Fred Charles Oweyegha-Afunaduula

Oweyegha-Afunaduula Fred Charles (born 1949), also known as F. C. Oweyegha-Afunaduula, is a retired Ugandan professor, environmentalist, academician, author, researcher, farmer, and social critic. He co-founded the Centre for Critical Thinking and Alternative Analysis (CCTAA).

Oweyegha-Afunaduula served as the principal of the Crane Media Institute. leader of the Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) from 1997 to 2002, and senior fisheries research officer at the East African Marine Fisheries Research Organization (EAMFRO).

In 1963, Oweyegha-Afunaduula attended Ikumbya Primary School in Iganga District and then Mwiri Primary School. He also presented at the World Commission on Dams's Regional Consultations as a participant from Africa and the Middle East. He also lectured on environmental planning and management in the Faculty of Science at Makerere University.

Oweyegha-Afunaduula headed the Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) from 1997 to 2002. He held the position of a public secretary for the Makerere University convocation. In 1997, Oweyegha-Afunaduula and James Rwanyarare of the Uganda People's Congress petitioned the Constitutional Court (during Katureebe's tenure as Attorney General) to declare that the Movement System, as outlined in Articles 69(2)(a)70 and 271(1), did not exist during the 1996 elections in Uganda. They were represented by Peter Walubiri (a constitutional lawyer), and they sought the annulment of both the presidential and parliamentary elections that Yoweri Museveni won. However, the constitutional court that was led by Nasa Tumwesige, dismissed the petition on a technicality, ruling that a presidential election could only be contested in the Supreme Court.

Non-governmental organization experience Oweyegha-Afunaduula served as a programme manager for the Sustainability School at the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), where he also held the position of Secretary. In 2013, he urged Ugandans to oppose the parliamentary bill on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), claiming that the bill was drafted without input from the public (Ugandans).

In 2024, Oweyegha-Afunaduula commented on the presence of assembled plastic rice and eggs from China in Ugandan markets.

Personal life Oweyegha-Afunaduula is married.

Research, publications and authorship

Towards making World Commission on Dams (WCD) guidelines work in Uganda: A civil society perspective The struggle for environmental justice in Uganda Bujagali as ethnocide: cultural and spiritual death of the indigenous community of Basoga, Uganda Conflicts in development: the ethics and bioethics of bujagali dam, Uganda Environmental conflict generation, prevention and resolution in Uganda: Civil society engagement in the Nile basin Conflicts in development: the ethics and bioethics of Bujagali Dam, Uganda Towards environmentally conscious curriculum design at Makerere University, Uganda, 1994 Environmental Impact of Refugees in Africa