1999-2011 Beti Kamya-Turwomwe - Founding president of the Uganda Federal Alliance, presidential candidate in 2011 Charles Njonjo - Attorney general of Kenya 1963-1979 Bertha Kingori - member of the Legislative Council of Tanganyika Crispus Kiyonga - Minister of Defence since 2006, member of the Ugandan parliament representing Bukonjo West Godfrey Binaisa - Fifth president of Uganda Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi - Justice minister (1998–2008), finance minister (1989–1998), and Katikkiro of Buganda (1964–1966, 1993–1994) Ignatius K. Musaazi - Founder of the first political party in Uganda, the Uganda National Congress James Wapakhabulo - Speaker of the Ugandan parliament 1993-1996 John Ssebaana Kizito - Mayor of Kampala 1996-2006 Olara Otunnu - UPC president, under secretary of the United Nations Sam Kutesa - Former Member of the Ugandan parliament and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Samson Kisekka - Vice president of Uganda 1991-1994, prime minister of Uganda 1986-1991 Yusuf Lule - Fourth president of Uganda Apollo Kironde - Uganda's first representative to the U.N Law Benjamin Joseph Odoki - Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda (2001-2013) Alfonse Owiny-Dollo - Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda since September 2020 and Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda, 2017-2020 James Munange Ogoola - former Principal Judge and former Head of the Commercial Court of Uganda Julia Sebutinde - Judge at the International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands Michael Chibita- Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda Peter Nyombi- former Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda Kiryowa Kiwanuka-Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda since May 2021 Diplomats and civil service Amanya Mushega - former secretary general of the East African Community (2001-2006) Jennifer Musisi - lawyer and administrator, former executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (2011-2018) Academia Frederick Kayanja - vice chancellor Mbarara University of Science & Technology, 1989-2014 Peter Mugyenyi - HIV/AIDS researcher, co-founder and director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre, chancellor of the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, since 2009 Senteza Kajubi - vice chancellor Makerere University 1977-1979, 1990-1993 David Justin Bakibinga – professor of commercial law since 1998 and deputy vice chancellor (finance and administration), 2004-2009, Makerere University Writers Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow - poet David Rubadiri - poet and first Malawian ambassador to the United Nations Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu - poet, dramatist Okot p'Bitek - poet Timothy Wangusa - author, poet, and literature scholar Phillip Matogo See also Education in Uganda Groupe Scolaire