KAMPALA – Former Attorney General, Prof. Kiddu Makubuya has passed on, family sources have confirmed. He was aged 75.
Makubuya, who served as Uganda’s Attorney general between 2005 and 2011, died Monday morning after a long illness.
The former Member of Parliament, representing Katikamu County South, Luweero District resigned from cabinet in February 2012.
Born on July 30, 1949, Makubuya held a First Class Honors Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University, which he obtained in 1974.
He also held a Master of Laws degree and a Doctor of Juridical Science, both from Yale Law School and obtained in 1976 and 1979 respectively.
On returning to Uganda, he joined the Law Development Center where he completed his Diploma in Legal Practice between 1981 and 1982. He enrolled as an advocate of the Uganda High Court in 1985.
Makubuya worked as a special assistant at the faculty of law, Makerere University, in 1974 and 1975. In 1979, he was promoted to lecturer at the same university.
