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Mawanda v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 39 of 2024) [2024] UGHCCRD 72 (10 December 2024)
The High Court partly allowed the appeal, quashing convictions for forgery and conspiracy, but affirming uttering false document and obtaining money by false pretenses.
Mugabi v Attorney General and Another (Civil Suit 657 of 1999) [2023] UGHCLD 199 (29 June 2023)
The court found that the plaintiff failed to prove that his caveat was withdrawn fraudulently or without his consent, as there was no contrary evidence and the withdrawal was presented by International Credit Bank. The plaintiff admitted signing the transfer forms for the suit land, and there was no credible evidence of duress or coercion beyond his own assertions. The police acted lawfully in arresting the plaintiff on suspicion of obtaining money by false pretences, as the dispute was not purely civil and involved criminal allegations. No evidence was adduced to establish conspiracy or frau…
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Zinunula Coffee Company Limited v International Projects Limited and 2 Others (Civil Suit No. 1053 of 2001) [2021] UGHCLD 110 (24 August 2021)
The court found that the issues raised in the present suit were not res judicata, as the transfer of the suit property occurred after the judgment in the earlier suit and could not have been brought forward at that time. The evidence and parties involved in the two suits were different, and the present suit disclosed a separate cause of action regarding the alleged fraudulent transfer. However, the court held that the plaintiff failed to follow the proper procedure for execution of the decree, as all questions relating to execution, discharge, or satisfaction of the decree should have been de…
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Onegi & 5 Ors Vs Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 29 of 2016) [2019] UGCA 23 (4 April 2019)
The Court of Appeal quashed murder and attempted murder convictions, finding the confession statements inadmissible and the identification evidence unsafe.
Uganda v Namubiru & Anor (Criminal Sessions Case No. 0461 of 2017) [2018] UGHCCRD 149 (28 June 2018)
The High Court of Uganda convicted Namusoke Annet Kirabo of kidnapping a three-and-a-half-year-old child for ransom, relying on circumstantial evidence and willful blindness.
Odama & Anor v Uganda (HCT-00-CN 17 of 2015) [2015] UGHCACD 15 (6 October 2015)
The High Court partly allowed a criminal appeal, quashing both appellants’ conspiracy convictions but upholding Lukubo Benson’s personation conviction and reducing his sentence.
Uganda v Hussein Hassan Agad & 13 Ors (Crim Case No. 1 of 2010) [2011] UGHC 144 (16 September 2011)
The High Court of Uganda sentenced two terrorism convicts after guilty pleas, balancing remorse and cooperation against the gravity of the bombings.
Agaba A & 4 Ors v Uganda (Cr.App.No.12 of 1999) [2002] UGHC 85 (19 February 2002)
The High Court upheld convictions based on evidence that the appellants took part in planning malicious damage to property, and dismissed the appeal.
Agaba & Ors v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 12/99) [2002] UGHCCRD 22 (19 February 2002)
High Court of Uganda dismissed a criminal appeal, holding that evidence of planning and incitement justified conviction on a minor cognate offence.
Magingi v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 963 of 1954) [1955] EACA 324 (1 January 1955)
The Court upheld a conviction for common-law incitement in Tanganyika, but quashed counts based on attempted stupefying and attempted conspiracy as duplicative.
