James Munange Ogoola

Early life and education

Law

• As a State Attorney, then Senior Parliamentary Draftsman, then Principal State Attorney, in the Department of First Parliamentary Counsel, at the Uganda Justice Ministry and the Chambers of the Attorney General, from 1969 until 1974.
• As a legal officer in the Privy Council Office, at the Federal Department of Justice, Ottawa, Canada
• He was the first African to be appointed legal adviser at the International Monetary Fund in 1974. He was responsible for Latin American country operations between 1974 and 1978 at IMF headquarters, Washington DC, USA.
• As a legal officer at the IMF office in Paris, France, from 1978 until 1980.
• As the legal officer responsible for African & Middle East country operations at the IMF headquarters, in Washington, DC, from 1981 until 1988 and from 1991 until 1997.
• Retired from the IMF after 23 years of service.
• As Deputy Director of the Legal Department at the headquarters of the African Development Bank, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from 1988 until 1991.
• Concurrently designated as Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Secretary General at AfDB.
• Served as the Chairman of the AfDB Staff Disciplinary Committee, from 1989 until 1990.
• Was an Adjunct Professor at the American University School of Law, in Washington DC, from 1996 until 1997. Taught a course on International Commercial Transactions and Banking Law to the Master of Laws class.
• Member, Chief Justice's technical committee on the establishment of the Commercial Court of Uganda from 1996 until 1997.
• Obtained certification to the Courts of Judicature, Uganda in 1997.
• Member of the tribunal investigating abuse of office by Iganga District chairman in 1999.
• Head of Commercial Court of Uganda from 1999 until 2004.
• Chairman, Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Banking, January 2000 to October 2000.
• Member of the tribunal investigating abuse of office by Sembabule District chairman in 2000.
• Member of the judicial panel on National Referendum 2000.
• Appointed Principal Judge, High Court of Uganda, on 30 July 2004, replacing Justice Herbert Ntabagoba.
• Member, judges administrative advisory committee, which advises the Chief Justice of Uganda on the administration of the Judiciary.
• Represented the Judiciary at the Tripartite Conference of the Judiciaries of East African countries.
• Represented the East African judiciaries at the ministerial negotiations and drafting sessions of the proposed East African Treaty, with particular emphasis on the establishment of the East African Court of Justice.

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