Uganda v Kakube Stone alias Topher (Criminal Session 74 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 504 (29 June 2023)
Court
High Court of Uganda
Case number
Criminal Session 74 of 2022
Judge
Batema, J
The High Court of Uganda discharged a juvenile accused after finding he had been illegally detained as an adult for nine years, in breach of children’s rights and trial timeliness rules.
Center for food and adequate living rights v Attorney General of Uganda and Another (Misc Cause No. 436 of 2019) [2022] UGHCCD 87 (25 May 2022)
Court
HC: Civil Division (Uganda)
Case number
Misc Cause No. 436 of 2019
Judge
Nambayo, J
The High Court dismissed this constitutional-type challenge as premature, holding the applicant first had to use the Uganda Communications Commission’s complaint process.
In Re: Adelynn Naomi Luckey & Anor & In Re: Mark Weldon Luckey & Anor (HCT-00-FD-MA-0088-2008) (HCT-00-FD-MA-0088-2008) [2009] UGHC 24 (24 March 2009)
Court
High Court of Uganda
Case number
HCT-00-FD-MA-0088-2008
The High Court of Uganda refused to review an adoption order that required annual progress reports, finding no proof that the condition blocked the children’s US citizenship process.
Tukamuhebwa and Others v Attorney General (Civil Suit No. 779 of 2004) [2006] UGHC 90 (28 March 2006)
Court
High Court of Uganda
Case number
Civil Suit No. 779 of 2004
Judge
Okumu Wengi, J
The court found that the plaintiffs, now adults, sought compensation for deprivation of childhood education following their displacement from Mpokya in 1992. The court held that the constitutional right to education, while recognized, is not operationalized by statute and is not enforceable in the manner claimed. The primary legal duty to provide education rests on parents, not the state, and the plaintiffs' parents had already litigated and received compensation for the eviction. The suit was found to be time barred, lacking a cause of action, and substantially res judicata. The court emphas…
Magolo & Anor v Najuma (Misc. Application No.0145 of 2004) [2005] UGHCFD 1 (23 March 2005)
Court
HC: Family Division (Uganda)
Case number
Misc. Application No.0145 of 2004
Judge
Muhanguzi, J
The High Court appointed the Administrator General as pendente lite administrator of the estate to ensure impartial management after concerns over beneficiary omission and lack of opposition.