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".
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).
Constitutional mandate
The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs is empowered to carry out the following functions:
# To represent the
government of Uganda
Uganda is a presidential republic in which the President of Uganda is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government business. There is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is ...
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 (Independence in 1962-present)
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Grace K. Ibingira (1962-1964)
''1st Minister of Justice*
Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor
Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor (1 November 1920 – 19 May 2012) was a longtime Ugandan minister and legislator. He was a minister and a political prisoner for the Apollo Milton Obote regime after he opposed Obote's extension of power while Obwangor was ...
(1964-1966)
* Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa (1971-1973)
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Godfrey Serunkuma Lule
Godfrey Serunkuma Lule (Born 10 September 1932) is a Ugandan lawyer. He was Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Uganda for Idi Amin and defected, becoming a prominent international critic of Amin. He went on to found the prominen ...
(1973-1977)
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Dani Wadada Nabudere (1979)
* Edward Ogbal (1979-1986)
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Joseph Mulenga Joseph Nyamihana Mulenga (died 29 August 2012) was an Ugandan judge. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda for twelve years between 1997 and 2009, and was a judge and later President of the East African Court of Justice. Mulenga die ...
(1986-1989)
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George Kanyeihamba (1989-1990)
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Abu Mayanja
Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja (August 1929 – 4 November 2005) was the first Secretary General of the Uganda National Congress party, the first political party in Uganda set up on 6 March 1952 by Ignatius K. Musaazi. He became the Secretary ...
(1990-1994)
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Joseph Ekemu (1994-1996)
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Bart Magunda Katureebe (1996-1998)
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Joshua S. Mayanja-Nkangi (1998-2001)
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Janat Mukwaya (2001-2003)
''1st female*
Amama Mbabazi (2004-2006)
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Kiddu Makubuya (2005-2011)
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Kahinda Otafiire (2011- 2021)
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Norbert Mao (2022 - present)
See also
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Cabinet of Uganda
There are 32 Cabinet ministers and 50 Ministers of State in the Cabinet of Uganda (2021 to 2026).
According to Section 111 of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda, as amended in 2005, "There shall be a Cabinet which shall consist of the President, t ...
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Justice ministry
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List of Ministers of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Uganda
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Parliament of Uganda
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Politics of Uganda
Uganda is a presidential republic in which the President of Uganda is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government business. There is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is ...
References
External links
Website of Ministry of Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (Uganda)
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Government ministries of Uganda
Justice ministries
Constitutional affairs ministries