April 2025) 11 April 2025
Kiiza v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application 118 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCRD 15 (4 April 2025) 4 April 2025
March 2025
Nabirye v Uganda (Criminal Revision 50 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 14 (13 March 2025) 13 March 2025
Muwonge v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 60 of 2022) [2025] UGHCCRD 12 (8 March 2025) 8 March 2025
February 2025
Kato v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 401 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 8 (25 February 2025) 25 February 2025
Twinomujuni v Uganda (Criminal Revision 47 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 6 (25 February 2025) 25 February 2025
Kakooza v Director of Public Prosecution (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 176 of 2023) [2025] UGHCCRD 4 (21 February 2025) 21 February 2025
Katanga v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 513 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 3 (21 February 2025) 21 February 2025
Butsiba v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 78 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 9 (17 February 2025) 17 February 2025
Kato v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 401 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 10 (17 February 2025) 17 February 2025
Uganda v Kimuli (Criminal Session Case 814 of 2022) [2025] UGHCCRD 5 (15 February 2025) 15 February 2025
Gheewala v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 175 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 7 (14 February 2025) 14 February 2025
Uganda v Mugisha (HCT-00-CR-SC 43 of 2008) [2025] UGHCCRD 11 (14 February 2025) 14 February 2025
Uganda v Ogentho (Criminal Session 308 of 2021) [2025] UGHCCRD 13 (11 February 2025) 11 February 2025
January 2025
Namuyanja & 3 Others v Uganda (Criminal Revision 4 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 2 (30 January 2025) 30 January 2025
Uganda v Mugisha (HCT-00-CR-SC 43 of 2008) [2025] UGHCCRD 1 (14 January 2025) 14 January 2025