Jenerali Ulimwengu is an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania, a renowned journalist and writer who currently serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Raia Mwema Newspaper. He stands as a vocal critic of the monoparty system and has played a key role espousing democratic ideals in the continent as one of Africa’s […]

Prof. Issa Shivji is a retired professor of Public Law at the University of Dar es Salaam (1970-2006). He was the first holder of Nyerere Professorial Chair in Pan-Af rican Studies at the same University (2008-2013).He chaired the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters in Tanzania in 1998-1999. Shivji practised law in the High […]

Chris Maina Peter is a Professor Emeritus of Law at the School of Law of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He holds LLB and LLM from the University of Dar es Salaam and Dr Jur from the University of Konstanz, Germany. Professor Maina is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Zanzibar […]

Jill has taught law at numerous universities, including Ife and Ahmadu Bello Universities in Nigeria, Warwick University and University of Hong Kong over a period spanning 40 years after having studied law from the London School of Economics and the Yale Law School. Towards the end of her teaching career, she developed a particular interest […]

Prof. Yash is a distinguished Kenyan constitutionalist who has spent most of his life teaching in universities across Europe, Africa, and Asia while also advising war-stricken and post-colonial countries on “how to use the law to build democratic societies”. Additionally, Ghai has been head of the United Nations’ Constitution Advisory Support Unit in Nepal, 2007; […]

Dr. Busingye Kabumba is Lecturer-in-Law at Makerere University. He holds an LLB (1st Class Hons) (Muk), Dip LP (LDC), BCL (Oxford), LLM (Harvard) and LLD (Pretoria). Recent relevant assignments include an appointment to a 5-person regional panel of experts established to analyze the Presidential election disputes decided in Uganda and Kenya and to make recommendations […]