Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa

Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa (10 January 1933 – 10 November 2020) was a prominent Ugandan lawyer. He served as Uganda's Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs under President Idi Amin from 1971 to 1973.

Early life Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa was born in Kampala, Uganda on 10 January 1933. He is of the Buganda ethnicity.

Education Nkambo Mugerwa attended King's College Budo for secondary school, and then went to Makerere University, where he got his undergraduate degree.

He went to Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1955 at Gray's Inn.

Career Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa began his career in London, England, by working for Standard Vacuum Oil Company from 1956 to 1957.

He left in 1964 to become deputy Solicitor General of Uganda, where he soon became acting Solicitor General of Uganda, a role he served in from 1964 to 1971.

In 1973, Idi Amin fired his Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Uganda, Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa, with the stated reason being that he could not keep up with the "supersonic speed" that President Idi Amin was driving the economy, leading him to appoint Godfrey Serunkuma Lule to be his successor.

He also reentered public life when Kabaka Ronald Mutebi appointed Nkambo Mugerwa to be the chairman of the Buganda Land Board, taking over for James Mulwana who had to resign after an "operation weakened" him. He oversaw a 13-person board, including Prince David Kintu Wassajja, Kabaka Mutebi's younger brother, the Luweero district chairman, Hajji Nadduli Kibaale and Martin Kasekende, the managing director of National Housing and Construction Company. He has two daughters in active legal practice, Fiona Nalwanga Magona a Partner at MMAKS Advocates and Alice Namuli Blazevic a Partner at Katende, Ssempebwa Advocates. His son Jan Mugerwa is based in London with Olephant Solicitors.

He has a son, Michael Nkambo Mugerwa, who is a general manager at Uganda Refinery Holding Company, a subsidiary of Uganda National Oil Company, as of the 29 May 2019.