Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (Uganda)
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The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for the provision of "legal advice and legal services to government, its allied institutions and to the general public and to support the machinery that provides the legal framework for good governance".{{cite web| url=http://www.gov.ug/ministry/ministry-justice-and-constitutional-affairs | title=Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs: About the Ministry | publisher=Government of Uganda (GOU) | date=10 October 2016 | accessdate=10 October 2016 | author=GOU | location=Kampala}} The ministry is headed by a cabinet minister, currently Norbert Mao.
Location
The headquarters of the ministry are located at 1 Parliament Avenue, in the Central Division of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are: 0°18'47.0"N, 32°35'10.0"E (Latitude:0.313056; Longitude:32.586111).{{google maps|accessdate=10 October 2016| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B018'47.0%22N+32%C2%B035'10.0%22E/@0.3130576,32.5854535,134m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.313056!4d32.586111| title=Location of the Uganda Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs}}
Constitutional mandate
The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs is empowered to carry out the following functions:
- To represent the government of Uganda in civil suits for and against the government
- To carry out legal advisory services, including the drafting, perusal and clearance of contracts and treaties. It also has the authority to provide legal opinion on government borrowing
- To draft bills and statutory instruments
- To regulate the legal profession and legal education
- To administer estates of the deceased, people with unsound minds and if missing persons
- To collect non-tax revenue
List of ministers since independence (1962-present)
- Grace K. Ibingira{{Cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/ugandaat50/Uganda-s-first-cabinet-ministers-in-1962/1370466-1469962-1bm1yh/index.html|title=Uganda's first cabinet ministers in 1962|date=3 August 2012|website=Daily Monitor}} (1962-1964) [1st minister of justice]
- Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smgbAQAAMAAJ|title=Bulletin|date=1964|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qW4NAQAAIAAJ|title=The Constitution of Uganda, 15th April, 1966|date=1966|publisher=Govt. printer|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/v2hansard1965ontauoft|title=Official Report|date=1965|language=en}} (1964-1966)
- Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UobwyA4KjNQC|title=The Uganda Gazette|date=1971|publisher=Government Printer|language=en}} (1971-1973)
- Godfrey Serunkuma Lule{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y444AQAAIAAJ|title=The Uganda Law Focus|date=1972|publisher=Law Development Centre|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112083082674;view=1up;seq=76|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1977:Jan.,Mar..|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}} (1973-1977)
- Dani Wadada Nabudere{{Cite news|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/688334-1269922-a3g1l8z/index.html|title=Prof. Nabudere is dead|work=Daily Monitor|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en-UK}} (1979)
- Edward Ogbal{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zw5BAQAAIAAJ|title=Who's who in Uganda|publisher=Fountain Publishers|language=en}} (1979-1986)
- Joseph Mulenga (1986-1989)
- George Kanyeihamba{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293009634548;view=1up;seq=91|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1990 no.1-6.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iMlldg6olx4C&pg=PA343|title=Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity|last=Hayner|first=Priscilla B.|date=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415924788|language=en}} (1989-1990)
- Abu Mayanja{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435083449116;view=1up;seq=94|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1991July-Dec.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9REOAQAAMAAJ&q=abu+mayanja+minister+of+justice|title=Uganda Confidential|date=1993|publisher=Uganda Confidential|language=en}} (1990-1994)
- Joseph Ekemu{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435083447896;view=1up;seq=102|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1995Jan-Apr 1995.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}} (1994-1996)
- Bart Magunda Katureebe{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c068748210;view=1up;seq=104|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Mar 1998.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVcwAQAAIAAJ|title=Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook|date=1997|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=9780810316416 |language=en}} (1996-1998)
- Joshua S. Mayanja-Nkangi{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c070962869;view=1up;seq=110|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Oct-Dec 2000.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}} (1998-2001)
- Janat Mukwaya{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433031953593;view=1up;seq=260|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Sept. -Dec. 2001, inc..|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433031953601;view=1up;seq=111|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan. -Apr. 2002.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TMUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1619|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2005: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|last=Turner|first=B.|date=2017-02-07|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230271333|language=en}} (2001-2003) [1st female]
- Amama Mbabazi (2004-2006)
- Kiddu Makubuya{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1xDAQAAIAAJ|title=Your Rights: The Uganda Human Rights Commission Monthly Magazine|date=2007|publisher=The Commission|language=en}} (2005-2011)
- Kahinda Otafiire{{Cite web|url=http://www.justice.go.ug/mojca/minister-justice-and-constitutional-affairs|title=Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs {{!}} Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs|website=www.justice.go.ug|access-date=2018-06-24}} (2011- 2021)
- Norbert Mao (2022 - present){{cite news |title=Museveni appoints Mao justice minister |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/museveni-appoints-mao-justice-minister-3887380 |access-date=1 September 2022 |work=Monitor |date=21 July 2022 |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.justice.go.ug/ Website of Ministry of Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (Uganda)]
{{Ministries of Uganda}}
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