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Ex-AG Kiddu Makubuya’s Candle Blows Off

Former Attorney General Kiddu Makubuya dies at 75

Gilbert Akampa Kakurugu by Gilbert Akampa Kakurugu
August 19, 2024
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By Gilbert Akampa Kakurugu,

KAMPALA

Former Ugandan Attorney General Apollo Kiddu Makubuya is dead, a close family source confirmed.

Lawyer Makubuya who also served as the member of parliament for Katikkamu South County in Luweero district passed on Monday morning at Nakaseero hospital in Kampala where he has been admitted over a yet to disclose long illness.

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Born on 30th July, 1949, Makubuya died at the age of 75. He held a First Class Honors Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University, which he obtained in 1974. He also held a Master of Laws degree and a Doctor of Juridical Science, both from Yale Law School and obtained in 1976 and 1979 respectively. On returning to Uganda, he joined the Law Development Center where he completed his Diploma in Legal Practice between 1981 and 1982. He enrolled as an advocate of the Uganda High Court in 1985

He was the former minister for general duties in the office of the prime minister. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011, replacing Janat Mukwaya who retired from elective politics. Before that, from 2005 until 2011, he served as Uganda’s Attorney general. He resigned from cabinet on 16 February 2012 amid allegations of misappropriation of government funds.

Makubuya worked as a special assistant at the faculty of law, Makerere University, in 1974 and 1975. In 1979, he was promoted to lecturer at the same university, a position he held until 1982 when he became a senior lecturer. In 1984, he was promoted to associate professor. He is also a partner in Kasolo & Khiddu Advocates, a private law firm.

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Makubuya was a member of the Uganda Constitutional Commission, which was instrumental in drafting the 1995 Constitution of Uganda. He was a member of the Commission of Inquiry into Violations of Human Rights. Between 1984 and 1987, he was the editor in chief of the Uganda Law Society Review. Makubuya was the head of the Department of Law and Jurisprudence at the faculty of law, Makerere University, until 1995, when he was appointed director of the Uganda Human Rights and Peace Center.

Besides his professional experience, Makubuya served in a number of administrative capacities. Between 1981 and 1982, he was an ex-officio member of the Uganda Law Council and the Management Committee of the Law Development Centre.

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He was a member of various committees at Makerere University, including the Senate. The former minister’s areas of interest in research included jurisprudence, family law, international law, law and development, human rights of women, land law and land planning, development finance, refugee law, constitutional law, law and population, and gender and law.

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