In Uganda legislation requires witnesses to adduce direct evidence in court. However, this may not be possible in all cases and the law provides for circumstances in which hearsay may be admissible. The Evidence Act is the main piece of legislation which governs the issue evidence. In this article, the author relied on 539 cases in which the Ugandan High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court have dealt with hearsay evidence to establish the principles which these courts have developed on this issue. This case law shows, inter alia, that there are three major issues that Ugandan courts are still grappling with when it comes to hearsay evidence: the definition of hearsay; the admissibility of hearsay (exceptions to the hearsay rule) and the probative value of hearsay evidence. The author suggests ways in which courts can handle these issues.

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乌干达传闻证据：理解其意义、可采性和证明价值

在乌干达，立法要求证人在法庭上提供直接证据。然而，这可能并非在所有情况下都是可行的，法律规定了可以接受传闻的情况。《证据法》是管辖问题证据的主要立法。在本文中，作者依靠乌干达高等法院、上诉法院和最高法院处理传闻证据的 539 个案例来确立这些法院在这个问题上制定的原则。该判例法特别表明，在涉及传闻证据时，乌干达法院仍在努力解决三个主要问题：传闻的定义；传闻的可采性（传闻规则的例外）和传闻证据的证明价值。作者提出了法院处理这些问题的方法。