Richard Wejuli Wabwire is a Ugandan lawyer and judge, on the

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. He was appointed to the High Court on 8 February 2018.

Background and education

He was born in Uganda, circa 1967. He studied law at

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, Uganda's largest and oldest public university, graduating in 1989 with a

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(LLB) degree. The next year, he received a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, from the

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, in Kampala, the national capital. He was then admitted to the Uganda Bar, as a practicing attorney. He also studied at the

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, in the United Kingdom, graduating with a Certificate in Project Evaluation & Management in 1992 and a

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degree in 1995.

Work experience

In November 1998, he was hired by BAT Uganda, as Company Secretary, Legal Counsel and Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs. He served there, in that capacity for the next 7.25 years. In February 2006, he transferred to

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, working there as Corporation Secretary, for the next two years. After brief stints at

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(6 months) and at Century Bottlers Uganda (10 months), he was hired by Pine Consult Limited, as a Corporate Legal and Regulatory Consultant, working there for two years. In January 2012, he was hired by East African Breweries Uganda Limited, a subsidiary of the

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conglomerate

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. He worked there for the next 2.5 years, as the director of corporate relations and regulatory affairs. From November 2014 until he was appointed as a judge in February 2018, he served as the Corporation Secretary and Head of Legal Affairs at the National Social Security Fund of Uganda.

Judicial career

He was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Uganda in February 2018. In March 2018, he was initially posted to the High Court Circuit in the city of

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, in the Western Region of Uganda. In 2019, he was reassigned to the Commercial Division of the High Court.

Other considerations

He served as a board member at

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, from February 2015 until February 2018. At the NSSF Uganda, he was a member of the board of Directors. He was replaced there, by Agnes Tibayeyita Isharaza, who was appointed, effective 1 April 2019.

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