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Criminal law RPAA 0022/15/CS

UBUSHINJACYAHA v. MUHIRWA

The Supreme Court held that the appeal was within its jurisdiction because the earlier judgment lacked adequate reasons and failed to address all appeal grounds.

  • Right to reasoned judgment
  • Appeal jurisdiction
  • Complicity
  • Forgery
  • Embezzlement of public funds
  • Right-to-reasoned-judgment
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Criminal law RPA 0470/14/HC/KIG

PROSECUTION v. SIBOMANA

The High Court held that the audit report was valid, found the respondents guilty of forgery, use of forged documents, and embezzlement, and imposed reduced sentences.

  • Embezzlement of public funds
  • Forgery
  • Use of forged documents
  • Audit report admissibility
  • Criminal-law
  • Evidence-law
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Criminal law RLR V.2 - 2015

UBUSHINJACYAHA v. HAKIZIMANA N’ABANDI

The High Court partly allowed Mugirwanake Zawadi’s appeal, reducing and partially suspending his sentence, but dismissed the appeals of Hakizimana Pascal and Rugero Etienne.

  • Concurrent offences
  • Sentencing
  • Mitigation for minors
  • Suspended sentences
  • Embezzlement of public funds
  • Forgery
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Criminal law RPA 0799/11/HC/KIG

UBUSHINJACYAHA v ABANDIBANA

The High Court upheld an embezzlement conviction, held that administrative discipline did not bar criminal prosecution, and reduced and suspended the sentence.

  • Embezzlement of public funds
  • Administrative fault vs criminal liability
  • Double jeopardy
  • Mitigation of sentence
  • Suspended sentence
  • Embezzlement-of-public-funds
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