| Intro | Ugandan judge | ||
| Is | Judge | ||
| From | Uganda | ||
| Type | Law | ||
| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | Uganda, Uganda | ||
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Christine Nakaseeta Binayisa Kitumba is a Ugandan lawyer and judge. She served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, from July 2009. Her tenure was expected to conclude in 2015. In July 2017, she was requested to continue serving, in order to alleviate a shortage of justices on the country’s highest court. As of September 2017, she served on the court on an extended contract. Before her appointment on the Supreme Court, she was a member of the Court of Appeal of Uganda.
Background and education
She was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda. After attending primary school locally, she was admitted to Trinity College Nabbingo, where she graduated with a High School Diploma. She has a Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University, Uganda’s largest and oldest public university. She also has a Diploma in Legal Practice, awarded by the Law Development Centre in Kampala, Uganda’s capital city.
On the Supreme Court of Uganda
In August 2015, Justice Christine Kitumba was part of the 6-1 majority that it was unconstitutional for the family of the man to demand a refund of the bride price, from the family of the woman, in case of a divorce. However the demand of bride price before a traditional marriage was ruled constitutional.