Esta Nambayo

Esta Nambayo is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who was appointed to the High Court of Uganda on 4 October 2019. And is now a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Uganda.

Before that, from 27 August 2018 until 4 October 2019, she served as the Chief Registrar of the Courts of Judicature in Uganda. In that position, she was the fifth-highest judicial officer in the country, behind the

She was admitted to Makerere University, where she studied law; graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree. She then obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Centre, in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. Later, she was awarded a Master's degree in Management, from Uganda Management Institute.

Career She started out in the 1990s, as a legal officer with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), in their Kampala office. She joined the bench as a Grade One Magistrate, serving in that capacity in the courts in Luweero, Nakasongola and Kampala City Hall. Furthermore, she was then transferred to Mbarara at the rank of Chief Magistrate. While there, she concurrently served as the Deputy Registrar of the Mbarara Court.

Other considerations Justice Nambayo was the presiding judge in the case State vs Adam Suleiman Kalungi, where Kalungi was accused of killing the former Member of Parliament for Butaleja District Women's Constituency, the late Cerinah Nebanda. She convicted him to four years in prison, after finding him guilty of manslaughter, but the sentence was overturned by the High Court of Uganda.

Family Esta Nambayo is a married mother with two children.