Med Kaggwa

Al-Hajj Meddie Ssozi Kaggwa (15 April 1955 – 20 November 2019) was a Ugandan lawyer, businessman, politician and corporate executive, who served as the Chairman of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, from May 2009 until his death on 20 November 2019.

Background and education Kaggwa was born on 15 April 1955 in present-day Mpigi District, in the Buganda Region of Uganda. He attended local schools for his primary and secondary education. His first degree, a Bachelor of Laws, was obtained from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. He went on to obtain a post-graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Centre, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. He was then admitted to the Ugandan Bar. Later, he obtained a Master of Laws from the National University of Ireland, in Dublin.

Career Kaggwa had a career spanning over 30 years in positions of leadership in politics, government, management and business within Uganda. He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. Kaggwa also served as the head of the department of law at the Law Development Centre. At one time he served as Minister in charge of political affairs in the Office of the President.

Death On the morning of 20 November 2019, while driving himself to an official function, 64-year-old Meddie Kaggwa collapsed inside the vehicle, struck the vehicle in-front of his and came to a stop. Bystanders broke the window of his vehicle, administered CPR and rushed the patient to Case Medical Centre. There, efforts to resuscitate him were continued until he was pronounced dead.