The Court of Appeal/ Constitutional Court has today started the hearing of appeal cases with two sessions at the same time.

 Among the cases to be handled include 63 cases out of which 26 are  Civil Appeals, 20 Constitutional Petitions and 17 applications.
The Acting Assistant Registrar Court of Appeal, Mary Babirye, confirmed that they will start with  Civil Appeals on Monday 20th July 2020 then Constitutional Petitions on July 23.
The first day of hearing the Civil Appeals will deal with election petitions and applications.
Also among the prominent cases to be heard include the application by Hon Kato Lubwama versus Habib Buwembo seeking leave to appeal, Hon Nusura Tiperu versus Hon Kasiano Wadri, and Another among others.

Justices Kenneth Kakuru, Hellen Obura, Stephen Musota, Christopher Madrama and Remmy Kasule will handle the Constitutional Petitions while Justices Geofrey Kiryabwire, Elizabeth Musoke and Irene Mulyagonja will handle the Civil Appeals.

The performance report shows that the appellate court completed 1,049 cases last Financial Year, surpassing its annual target of 970 cases.