John Wilson Nattubu Tsekoko

John Wilson Nattubu Tsekooko (30 January 1943 – 14 October 2019), was a Ugandan lawyer and judge, who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, from 1994 until 2015.

Background and education He was born in the Bugisu sub-region of the Eastern Region, Uganda, in 1943. He graduated from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He also obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, in Kampala.

Career Tsekooko served as a state attorney in the Directorate of Public Prosecution from 1968 until 1974. He then resigned and went into private law practice until 1977. He went into exile between 1977 and 1979.

In 1990, he was appointed to serve as a Judge on the High Court of Uganda. In 1994, a vacancy opened up on the Uganda Supreme Court. His name was nominated to the appointing authority by the Judicial Services Commission. President Yoweri Museveni appointed him to the Supreme Court of Uganda.