Bemanya Twebaze is a
Ugandan
lawyer
A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...
and
corporate executive, who currently serves a four-year term as Director General of the
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO). Previously, from 2012 to 2020, he was Uganda's
Registrar General and Official Receiver of the
Uganda Registration Services Bureau
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is a semi-autonomous government agency, established by Act of Parliament in 1998 in Uganda. URSB is responsible for civil registrations (including marriages and divorces but not including births, adop ...
.
Education
He holds a
Bachelor of Laws, awarded by
Makerere University, in
Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. He also holds a
Diploma in Legal Practice
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from the
Law Development Centre, also in Kampala. His
Master of Business Administration was obtained from the
Eastern and Southern African Management Institute
Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, or ESAMI is a diplomatic regional management development institute owned by various governments in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Established in 1980, the Institute has its headquarters in Arusha ...
.
Career
Mr. Twebaze originally worked as a lawyer in the areas of commercial law, business registration, intellectual property and insolvency, with experience in managing and concluding the liquidation of large parastatals.
In his role as Registrar General, he worked with other government agencies and stakeholders, to shorten the time it takes to register a business, from four days, to two hours.
In November 2020, he was elected by the Administrative Council of ARIPO as the organisation's Director General for a four-year term beginning 1 January 2021.
Other responsibilities
In May 2017, Bemanya Twebaze, was appointed receiver-manager of
Uganda Telecom Limited
Uganda Telecommunications Corporation Limited (UTCL), also (UTel), is an information and communication technology network company in Uganda owned by the government of Uganda. UTel acquired the assets and some of the liabilities of the defunct ' ...
, a parastatal company which had failed to meet its financial obligations. Although a forensic audit by
PricewaterhouseCoopers determined UTL's liabilities at Sh700 billion (approx. US$196 million), with total assets valued at Sh248 billion (approx. US$69 million), Bemanya Twebaze is optimistic that the business can be revived back to profitability.
In January 2020, the
High Court of Uganda
The High Court of Uganda, also Uganda High Court, is the third-highest court, judicial organ in Uganda, behind the Supreme Court of Uganda and the Court of Appeal of Uganda. It has "unlimited original jurisdiction", with powers to try any case o ...
replaced Bemanya Twebaze with
Ruth Sebatindira, as the Administrator of UTL, in court-appointed receivership. The court ruling was on 2 January 2020 and the hand-over of office occurred on 6 January 2020.
See also
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Kampala Capital City Authority
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Uganda Investment Authority
The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is a semi-autonomous investment promotion and facilitation organisation in Uganda and is owned by the government of Uganda.
Location
The headquarters of UIA are located at The Investment Center, The Investm ...
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Uganda Revenue Authority
References
External links
Website of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Ugandan lawyers
People from Western Region, Uganda
Makerere University alumni
Law Development Centre alumni
Eastern and Southern African Management Institute alumni