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Rtn. Dr. DANIEL R RUHWEZA - A Short Bio

Rtn Daniel Ruhweza is a Ugandan and UK trained Attorney and Senior Lecturer at Law https://law.mak.ac.ug/dr-daniel-r-ruhweza-2/ . He is a Commonwealth Scholar and DFID Scholar and Practitioner of the Law having enrolled on the list of Advocate of the High Court of Uganda in October 2003.

PASSIONS

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 https://danielruhweza.blogspot.com , amateur photographer, nationalist, nature lover and author https://africanauthors.net/the-passion-had-started-in-primary-school-where-we-would-write-for-the-schools-notice-board-and-for-news-to-read-at-the-assembly/ .

Daniel is also a Board member of the (Christian) Advocates of Africa Association, the President Emeritus of the Uganda Christian Lawyers Fraternity https://ugandachritsianlawyers.org 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1GCZO3cimc&pp=ygUOUlVIV0VaQSBEQU5JRUw%3D and represented the Uganda Law Society on the Committee on Legal Education and Training of the Uganda Law Council. Additionally, he is a member of the East African Law Society Committee on the Rule of Law. 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 https://www.updf.go.ug/training/uganda-military-academy-kabamba/

CO CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

At Makerere, he serves as Patron of the Makerere University Mwiri Old Boys Association, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwX5E_LnzFc&pp=ygUOUlVIV0VaQSBEQU5JRUw%3D 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 alumni of the Harvest Institute of Leadership, and the Oak Seed Leadership Course of the Institute of National Transformation https://www.intuganda.org/the-oakseed-executive-leadership-course/ and the National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/247075372670043/national-leadership-institute-kyankwanzi/recent/.

ARTISTIC WORKS

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. https://www.amazon.com/We-Dont-Teach-That-University-ebook/dp/B094ZJN4FT ALSO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZTelaIPXc&pp=ygUOUlVIV0VaQSBEQU5JRUw%3D

He is also the author of a four – volume Anthology of Poetry entitled Whisper of the Trees.

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Daniel is a regular face on Ugandan and international television. He mainly comments on various political, constitutional and social occurrences.

Daniel also runs his own YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaA6L6EEhXqNt-alok6LXvg

He has also featured in a documentary on the African Moot Court Competition https://www.aljazeera.com/program/witness/2022/9/22/african-moot-africas-biggest-mock-court-competition as patron of the second best team

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EDUCATION

Daniel attended Busoga College Mwiri https://mwiri.sc.ug between 1990 and 1996. This School has famous Alumni such as Hon Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, Milton Obote, Prof Nawangwe and others

At Mwiri, he was allocated Wako house where he served as Junior Prefect and later Head Prefect. At Mwiri, he was a member of the Scouting, Wildlife, Red Cross and Scripture Union Clubs amongst others. As Head Prefect, he started the Uganda Secondary Schools Prefects Club which still exists today.

Daniel obtained his Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees from Makerere University https://law.mak.ac.ug , 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.

AWARDS

Daniel is the recipient of various awards such as Commonwealth Scholarship by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to read for a PHD in Law at the University of Kent at Canterbury; Shared Commonwealth Cambridge Trust and DFID Scholarship to read for the LLM in the University of Cambridge (2002-2003); Uganda Government’s Scholarship to read for the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (2000-2001); Chief Justice’s Prize for Academic Excellence (May 2002); Attorney General’s Prize for Academic Excellence (May 2002); President Uganda Law Society Award for Academic excellence (2000)

CHURCH AND MINISTRY

Daniel is married to Clare Katwesigye (an Architect who attended Gayaza High School) and together, they serve as Zonal Pastors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxIwDrHt0Ak&pp=ygUOUlVIV0VaQSBEQU5JRUw%3D at Worship Harvest Makerere University https://www.worshipharvest.org whilst also raising three daughters and a prospective Mwiri student.

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT

Together with 8 other Law Don's, Dr Ruhweza was one of the Amicus Curiae in the Presidential Election Petition 2016 https://ulii.org/akn/ug/judgment/ugsc/2016/4/eng@2016-08-26 which led to significant reforms in the electoral process of Uganda. He is also a member of the Network of Public Interest Lawyers of Uganda https://netpil.org who are at the helm of advocating for and mitigating on various issues of the Rule of Law, including The Prevention of Torture Act https://ulii.org/akn/ug/act/2012/3/eng@2012-09-18 .

Daniel has consulted for a number of organisations including, the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, the Judiciary of Uganda, Avocats sans Frontieres (ASF), the Parliamentary (ASF), the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) of Uganda, Deloitte Uganda Limited, FIDA Uganda, CivSource Uganda, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU), Uganda Joint Christian Council, Kitua cha Katiba, amongst others.  PROFFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Daniel is a Member of The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Uganda, East African Law Society, Uganda Law Society, The Doctoral Network Uganda, Uganda Christian Lawyers Fraternity (UCLF), among others.