Uganda Case Law

Kazooba & Anor v Uganda

Kazooba & Anor v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 38 & 47 of 2012) [2018] UGCA 67 (30 July 2018)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 38 & 47 of 2012

Judge

Egonda-Ntende, JA, Obura, JA, Musota, JA

The Court of Appeal found that the conviction of the appellants was unsafe due to insufficient evidence and fatal procedural irregularities. The prosecution's case rested entirely on weak circumstantial evidence that did not exclude other reasonable hypotheses. Key witnesses did not implicate the appellants, and the conduct relied upon by the trial judge was not sufficient to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Furthermore, the trial was improperly conducted, as the judge who delivered judgment had not heard the evidence, contrary to section 20 of the Judicature Act. The absence of summi…

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• Murder
• Circumstantial Evidence
• Burden Of Proof
• Trial Irregularities
• Judge Assignment
• Assessors Opinion

Jumba v Uganda

Jumba v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 94 of 2011) [2018] UGCA 57 (30 July 2018)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 94 of 2011

Judge

Egonda-Ntende, JA, Obura, JA, Musota, JA

The Court of Appeal set aside Jumba Richard’s rape conviction after finding the trial was a nullity because the judge failed to sum up the case to assessors as required.

• Rape
• Identification Evidence
• Trial Irregularity
• Assessors Opinion
• Procedural Nullity
• Criminal-appeal