The Court of Appeal in Kampala is set to conduct a two-day criminal appeals weed-out session aimed at cleaning up and updating its case records as part of broader efforts to improve case management and establish the accurate status of criminal matters pending before the court.
The exercise, scheduled for Tuesday, August 11, and Wednesday, August 12, 2026, will review a total of 56 criminal appeals filed between 2009 and 2026.
The session is to be presided over by a panel of three Justices led by the Deputy Chief Justice, Moses Kazibwe Kawumi, alongside Margaret Tibulya and Musa Ssekaana.
According to the cause list issued by the Registrar of the Court of Appeal, HW Rukundo Allen Owembabazi, murder-related appeals account for the largest share of the matters scheduled for review, with 15 cases. Defilement follows with 11 appeals, while aggravated defilement accounts for six and rape for five.
The court will also consider two appeals each involving manslaughter, aggravated robbery, obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and causing financial loss.
Other offences represented on the cause list include robbery, simple robbery, abuse of office, fabricating evidence, uttering false documents, possession of narcotics, assault causing bodily harm and grievous harm, each with one appeal.
The weed-out exercise is intended to verify the status of all listed appeals, identify cases that may no longer require substantive hearing, reconcile court records and ensure that the Court’s criminal appeals database accurately reflects matters that remain pending.
Judiciary officials say the exercise forms part of the Court of Appeal’s ongoing efforts to strengthen case management, improve the integrity of court data, reduce case backlog and promote the timely delivery of justice.