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It’s the Trial Judge’s Duty to Deduct the Remand Period In Sentence And Not Prison’s, Court of Appeal Rules

Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera

The Court of Appeal has affirmed that it is the duty of the trial judge and not the prison authorities', to deduct the period an accused person has spent on remand during sentencing.

The pronouncement was made in the case of Fulugensio Ssegirinya (appellant) v. Uganda, where the Court of…

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