Peninnah Tukamwesiga, (also Peninna Tukamwesiga), is a Ugandan
lawyer
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, who specializes in employment and labor matters. As of March 2019, she serves on the board of the
Uganda National Social Security Fund.
NSSF Uganda is a retirement benefits company, with nearly US$3 billion in total assets, as of June 2018.
Education
Tukamwesiga was born in Uganda and attended local elementary and secondary schools. She holds a
Bachelor of Laws degree, awarded by
Makerere University. She then obtained a
Diploma in Legal practice
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, from the
Law Development Centre. Following that, she was admitted to the Uganda Bar, as a practicing attorney. Later, she went back to Makerere University Law School and obtained a
Master of Laws degree.
Career
From 2010, for a period of three years, Tukamwesiga was an associate attorney at Murangira and Company Advocates, a Kampala-based law firm. Also in 2010, she began working as the Director of Legal Aid at the Central Organization of Free Trade Unions (COFTU). She was first appointed to the Board of NSSF Uganda in 2015 and was reappointed in 2018.
Other considerations
In addition to her other responsibilities, Tukamwesiga serves as a board member at
Uganda Clays Limited
Uganda Clays Limited (UCL), commonly referred to as Uganda Clays, is a building materials manufacturer in Uganda. The company manufactures baked clay building products, using Italian-made heavy clay processing machinery. The clay is excavated ...
, a company that manufactures baked clay building products and whose shares are listed on the
Uganda Securities Exchange. She was first appointed on 9 December 2015 and was re-appointed on 7 July 2017.
She also sits on the 10-person board of
Uganda National Social Security Fund.
Tukamwesiga is also one of fifteen panelists at the Uganda Industrial Court.
She is one of the five panelists who represent workers at the court.
See also
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Florence Mawejje
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Samallie Kiyingi
Samallie Kiyingi is an Australian/Ugandan finance lawyer, who serves as the Director of Legal Affairs at the African Export–Import Bank, since April 2017.
Early life and education
She was born to Ugandan parents, the late Robinah Kasirye Ki ...
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Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya
Patience Emily Tumusiime Rubagumya, (née Patience Tumusiime), is a Ugandan lawyer who was appointed as a judge to the High Court of Uganda in July 2023. Her first deployment on the bench was to the Commercial Division of the High Court.
Bef ...
References
External links
Website of Uganda National Social Security FundWebsite of Uganda Clays Limited
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1986 births
Living people
Ugandan women lawyers
Makerere University alumni
Law Development Centre alumni
People from Western Region, Uganda
21st-century Ugandan lawyers
21st-century women lawyers