Relocation
This is to inform all our clients and the general public that the department of law council of the ministry of justice and constitutional affairs has been relocated from the Ministry Headquarters at Plot 1, Parliament Avenue to 7th Floor Georgian House (Formerly Amamu House)…
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The President assents to a bill increasing the number of Court of Appeal and Supreme Court Justices. His Excellency the President of Uganda on May 1, 2011 assented to The Judicature (Amendment) Act of 2007 increasing the number of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal…
Read more...New Client Chartter
The Ministry of Jusitce and constitutional affairs has launched its Client's charter today on the 25th of August 2011. A brief i troduction was given by the US F&A who doubled as the pioneering champion togehter with his tema in its creaation.Read more....
Read more...The new minister
Major General Kahinda Otafiire is a Ugandan politician and military officer. He is the current Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position of 27 May 2011. He is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ruhinda…
Read more...Ministry Retreat
The Ministry of Justice and constitutional affairs senior staff converged at Munyonyo Resort for their annual retreat that was officially opened by the Hon. Minister of Justice and Constitutional affairs, Kahinda Otafire with great and purely guiding remarks, for more follow the following link, Minister's…
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The new minister
Major General Kahinda Otafiire is a Ugandan politician and military officer. He is the current Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position of 27 May 2011. He is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ruhinda County, Mitooma District in the Ugandan Parliament.
Background
He was born in Mitooma District on 29 December 1950.
Education
Kahinda Otafiire holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Social Science. He also holds a certificate in the French Language.
Work experience
Kahinda Otafiire first worked as a Youth Officer from 1975 until 1976. He then worked as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1976 until 1980. In 1981, he joined Yoweri Museveni in the National Resistance Army (NRA) guerrilla organisation, where he served as the Chief Political Commissar from 1981 until 1984. Between 1984 and 1986, the title of his job was called National Political Commissar, also in the NRA. Just prior to the NRA capturing power from the military junta in Kampala in 1986, he served as Commissioner, Internal Affairs Interim Administration, in the areas under NRA administration from 1985 until 1986.
Between 1986 and 1988, he served as Minister of State for Internal Affairs. From 1988 until 1992, he served as the Presidential Assistant for Security. He then served as the Director General of the External Security Organization (ESO) from 1992 until 1994.
From 1994 until 1995, he served as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly which drafted the 1995 Uganda Constitution. He then served as Minister of State for Security from 1994 until 1995. From 1996 until 2001, Kahinda Otafiire served as Minister of State for Local Government. He was elected to Parliament in 1996.
Between 1998 and 2001, he served as the political head of the Uganda Military Expedition into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2001, he was appointed Minister of State for Regional Cooperation, a position he served in until 2003. In that year he was appointed Minister of Land, Water and the Environment. He served in that capacity until 2006. Otafiire has also served as Minister for Local Government, prior to becoming Minister of Trade and Industry in February 2009.[3] He served in that capacity until he was appointed Uganda's Justice Minister in May 2011.
Personal details
Kahinda Otafiire is married. He is reported to enjoy reading and teaching. He is a Major General in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF).
Parliamentary duties
Besides his duties as Minister of Justice, he sits on the following parliamentary committees:
The Minister
Major General Kahinda Otafiire is a Ugandan politician and military officer. He is the current Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position of 27 May 2011. He is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ruhinda County, Mitooma District in the Ugandan Parliament. Read more>>
Minister of State
Frederic Ruhindi, more commonly known as Freddie Ruhindi or Fred Ruhindi, is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current State Minister for Justice & Constitutional Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He has served in that capacity since 2006. In the cabinet reshuffle of 16 February 2009, and that of 27 May 2011, he retained his cabinet post. He is also the elected Member of Parliament representing Nakawa Division in Kampala District.
Mandate Of The Ministry
“To promote and facilitate effective and efficient machinery capable of providing a legal framework for good governance and delivering legal advice and services to the Government, it’s allied institutions and the general public”. Functions of the Ministry In fulfilling the above mandate, the Ministry performs the following functions;