Former Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has been appointed the new Chancellor of Uganda Management Institute (UMI).
UMI is a government-owned national center for training, research, and consultancy in the field of management and administration in Uganda.
Katureebe, who has been given a 4 year stint, replaces former Education Minister Namirembe Bitamazire.
The Instrument of Appointment was issued and signed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on June 6, 2021.
“In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Section 30(1) of the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001, as amended, I Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni do hereby appoint Bart M Katureebe Chancellor of Uganda Management Institute for a period of four years with effect from the date of assumption of duty,” it states
Justice Katureebe, in 2020, retired after hitting 70 years, the mandatory retirement age for judges in Uganda.
The former Chief Justice had a wide-ranging career before becoming a member of Uganda’s Supreme Court, and his legacy includes introducing an electronic case management system for the country.
He served in government’s executive arm as minister and deputy minister, holding a variety of portfolios including that of Minister of Justice.
He was also an ‘ordinary’ member of parliament, and in that capacity was part of the assembly that drew up Uganda’s 1995 constitution.
In private practice, he helped head up one of the most prominent law firms in Kampala and served on the boards of a number of major companies.
His appointment as Chief Justice ended a two-year hiatus during which Uganda had no official judicial leader.
Among the many international bodies with which he was associated, he was a founding member of the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts.
