Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya

Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya (née Olive Kazaarwe) is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who serves as the commission secretary of the presidential Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters in Uganda, established by president Yoweri Museveni in December 2016. Immediately prior to her appointment to this commission, she served as a registrar in the Planning and Development Division of the Judiciary of Uganda. There she oversaw the implementation of a multi-million dollar "Good Governance Project", funded by a donation from DANIDA to the Government of Uganda.

Background and education Mukwaya graduated from the Faculty of Law of Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university, with a Bachelor of Laws, circa 1997. The following year, she was awarded a Diploma in Legal Practice by the Law Development Centre, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. She also holds a Diploma in Public Administration from the Uganda Management Institute, also in Kampala. The Uganda Land Commission of Inquiry started its hearings in May 2017, with its final report expected in January 2018, six months from its first hearing.