Esther Mayambala Kisaakye
Born
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Laws)
Law Development Center
(Diploma in Legal Practice)
Georgetown University
(Master of Arts in Women's Rights)
American University
(Doctor of Juridical Science)
OccupationLawyer & Judge
Years active1988–present
Known forJudiciary
TitleJustice of the Supreme Court of Uganda

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.[1]

Education

She obtained her High School Diploma from Trinity College Nabbingo, an all-girls middle and high school (grades 8 – 13), located in Nabbingo, in Wakiso District in the Buganda Region of Uganda.[2]

Her first degree is a Bachelor of Laws, Upper Second Division, from Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[3] She also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center, also in Kampala. Esther Kisaakye 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, with the help of an international fellowship from the American Association of University Women and on a scholarship grant from the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund.[4]

Career

Prior to her appointment to the Supreme court, she served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Makerere University.[5] Besides lecturing at Makerere, she served as vice chairperson of the Association of Uganda Women Lawyers, which operated a legal aid clinic.[6] In 1993, she was selected by the Leadership & Advocacy for Women in Africa Program to do a 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."[7]

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 the National Association of Women Judges in Uganda.[7] She was part of the panel of the Supreme Court Judges who handled the NUP Party’ Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert Presidential Election Petition No. 01 of 2021 that Alleged Electoral Fraud in the 2021 Presidential elections.[8] however there was controversy when she accused the Chief Justice Owiny Dollo of confiscating her file with a minority ruling.[9]

In September 2023, the Daily Monitor reported that Justice Kisaakye, then aged 63, had written to president Yoweri Museveni, the "appointing authority", requesting early retirement, 7 years before attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70, for a Uganda Supreme Court justice.[10]

Books Authored

  • The Human Rights of Women: International Instruments and African Experiences, published in 2002 by Zed Books[11]
  • Employment Discrimination Against Women Lawyers in Uganda: Lessons & Prospects for Enhancing Equal Opportunities for Women in Formal Employment published by American University, Washington College of Law, in 2009[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tabu Butagira, and Alfred Wandera (30 July 2009). "Uganda: Supreme Court Gets New Judges". Daily Monitor via AllAfrica.com. Kampala. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Nalubega, Flavia (9 July 2019). "70 years on, Trinity College, Nabingo's candle still burning". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. ↑ InfoHub. "About Esther Mayambala Kisaakye". InfoHub. InfoHub. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. ↑ MMMF (24 June 2013). "Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund Recipients 2005". Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF). Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Wambi, Michael (20 August 2009). "Parliament Vets new Supreme Court Judges". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Mulindwa, Isaac Prince (22 March 2016). "The Judges of the Supreme Court of Uganda- Their Career Side". Medium. Medium. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. 1 2 Isaac Prince Mulindwa (21 March 2016). "The Judges of the Supreme Court of Uganda - Their Career Side". Kampala: Medium.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  8. ↑ WESAKA, ANTHONY (31 January 2021). "The judges to decide Bobi's poll petition". Nation Media Group. Daily Monitor. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. ↑ The Independent (18 March 2021). "Chaos at Supreme Court after Bobi Wine ruling". The Independent. The Independent. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Stephen Kafeero (1 September 2023). "Justice Kisaakye draws early curtain on career". Daily Monitor. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Benedek, Wolfgang; Kisaakye, Esther Mayambala; Oberleitner, Gerd (2002). The Human Rights of Women: International Instruments and African Experiences. Zed Books. ISBN 978-1842770450.
  12. ↑ Google Books (2009). "Employment Discrimination Against Women Lawyers in Uganda: Lessons & Prospects for Enhancing Equal Opportunities for Women in Formal Employment". Google books. American University, Washington College of Law. Retrieved 30 May 2021. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
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