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.[1] Mulenga died in August 2012.[2]

Biography

Mulenga obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in 1965. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple the next year.[3]

During fourteen years Mulenga was National Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Uganda.[3]

In the years between 1986 and 1989 he was Minister of Justice and Attorney General, he later was Minister for Regional Co-operation.[3] In 1997 he became a member of the Supreme Court of Uganda where he would serve for twelve years. He also became a judge of the East African Court of Justice where he would become President.[3]

He later started working on a part-time basis for the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. He died on 29 August 2012.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/column/insight/67-insight/770-likely-new-faces-at-the-supreme-court
  2. ↑ http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/634676-retired-judge-mulenga-is-dead.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Frank Kisakye (29 August 2012). "Justice Mulenga is dead". The Observer. Retrieved 21 April 2015.


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