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Uganda v Ssemuga and Another (Criminal Appeal 18 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 223 (26 March 2025)
High Court appeal on prima facie case, false pretences, personation, and conspiracy. The court upheld the acquittals on those counts but found one reasoning error.
Njoki v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 93 of 2023) [2024] UGHCCRD 71 (18 December 2024)
The appellate court found that the appellant was afforded adequate time and facilities to prepare his defence, and his right to a fair trial was not compromised. The prosecution's failure to disclose evidence was not fatal, as the appellant did not request disclosure and suffered no miscarriage of justice. Sufficient circumstantial evidence linked the appellant to the fraudulent Facebook account and SIM card, supporting the conviction for electronic fraud. However, the trial magistrate erred by failing to deduct the period spent on remand from the sentence, rendering the sentence illegal. The…
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Sseguya v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 21 of 2018) [2023] UGCA 9 (10 January 2023)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a second appeal against sentence, holding the lower courts properly considered mitigation and deducted four months spent on remand.
Kalungi v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 47 of 2022) [2022] UGHC 15 (18 August 2022)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against sentence and compensation, but corrected the compensation order to UGX 69,300,000 after crediting money already refunded.
Sempira v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 129 of 2018) [2021] UGHCCRD 70 (18 April 2021)
The High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction for land-related fraud, but revised the sentences and ordered remand time deducted.
Tweheyo v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 23 of 2020) [2021] UGHCCRD 73 (18 April 2021)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against convictions for obtaining money by false pretence, personation, forgery and uttering false documents.
Sempira v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 129 of 2018) [2021] UGHCCRD 93 (18 April 2021)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal, finding the appellant played an essential role in a forged land-title fraud scheme, but revised sentence.
Tweheyo v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 23 of 2020) [2021] UGHCCRD 97 (18 April 2021)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal and confirmed convictions for obtaining money by false pretence, personation, forgery, and uttering false documents.
Busale v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 28 of 2019) [2020] UGHCACD 5 (22 November 2020)
The High Court upheld the conviction for personation and obtaining money by false pretenses, but set aside and substituted the sentence for failure to account for remand time.
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.
