Geoffrey Kiryabwire

Geoffrey Wilfred Mupere Kiryabwire (born 1962) is a Ugandan judge and a justice of the Court of Appeal of Uganda, since May 2013. Prior to that, he served as a judge of the Commercial Division of the High Court of Uganda, serving as the head of the division, since 2003.

Background and education

He was born circa 1962 to Jovan Kiryabwire and Mary Kiryabwire. His father was the first indigenous Ugandan to qualify as a neurosurgeon, and his mother is a retired nurse.

He attended Nabumali High School from 1974 to 1978 for his O-Level education, before he transferred to Kings College Budo for his A-Level studies from 1979 to 1980. In 1984, he graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelor of Laws degree. Later in 1984, he graduated from the Law Development Centre with a Diploma in Legal Practice. He also holds the a Master of Laws degree awarded by the University of London in 1990.

During his legal career, he has been a participant in four national commissions of inquiry: Member of the commission of inquiry into the purchase of "junk helicopters" by the Uganda People's Defence Force during the 1990s. Secretary to the Porter Commission (1993-1995) that inquired into mismanagement of criminal cases in Uganda. Secretary to the commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption in the Uganda Revenue Authority.

Personal life Kiryabwire is a married father. He and his wife Winifred Kiryabwire are the parents of daughter Mary Kirabo Kiryabwire.