Uganda Case Law

Ssekawoya v Uganda

Ssekawoya v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 24 of 2014) [2018] UGSC 6 (9 April 2018)

Court

Supreme Court of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Appeal 24 of 2014

Judge

Katureebe, CJ, Arach-Amoko, JSC, Mwondha, JSC, Mwangusya, JSC, Tumwesigye, JSC

The Supreme Court held that following the decision in Attorney General v. Susan Kigula & 417 others, the sentencing regime for murder changed, making life imprisonment the next most severe sentence after the death penalty. The trial Judge, sentencing the appellant after Kigula, intended life imprisonment to mean incarceration for the remainder of the appellant's natural life, not a fixed term of 20 years. The Court rejected the appellant's argument that remission provisions and pre-Tigo practice should apply, distinguishing between sentences for murder and manslaughter. The Court further affi…

Source excerpt

• Sentencing Principles
• Life Imprisonment
• Retroactive Application Of Judicial Decisions
• Remission Of Sentence
• Murder Conviction