Alfonse Owiny-Dollo

Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo (born 18 January 1956) is a Ugandan lawyer and jurist that served as Chief Justice of Uganda from 20 August 2020 until 18 January 2026 when he clocked the mandatory retirement age of 70 years.

He served as the Acting Chief Justice of Uganda from 22 June 2020 and was a deputy Chief Justice from 30 September 2017. He had been appointed to that position in August 2017, replacing Steven Kavuma, who attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on 29 September 2017.

Background and education He was born on 18 January 1956 in present-day Agago District. He attended King's College, Budo and Nabumali High School for his O’Level and A’Level education respectively. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University and a Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Centre in Kampala, Uganda's largest city and capital. serving in that capacity until 2015.

In August 2017, the president of Uganda, appointed Owiny-Dollo, as the Deputy Chief Justice and under Ugandan law, the head of Uganda's Court of Appeal and Uganda's Constitutional Court.

On 20 August 2020, the president of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni appointed him as the 13th Chief Justice of Uganda, replacing Bart Magunda Katureebe, who clocked the mandatory retirement age of 70, on 19 June 2020.