Court of Appeal kicks off two-day civil case appeals session

KAMPALA, May 5, 2024 – The Court of Appeal sitting in Kampala kicked off a two-day Civil Appeals/Applications Session to handle 24 cases received from across the country.

The Session is being presided over by Justices; Cheborion Barishaki, Moses Kazibwe Kawumi and Asa Mugenyi.

The Court’s Acting Registrar, HW Rukundo Allen Owembabazi said t this is the first Civil Appeals/Applications Session where the new Justices, Kazibwe and Mugenyi, are participating.

The Court of Appeal is the second highest court in the land. While presiding over matters, it is duly constituted when it consists of an odd number of not less than three justices of the Court of Appeal. It is this court that constitutes itself into a Constitutional Court in accordance with the Constitution to hear constitutional cases.

The Court of Appeal handles appeals from the High Court of Uganda. Some of its functions of this Court are to: hear, consider and judge cases and dispose them quickly and fairly in accordance with the law; interpret and apply the Constitution and other laws of Uganda; and protect the rights of an individual and providing remedies in the event of infringement.

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