DANIEL R RUHWEZA - A Short Bio

Dr. Daniel Ruhweza is a Ugandan and UK trained Attorney and Lecturer at Law. He is a Commonwealth and DFID Scholar and Practitioner of the Law having enrolled on the list of Advocates of the High Court of Uganda in October 2003.

 

Daniel is on a mission to bring transformation to the nation of Uganda by raising a generation of 10,000,000 young people who honour God, their families and the nation. He is a blogger, nationalist, nature lover and author.

 

Daniel is the Head, Department of Law and Jurisprudence at the School of Law Makerere University where he teaches constitutional law, international law, treaty law and the Law of evidence. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Uganda Military Academy Kabamba. His research areas are in the field of transitional justice, constitutionalism, criminal law, the rule of law and good governance. He has also consulted for the Judiciary of Uganda, the Office of the Director for Public Prosecutions, as well as the Inter Religious Council for Uganda   

 

Daniel is a Board member of the (Christian) Advocates of Africa Association, the President Emeritus of the Uganda Christian Lawyers' Fraternity where he also served as Chair of the Board of Directors.  He served as the Chair of the Committee of Rule of Law and Strategic Litigation of the Uganda Law Society which is at the helm of producing the Quarterly Status of the Rule of Law Report of the Uganda Law Society.  Dr. Daniel is a two term Representative Emeritus of the Uganda Law Society on the Committee on Legal Education and Training of the Uganda Law Council. This Committee is in charge of overseeing Legal Education in Uganda. Additionally, Dr. Ruhweza is a member of the East African Law Society Committee on the Rule of Law. Dr. Ruhweza is the Immediate Past Chair of the Mwiri Old Boys Association as well as the Past Chair of the Governing Council for the Human Rights and Democratisation In Africa Programme for the Centre of Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

 

Dr. Ruhweza is an alumni of the Harvest Institute of Leadership, the Oak Seed Leadership Course of the Institute of National Transformation and the National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi. He is also a member of the Network of Public Interest Lawyers of Uganda who are at the helm of advocating for and mitigating on various issues of the Rule of Law, including The Prevention of Torture Act. Together with 8 other Law Dons from Makerere University Law School, Dr Ruhweza was one of the Amicus Curiae in the Presidential Election Petition 2016 which led to significant reforms in the electoral process of Uganda.

 

At Makerere, he serves as Patron of the Makerere University Mwiri Old Boys Association, the Christian Law Students Union, the Moots Society as well as other student led initiatives such as Objective XXIX. He is also at the helm of student focused initiatives such as The Manhood Vs. Maleness Conversation, Be The Change You Want to See, and a Book Club. He is an alumnus of the Harvest Institute of Leadership, and the Oak Seed Leadership Course of the Institute of National Transformation. Daniel is the author of the book entitled _*We Do Not Teach that at University: Confessions of a University Don*_ and hopes that it can be read by all young people of Uganda. He is also the author of a four – volume Anthology of Poetry entitled Whisper of the Trees.

 

Daniel obtained his Bachelors, Masters' and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees from Makerere University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Kent at Canterbury in England, respectively. He also received a Higher diploma in Peace and Security from Uppsala University in Sweden as well as a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre of Uganda.

Dr Ruhweza is passionate about God, leadership, travelling, reading, farming, nature and world politics.