Elizabeth Musoke Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honorable
Elizabeth Musoke
Office:Justice of the Supreme Court Of Uganda
Term Start:16 November 2022
Birth Place:Uganda
Nationality:Ugandan
Residence:Mutungo
Alma Mater:Makerere University
Law Development Centre
Footnotes:Elizabeth Musoke is among the 5 judges who preceded over the age limit bill in 2017 with a Networth of $25 million
Networth:$13 Million

Elizabeth Musoke is an Ugandan justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, since November 2022.[1]

Background and education

She was born and educated in Uganda for he pre-university education. She earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Makerere University, the nation's oldest and largest public University. She also obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Centre, in Kampala, the country's capital city. She was admitted to the Uganda Bar as a practicing lawyer.[2]

Career

She worked with the ministry of justice for several years and left at the rank of Principal State Attorney to join the Inspectorate of Government as Director Legal Affairs in 1999. In July 2013, she was appointed to serve as a judge of the High Court of Uganda, assigned to the civil division,[3] serving in that capacity until October 2015, when she was elevated to the Court of Appeal, which doubles as the Constitutional Court of Uganda.[4] In November 2022, she was appointed by H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-11-17 . Museveni appoints NRM legal boss Court of Appeal judge . 2023-01-05 . Monitor . en.
  2. Web site: 16 December 2015 . Museveni’s choice of judges for promotion raises questions . Sulaiman Kakaire . and Derrick Kiyonga . 14 December 2017 . . Kampala.
  3. Web site: New judges deployed to stations . 8 July 2013 . 14 December 2017 . Anthony . Wesaka . . Kampala . 17 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190717043607/https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/New-judges-deployed-to-stations/688334-1908208-o3fe6rz/index.html . dead .
  4. Web site: . Judiciary transfers 10 High Court judges . 11 October 2015 . Anthony Wesaka . 14 December 2017 . Kampala, Uganda.
  5. Web site: 16 November 2022 . Museveni appoints three more Justices to Supreme Court . Eagle Uganda Online . Simon Kabayo . 30 July 2024 . Kampala, Uganda.
  6. Web site: . 16 November 2022 . Museveni appoints NRM legal boss Court of Appeal judge . Daily Monitor . 30 July 2024 . Kampala, Uganda.