Nationality Ugandan Years active 1988 — present Known for Judiciary Occupation Lawyer & Judge Residence Kampala, Uganda | Citizenship Uganda Name Esther Kisaakye Ethnicity Muganda Home town Kampala | |
Education Bachelor of Laws, Makerere University | ||
Esther Mayambala Kisaakye is a Ugandan judge. She is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda. She was appointed to that position in July 2009.
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Education
She holds a Bachelor of Laws, from Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. She also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center, also in Kampala. Esther Kisakye holds a Master of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center, in Washington, DC, in the USA. Her degree of Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD), was obtained from the American University, also in Washington, DC, USA, on a scholarship grant from the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund.
Career
Prior to her appointment to the Supreme court, she served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university. Besides lecturing at Makerere, she served as vice chairperson of the Association of Uganda Women Lawyers, which operated a legal aid clinic. In 1993, she was selected by the Leadership & Advocacy for Women in Africa Program to do an Master of Arts on Women’s Rights at Georgetown University Law Center. The East African Journal on Peace & Human Rights published her thesis, "Changing the Terms of the Debate to Resolve the Polygamy Question in Africa."
She served as board member of the Uganda Aids Commission and a co-founder of the Strategic Litigation Coalition. In April 2013 she was appointed the chair of the East African Judicial Committee. In September 2013 Esther Kisaakye was elected as the new president of of the National Association of Women Judges in Uganda.