Mayanja Sam

Sam Mayanja (born 1959) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician who has been appointed by President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni as Attorney General for the period 2026–2031. He served as State minister for Lands where he handled land matters across the country and resolved land conflicts in different parts of Uganda. He served as the principal partner of Sam Mayanja Company Advocates with his main focus on the banking and financial sector, and was a co-founder of the Kampala Associated Advocates law firm in Uganda.

Career Mayanja served as a lecturer at Law Development Centre from 1977 to 1981, and served as bank secretary at Uganda Development bank from 1989 to 1999. He also served at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) as the Legal Advisor for the Transcontinental Highway from Lagos to Mombasa, legal consultant at the World Bank, Northern Corridor and Transit Organization, and has also lectured at Uganda Christian University. He is a lecturer at Nkumba University. He is a member of Uganda Law Society and East Africa Law Society.