Sarah Irene Walusimbi is a Ugandan lawyer and who serves as the
Corporation Secretary of the
National Water and Sewerage Corporation
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is a water supply and sanitation company in Uganda. It is wholly owned by the government of Uganda.
Location
The company, as of July 2018, was in the final stages of construction of its new hea ...
(NWSC).
Before that, between 15 September 2015 and 14 September 2018, she also concurrently served as the Vice-Chairperson of the
board of directors
A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...
of the
National Social Security Fund of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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.
Background and education
Ms Walusimbi attended
Makerere University
Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...
, Uganda's oldest university, where she studied law. She graduated a
Bachelor of Laws
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(LLB) degree. The following year, she obtained the
Diploma in Legal Practice
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from the
Law Development Centre
The Law Development Centre (LDC) is an educational institution in Uganda for higher learning that offers various legal courses ranging from one month to one year.
Overview
The LDC is the only institution in Uganda that offers the Bar Course leadi ...
in
Kampala
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, the
capital
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of Uganda and its largest city. Later, she obtained a
Master of Business Administration
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(MBA) degree, from the
Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI).
Career
Walusimbi is a lawyer and an advocate of the High Court of Uganda and a seasoned and experienced corporate lawyer, with a record spanning over 30 years.
She has previously served as the Chief Manager, Management Services, at the
National Water and Sewerage Corporation
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is a water supply and sanitation company in Uganda. It is wholly owned by the government of Uganda.
Location
The company, as of July 2018, was in the final stages of construction of its new hea ...
(NWSC), the government agency responsible for supplying drinking water and collecting, treating and disposing of waste water in the country.
For period of nearly five months from 8 May 2015, when the previous chairperson died, until 29 September 2015, when a substantive replacement was appointed, she served as Chairperson of NSSF, in an acting capacity. She represents the ''Federation of Uganda Employers'' on the NSSF board.
Other considerations
Sarah Walusimbi is a member of the Uganda Law society, the Institute of Corporate Governance and of the Women Lawyers Association of Uganda.
She also sits on the board of directors of
Housing Finance Bank
Housing Finance Bank (HFB) is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by Bank of Uganda, the national banking regulator.
Overview
HFB is a full service retail bank that is primarily involved in mortgage banking. ...
, a commercial bank where NSSF owns 50 percent shareholding.
See also
*
Peninnah Kasule
*
Anne Abeja Muhwezi
Anne Abeja (née Anne Abeja), is a Ugandan lawyer and corporate executive, who, since October 2013, serves as the Company Secretary and head of the legal department at Housing Finance Bank, a Ugandan retail commercial bank.
Prior to assumin ...
*
Agnes Tibayeyita Isharaza
References
External links
Website of the Uganda National Social Security Fund
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Living people
1960s births
Makerere University alumni
Ugandan women lawyers
20th-century Ugandan lawyers
Ganda people
Law Development Centre alumni
Ugandan Christians
21st-century Ugandan lawyers
20th-century women lawyers
21st-century women lawyers