Otto Edward Makmot

Hon Makmot Edward Otto (born 2 August 1978) is a Ugandan-Canadian barrister, solicitor, notary public, member of the Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Bar Association, and an advocate of the Uganda Law Society and East African Law Society, and politician. He was elected to the 10th elected Parliament of Uganda for Agago County an independent candidate. He succeeded John Okot Amos, who was preceded by the former Leader of the Opposition Professor Ogenga Latigo and Chief Justice Owiny Dollo. He served as the vice chairperson of the Committee on Rules, Privileges And Discipline and a member of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee in the 10th Parliament.

Otto is the founder of Otto, Barrister, Solicitor and Notary and a partner M/s Otto, Barrister, Solicitor & Notary and co-founder of Otto & Sherman Professional Corporation, a Canadian law firm. and also Ms Otto Edward Makmot & Company Advocates based in Kampala, Uganda. Otto is the proprietor of Radio Wang ooh FM 93.3 FM in Agago District and founding members of the Board of David Fagerlee Medical Centre based in Agago Commissioned by President Museveni in 2017. He serves as a panel member for Legal Aid Ontario. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, Canadian/Ontario Bar Association, York Regional Law Association and the Advocates' Circle. Otto served as a secretary on the board of trustees of the Ugandan North American Association (UNAA)

Early life and education Otto was born in Agago District, Acholi sub-region, on 2 August 1978. The son of Mzee Aldo Davidson Otto and Veronica Adong Otto, he was raised in a Catholic family of the Acholi. His primary education was interrupted by the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in the region at the time, and he fled to Kampala, Uganda's capital, where he sat his primary leaving examinations at Bat Valley Primary school.

After his O-Levels he attended St. Mary's College Kisubi for A-Level education., then attended Makerere University (MUK), where he attained a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2002. Otto also attended the University of Toronto and attained a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 2008. He was an associate editor of the Journal of International Law and International Relations (JILIR) there. as an independent member of parliament in the 2016 general elections that ushered in the 10th Parliament of Uganda.

In the 10th Parliament, Otto serves on the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline and the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee.

Personal details Makmot Edward Otto is married to Dr. Josephine Okwera Otto, a Director, Health and Social Services with Uganda Redcross. They have three children; Elizabeth Veronica Otto, Esther Teresa Otto and Megan Hannah Otto.