The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo, has issued a circular to all prosecutors with guidance on implementing the Supreme Court’s judgment that prohibits the trial of civilians in military courts. According to Circular No. 1/2025, the Supreme Court’s ruling, delivered on January 31, 2025, mandates that all charges, ongoing criminal trials, and […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asserted that despite the decision by the Supreme Court in the matter of the civilians being tried by the General Court Martial (GCM), it will not be quashed because it is a method freedom fighters support for reinforcing the civilian judicial system to defend the lives of Ugandans against criminals […]
President Museveni has penned down his response to the Supreme Court ruling which banned the trial of civilians in military courts. The President insists the court martial has done a tremendous job and they must stay. His statement in details; Fellow Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu. Greetings. I have just come back from wonderful inspection trips for wealth […]
Uganda’s Supreme Court has put to rest the debate on whether civilians can be tried in military courts. In an almost unanimous decision, the seven judges of the Supreme Court with a little variance ruled that military courts are not vested with the competency to try civilians. Chief Justice Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo held that Court Martial […]
The Supreme Court in Kampala has ordered the Kasese Prison authorities to transfer a Police Officer, Jayden Ashraf who was found guilty of murdering businessman Eriya Bugembe Ssebunya commonly known as Kasiwukira to Luzira Upper Prison. Kasiwukira was killed by a speeding vehicle on October 17, 2014 while jogging near his home in Muyenga, a […]
The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on notice in the case where the government is challenging the Constitutional Court’s decision barring military courts from trying civilians. This pending case was filed as an appeal by the Attorney General following a successful petition by Former Nakawa Member of Parliament Michael Kabaziguruka. In 2021, the Constitutional […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday commissioned the newly built Supreme Court and Court of Appeal buildings at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala. During the commissioning, President Museveni congratulated the Judiciary and the government of Uganda for funding and putting up the two modern structures. “This was all done with the government money. It was […]
The Supreme Court has upheld a 10-year sentence handed to John Muhanguzi Kashaka, the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government for causing a 4.2 billion shillings financial loss to the government in the infamous bicycle scandal. Kashaka’s conviction and sentence were jointly upheld with that of former principal accountant Henry Bamutura, assistant […]