Uganda Case Law

Kasukah v Uganda (HCT-01-CR-CM-0028-2024)

Kasukah v Uganda (HCT-01-CR-CM-0028-2024) [2025] UGHC 446 (11 June 2025)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

HCT-01-CR-CM-0028-2024

Judge

Wagona, J

The High Court determined that its jurisdiction to revise decisions of magistrates' courts under Section 50 of the Criminal Procedure Code Act is limited to final orders. The order putting the applicant to his defence after a finding of a prima facie case is interlocutory and does not finally determine the charges. Citing binding authority, the court held that interlocutory decisions cannot be challenged in revisional proceedings. The application was also erroneously brought under the Civil Procedure Act and Rules, but this did not affect the substantive outcome. As the impugned order was not…

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• Criminal Revision
• Interlocutory Orders
• Prima Facie Case
• Jurisdiction Of High Court

Uganda v Karuhanga & 6 Others

Uganda v Karuhanga & 6 Others (Criminal Revision 1 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 854 (29 August 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Revision 1 of 2024

Judge

Mugabo, J

The court found that while there were concurrent civil and criminal proceedings involving substantially the same facts and overlapping parties, the respondents failed to demonstrate a real danger of prejudice if both cases proceeded concurrently. The trial magistrate erred by granting a stay solely on the basis of identical subject matter without assessing whether concurrent proceedings would actually prejudice the accused. The law requires a specific showing of prejudice, not just the existence of similar proceedings. The court emphasized that the risk of conflicting judgments does not, by i…

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• Criminal Revision
• Stay Of Proceedings
• Intermeddling With Estate
• Concurrent Jurisdiction
• Judicial Discretion

Wasula v Uganda

Wasula v Uganda (Criminal Revision 3 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 465 (10 June 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Revision 3 of 2023

Judge

Wolayo, J

The court held that there is no legal basis for staying criminal proceedings merely because a civil suit involving the same facts is pending between the parties. The Supreme Court precedent in Kulata Basangwa v Uganda [2018] UGSC 55 establishes that both criminal and civil proceedings can proceed simultaneously, even if they arise from the same facts. The Director of Public Prosecutions has constitutional authority to institute criminal proceedings independently of any civil matters. The applicant's concerns about potential bias or miscarriage of justice were not sufficient to warrant a stay…

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• Criminal Revision
• Stay Of Proceedings
• Abuse Of Process
• Simultaneous Civil And Criminal Proceedings

Kaketo v Uganda

Kaketo v Uganda (Criminal Revision 18 of 2023) [2023] UGHCCRD 111 (27 September 2023)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Revision 18 of 2023

Judge

Gadenya, J

The High Court quashed Kaketo Farouq’s conviction and 13-month sentence, finding the charge sheet defective and the facts disclosed a civil sale transaction, not theft.

• Criminal Revision
• Defective Charge Sheet
• Miscarriage Of Justice
• Plea Taking Irregularities
• Criminal-revision
• Defective-charge-sheet

Alituha v Uganda

Alituha v Uganda (Criminal Revision Application 2 of 2020) [2023] UGHCCRD 103 (15 September 2023)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Revision Application 2 of 2020

Judge

Wagona, J

The High Court found that the applicant failed to provide sufficient evidence of ownership of the vehicle beyond a purchase agreement, lacking a registration book in his name. The trial magistrate acted within statutory discretion under the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act to order forfeiture of the vehicle used in the commission of the offence, especially since the accused in the lower court claimed ownership and did not disclose the applicant's interest. The applicant was not a party to the lower court proceedings and was not denied a right to be heard by the magistrate, as there was…

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• Forfeiture Of Property
• Criminal Revision
• Ownership Of Motor Vehicle
• Right To Be Heard

Uganda v Adongpiny

Uganda v Adongpiny (Criminal Revision Application No. 1 of 2023) [2023] UGHCCRD 4 (23 February 2023)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Revision Application No. 1 of 2023

Judge

Okello, J

The High Court set aside a magistrate’s status quo orders made during a criminal case, holding they were irregular and unsupported by a proper civil application.

• Criminal Revision
• Interlocutory Orders
• Magistrates Court Jurisdiction
• Status Quo Orders
• Miscarriage Of Justice
• Criminal-revision

Lwakataka and 5 Others v Uganda

Lwakataka and 5 Others v Uganda (Criminal Revision 7 of 2022) [2022] UGHCCRD 62 (13 October 2022)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Revision 7 of 2022

Judge

Matovu, J

The High Court dismissed a criminal revision application, holding that the challenged orders were interlocutory, the affidavits were defective, and the cases were misjoined.

• Criminal Revision
• Interlocutory Orders
• Affidavit Admissibility
• Misjoinder Of Cases
• Criminal-revision
• Interlocutory-orders

Semule v Uganda

Semule v Uganda (Criminal Revision Cause No. 20 of 2020) [2022] UGHCCRD 71 (17 August 2022)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Revision Cause No. 20 of 2020

Judge

Asiimwe, J

The High Court dismissed a criminal revision application, holding that the applicant was challenging the merits of his conviction rather than any illegality or irregularity in the proceedings.

• Criminal Revision
• Preliminary Objection
• Appeal Vs Revision
• Criminal Trespass
• Magistrates Court Jurisdiction
• Criminal-revision

Isabirye v Uganda

Isabirye v Uganda (Criminal Revision Cause No. 03 of 2018.) [2019] UGHCCRD 1 (8 January 2019)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Revision Cause No. 03 of 2018.

Judge

Luswata, J

The High Court declined criminal revision, holding that the evidence of age was unreliable and did not prove the convict was a juvenile at trial.

• Juvenile Sentencing
• Proof Of Age
• Criminal Revision
• Birth Registration
• Criminal-revision
• Juvenile-sentencing

Odongo v Uganda

Odongo v Uganda (Criminal Revision No. 0022 of 2016) [2017] UGHCCRD 10 (10 January 2017)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Revision No. 0022 of 2016

Judge

Stephen Mubiru, J

The High Court quashed a conviction and set aside sentence after finding no valid judgment was pronounced in open court. It declined to order a retrial.

• Criminal Revision
• Malicious Damage To Property
• Judgment Requirements
• Procedural Irregularity
• Criminal-revision
• Judgment-requirements