Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa (10 January 1933 – 10 November 2020) was a prominent Ugandan lawyer. He served as Uganda's Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs under President Idi Amin from 1971 to 1973. Early life Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa was born in Kampala, Uganda on the 10th of January, 1933. He is of the Buganda ethnicity. Education Nkambo Mugerwa attended King's College Budo for secondary school, and then went to Makerere University, where he got his undergraduate degree. He went to Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1955 at Gray's Inn. Career Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa began his career in London, England by working for Standard Vacuum Oil Company from 1956 to 1957. In 1962 he became a lecturer for University College, Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, where he was a lecturer in law. He left in 1964 to become deputy Solicitor General of Uganda, where he soon became acting Solicitor General of Uganda, a role he served in from 1964 to 1971. In 1971 he was appointed to become the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Uganda, by new President Idi Amin, a high-profile cabinet role he was appointed to despite his apolitical nature- Nkambo Mugerwa was a civil servant who was not a member of any political party which let him be one of the few ministers from Apolo Milton Obote's cabinet to continue as a cabinet minister or be promoted when Idi Amin staged his coup. In 1973, Idi Amin fired his Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Uganda, Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa, with the stated reason being that he could not keep up with the "supersonic speed" that President Idi Amin was driving the economy, leading him to appoint Godfrey Serunkuma Lule to be his successor. After he was sacked by Idi Amin, Nkambo Mugerwa entered private practice and partnered with former Buganda Attorney General Fredrick Mpanga to form Mpanga and Mugerwa Advocates. After the death of Fredrick Mpanga he partnered with M.B Matovu to form Mugerwa & Matovu Advocates. Mugerwa & Matovu Advocates later changed to Mugerwa and Masembe Advocates when he partnered with Timothy Masembe Kanyerezi, Mathias Ssekatawa and Phillip Karugaba. This partnership laid the foundation to form MMAKS Advocates a top tier law firm in Uganda. He retired from legal practice and mainly spent time between his farm and lakeside property in