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Criminal law RPAA01316/2024/CA

UBUSHINJACYAHA v. BIBAMBISI

The Court of Appeal dismissed the accused’s appeal, upheld his conviction for drug possession, and held that related witnesses’ testimony may be relied on if assessed by the court.

  • Drug offences
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Witness credibility
  • Procedural errors
  • Criminal-law
  • Drug-offences
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Criminal law

IMIRONGO CoA -No -June - August 2023

Digest of Court of Appeal precedents from June to August 2023 covering evidence, sentencing, appeals, land, civil procedure, and auctions.

  • Genocide
  • Evidence (direct and hearsay)
  • Attachment of property
  • Appeals procedure
  • Mitigating circumstances
  • Sentencing discretion
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Administrative law RS/RECT/RC 00001/2022/HC/KIG

Re NYANDEKWE N’ABANDI

The High Court dismissed an application to correct a judgment, holding that omitted claims and parties cannot be added through correction because that would change the substance.

  • Correction of judgments
  • Procedural errors
  • Joinder of claims
  • Correction-of-judgments
  • Clerical-errors
  • Joinder-of-claims
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Administrative law RS/RECT/RC 00001/2022/HC/KIG

Re NYANDEKWE N’ABANDI

The High Court held that omitted claims could not be added through correction because doing so would change the substance of the judgment.

  • Correction of judgments
  • Procedural errors
  • Joinder of claims
  • Correction-of-judgment
  • Procedural-errors
  • Joinder-of-claims
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Administrative law RS/RECT/RC 00001/2022/HC/KIG

Re NYANDEKWE N’ABANDI

The High Court dismissed an application to rectify a judgment, holding that omitted claims and parties not heard in the original case could not be added through rectification.

  • Rectification of judgments
  • Procedural errors
  • Joinder of claims
  • Rectification-of-judgments
  • Procedural-errors
  • Joinder-of-claims
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Administrative law RS/RECT/RAD 00001/2022/HC/NYZ

Re KABAGEMA (RECT)

Clerical errors in the judgment RADA 00013/2017/HC/NYZ, including incorrect case number, party names, and mislabeling as urgent, materially affect the enforceability and clarity of the judgment and must be corrected regardless of the one-month procedural limit.

  • Judgment correction
  • Procedural errors
  • Administrative decisions
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