Rosemary Bareebe

Rosemary Bareebe Ngabirano is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who served as the judicial officer and was appointed by President Yoweri Museveni as the acting judge of the High Court.

Background and education Ngabirano holds a Master of Laws in Human Rights and Democratisation from the University of Pretoria, an MBA from Uganda Martyrs University, and a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University. In her role as the High Court registrar, she presided over the enrollment ceremony of 130 advocates at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala. She was among the thirty judicial officers who were promoted to different ranks within the judiciary, and was promoted to chief magistrate in 2014. She served as the registrar for Magistrates' Affairs and Data Management before transferring to the High Court in 2022, where she administratively coordinated all the activities at the different High Court divisions and circuits.

Ngabirano has served on the Judiciary Disciplinary Committee and the Judiciary Case Management Committee.