This evidence-led archive covers eight Uganda cases, including the disputed Kasese palace killings, the Ggaba nursery murders, James Kazini, Maria Nagirinya and Ronald Kitayimbwa, Joan Kagezi, Susan Magara, the Kampala bombings and Kanungu cult deaths. Convictions, withdrawn charges and unresolved allegations remain distinct.
Verified convictions appear here, with acquittals and unresolved appellate questions kept visible so the category never overstates the record.
James Kazini was killed in 2009. Lydia Draru was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 14 years and released after remission in 2021.
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Two people were abducted outside a Kampala home and murdered. Six participants were convicted through a plea and trial; one co-accused was acquitted.
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A senior prosecutor was shot in 2015. One participant pleaded guilty to murder in 2025; three co-accused remained on trial.
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Susan Magara was abducted for ransom and killed in 2018. Nine defendants were convicted in August 2026; two received death sentences and seven received life terms.
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Bombs struck the Ethiopian Village restaurant and Kyadondo Rugby Club during the World Cup final. Seven men received life or 50-year prison terms in 2016; five other defendants were acquitted.
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Four young children were killed at a Kampala nursery school. Christopher Okello Onyum was convicted and sentenced to death; his appeal remained pending.
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More than 100 people were killed amid competing accounts. Charges against the king and guards were withdrawn; alleged unlawful killings remain unadjudicated.
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Hundreds died at sites linked to an apocalyptic religious movement. Later discoveries redirected the inquiry from suicide toward suspected murder, but no prosecution followed.
Open case file →Charges against King Mumbere and more than 200 guards were withdrawn in 2023, but no independent criminal judgment addressing alleged unlawful killings by security personnel was located.
Christopher Okello Onyum was convicted of murdering Gideon Eteku, Kaise Alungat, Ignatius Sserwange and Ryan Odeke and received death sentences on April 30, 2026. He filed an appeal in June; no final appellate judgment was located by September 13, 2026.
Six participants were convicted through one guilty plea and a later High Court trial. One co-accused was acquitted for insufficient evidence, and an appeal by Kasolo Coporiyamu remained without a located final public judgment.
The Ugandan prosecutor was shot in Kiwatule, Kampala, on March 30, 2015. One participant pleaded guilty to murder in 2025; three co-accused were ordered to defend themselves on the murder charge in July 2026.
No. A final verdict for the three continuing defendants and a judicially established identity for whoever commissioned the killing were not located by September 13, 2026.
The retired major general was killed at Lydia Draru's Kampala home on November 10, 2009. The High Court convicted Draru of manslaughter after finding that murder was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
Draru received 14 years in 2011. The state appealed, but no final appellate ruling was located; Ugandan reporting records her release on January 12, 2021 after remission.
She was abducted in Kampala on February 7, 2018, held for ransom and killed. Her body was recovered in Wakiso District on February 27.
Nine defendants were convicted of kidnapping for ransom and murder. Two received death sentences and seven received life imprisonment; the sentences are not described as executions.
Hundreds died in March 2000 at the Kanungu compound of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God and at other linked sites. An initial mass-suicide account shifted toward suspected mass murder as more bodies were found.
No prosecution or conviction was located. Warrants were issued for Movement leaders, but their fates and the precise sequence across the sites remained unresolved.
The archive begins with the July 11, 2010 Kampala bombings, which struck spectators watching the World Cup final at the Ethiopian Village restaurant in Kabalagala and Kyadondo Rugby Club.
The 2016 High Court record and Reuters reported 76 deaths. The Institute for Security Studies reported 74. Because reputable records differ, the case page identifies which figure belongs to which source instead of presenting the discrepancy as resolved.
Seven defendants were convicted of the core terrorism, murder and attempted-murder offences. Five received life sentences and two received 50-year terms. An eighth man convicted as an accessory received community service after lengthy pretrial detention.
Yes. The Uganda Judiciary reported that five defendants were acquitted because the court found no evidence on the record linking them to the bombings.
Daily Monitor reported that the seven principal convicts filed a notice of appeal in June 2016. No reliable public ruling resolving that appeal was located in the source review completed on September 12, 2026, so this archive does not claim a later appellate result.
The label reflects verified convictions and sentences, not a claim that every investigative or appellate question is complete. The acquittals, procedural criticism and limits of the public record remain explicit.
Crime by Region distinguishes documented events, investigative theories, warrants, prosecutions, verdicts and unresolved questions. The Kanungu file does not turn a police theory into a conviction; the Kampala file does not turn every arrest into guilt.