Uganda Case Law

Nahabwe v Uganda

Nahabwe v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application 16 of 2020) [2021] UGSC 41 (20 August 2021)

Court

Supreme Court of Uganda

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 16 of 2020

Judge

Owiny-Dollo, CJ, Opio-Aweri, JSC, Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, JSC, Mugamba, JSC, Tuhaise, JSC

The Supreme Court held that the question proposed by the applicant—whether the second appellate court can merely accept the conclusions of the first appellate court without adequately scrutinizing the evidence—is firmly settled by clear precedents. The law does not require the second appellate court to re-evaluate evidence or disturb concurrent findings of fact unless there is manifest error or lack of evidence. The applicant's dissatisfaction with the lower courts' findings does not raise a question of law of great public or general importance. There is no uncertainty in the law regarding id…

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• Third Appeal Certification
• Role Of Second Appellate Court
• Identification Evidence
• Concurrent Findings
• Certificate Of Importance
• Public Interest Questions

Uganda v Ntambi Vicent

Uganda v Ntambi Vicent (Miscellaneous Application No. 139 of 2019) [2020] UGCA 2066 (15 July 2020)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Miscellaneous Application No. 139 of 2019

Judge

Musoke, JA, Muhanguzi, JA, Kasule, JA

The application was dismissed on two independent grounds. First, the applicant failed to comply with the mandatory procedural requirement to file the application within fourteen days of the Court of Appeal's judgment, instead lodging it nearly ten months later without explanation or grounds for extension. Second, on the merits, the applicant did not demonstrate that the intended appeal raised a question of law of great public or general importance. The issue identified—whether the Court of Appeal could rely on the testimony of a witness regarding the contents of a handwriting expert's report…

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• Third Appeal Certification
• Expert Evidence
• Documentary Evidence
• Procedural Timeliness

Uganda v Kasibo Joshua

Uganda v Kasibo Joshua (Criminal Application No. 0206 0f 2018) [2020] UGCA 50 (18 February 2020)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Application No. 0206 0f 2018

Judge

Owiny-Dollo, JA

The Court of Appeal granted certification for a third appeal to the Supreme Court, holding the customs-law issues raised were questions of great public importance.

• Customs Offences
• Third Appeal Certification
• Public Importance Questions
• Smuggling Definition
• Interference With Customs Goods
• Third-appeal-certification