Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya
Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya, is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who, serves as the Commission Secretary of the presidential Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters in Uganda, established by president Yoweri Museveni in December 2016. Immediately prior to her appointment to this commission, she served as a Registrar, in the Planning and Development Division of the Judiciary of Uganda. There she oversaw the implementation of a multi-million dollar "Good Governance Project", funded by a donation from DANIDA, to the Government of Uganda.
Background and education
She graduated from the Faculty of Law of Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university, with a Bachelor of Laws, circa 1997. The following year, she was awarded a Diploma in Legal Practice by the Law Development Centre, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. She also holds a Diploma in Public Administration, obtained from the Uganda Management Institute, also in Kampala.Career
After her admission to the Uganda Bar in 1999, she took up employment with the law firm of Ruyondo & Company Advocates, working there for one year, as an Associate Attorney. In 2000, she was appointed as a Grade One Magistrate, serving in that capacity until 2004. She was then promoted to Senior Grade One Magistrate, serving there for four years, from 2004 until 2008.In 2009, she left the bench and went to work as the personal assistant to then Deputy Chief Justice Laetitia Mukasa Kikonyogo, for a period of one year. In 2010, she was promoted to Chief Magistrate. She served in that capacity in the Hoima Court Circuit and the Buganda Road Courts in Kampala, for four years. In 2014, she was posted to the Inspectorate of Courts Division, as an Assistant Registrar, working there briefly before she took up assignment at the DANIDA-funded project.She is now a Judge at Land Division of the High Court