1. Who is Bart Mugunda Katereebe?
Bart Magunda Katureebe was a Ugandan judge and the former Chief Justice of Uganda who was appointed on 5 March 2015.
2. What is Bart Mugunda’s family background?
He was born on 20 June 1950, in Rugazi Village, Rubirizi district in the Western region of Uganda
3. What is Bart Mugunda’s educational background?
Bart went to Rugazi Primary School for his elementary schooling.
He went to St. Joseph Junior Secondary School in Mbarara from 1963 to 1964 Kitunga High School in Ntungamo District for his O-Level from 1965 until 1968. From 1969 to 1970 he attended Namilyango college for only boys’ boarding school in Mukono district, for his A-Level education from 1969 to 1970.
He graduated after four years from Makerere University with a Bachelor of law degree. He went on to receive a Diploma in Legal Practices from the Law Development Centre in Kampala.
4. What are Bart Mugunda’s achievements?
Bart Mugunda has always been a successful hardworking man throughout his youthful stage. These are his achievements through his hard work;
- From 1975 until 1983, Katureebe worked as a state attorney in the Ministry of Justice.
- From 1983 until 1988, he practiced law in a private setting.
- From 1988 until 1991, he served as the deputy minister for regional cooperation
- deputy minister of industry and technology (1991 to 1992)
- State Minister for Health and a member of the National Resistance Council, a legislative body at that time (1992 to 1996)
- From 1994 until 1995, he was the elected member of the Constituent Assembly representing Bunyaruguru County,
- From 1996 until 2001, he served as the minister of justice, constitutional affairs, and attorney general.
- He went back to private practice in 2001, becoming one of the founding partners of Kampala Associated Advocates.
- Chambers Global named him one of Uganda’s leading lawyers in 2004 and he also served as Board Chairman of the Vision Group (a media company) and served on the Standard Chartered Bank Limited Board of Directors
- On 2005 appointed a justice of the Supreme Court 2005.
- On 5 March 2015 appointed chief justice.
- On 20 June 2020, he marked his last day in office as chief justice of the Republic of Uganda and handed it over to his Deputy Alfonse Owiny Dollo.
- On December 8, 2020, he was appointed as a member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme Court of the People’s Republic of China for a four-year contract
5. Who is Bart Mugundu’s wife?
Katureebe has a wife and he is a father of six children.
6. What is Bart Mugundu Katureebe’s net worth?
Bart has a net worth of $5.00 million (Estimated) which he earned from his occupation as a Judge. Popularly known as the Judge of Uganda.
