Attorney General of Uganda

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The Attorney General of Uganda is the chief legal adviser to the government and represents the state in legal matters and proceedings.

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
advises Cabinet of Uganda ⓘ
Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
President of Uganda ⓘ
ministries and government departments of Uganda ⓘ
appointedBy President of Uganda ⓘ
associatedWith Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (Uganda) ⓘ
canAppearBefore Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ
High Court of Uganda ⓘ
Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
category Government ministerial position in Uganda ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 119 of the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver government legal representation ⓘ
interpretation of laws for government ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of Uganda ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Uganda ⓘ
locatedIn Uganda ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of Uganda ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Kiryowa Kiwanuka ⓘ
officeType chief law officer of the state ⓘ
oversees Directorate of Civil Litigation ⓘ
Directorate of Legal Advisory Services ⓘ
Directorate of Legal Advisory and Services to Government Ministries and Departments ⓘ
partOf Executive branch of the Government of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Cabinet of Uganda
positionHeld Attorney General of Uganda ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of Uganda (on legal matters when required) ⓘ
President of Uganda ⓘ
represents state of Uganda in courts of law ⓘ
responsibleFor defending the government in civil suits ⓘ
drafting government bills ⓘ
legal opinions on government matters ⓘ
overseeing public prosecutions framework (policy level) ⓘ
vetting government contracts ⓘ
role chief legal adviser to the Government of Uganda ⓘ
principal legal representative of the state in legal proceedings ⓘ
seat Kampala ⓘ
style Honourable Attorney General ⓘ
subordinateTo Attorney General of Uganda ⓘ
successorOfficeTo Attorney General of the Protectorate of Uganda ⓘ
worksWith Solicitor General of Uganda ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cabinet of Uganda → includesPosition → Attorney General of Uganda ⓘ
Judicial Service Commission of Uganda → includesMember → Attorney General of Uganda ⓘ
Kiryowa Kiwanuka → positionHeld → Attorney General of Uganda ⓘ
subject linked to: Attorney General of Uganda
Attorney General of Uganda → successorOfficeTo → Attorney General of the Protectorate of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of Uganda
Solicitor General of Uganda → subordinateTo → Attorney General of Uganda ⓘ
subject linked to: Attorney General of Uganda
Minister of Justice of Uganda → worksWith → Attorney General of Uganda ⓘ
Amama Mbabazi → positionHeld → Attorney General of Uganda ⓘ