
Gerald Kwizera
Chairperson
Gerald Kwizera
Gerald is a Research and Impact Specialist who has worked in the development sector both locally and internationally and worked on a range of development programmes and projects across different themes. Gerald believes in the use of innovative approaches and capacity building to data acquisition, mining, and usage to challenge the decision-making status quo.

Ms. Nelly Marion Busingye Mugisha
Vice Chairperson
Ms. Nelly Marion Busigye Mugisha
Nelly Busingye currently works with Tax Justice Network Africa as the
Partnership and Institutional Learning Manager. Before that, she worked
with the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) International Secretariat as the
Member Engagement Manager for Africa and Senior Regional Coordinator for
the East and Southern Africa region. Prior to joining PWYP, Nelly worked
with SEATINI Uganda as the Programme Officer, coordinating the Financing
for Development/Tax Justice programme at the sub national, national,
regional and global levels. She has a over decade's experience in fiscal
justice, environment and natural resource governance policy analysis and
advocacy, movement building, capacity building and programme management
in Africa. Nelly holds BA and MA degrees in Development Studies from
Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi.

Dr. Robert Esuruku
Board Member
Dr. Robert Esuruku
Dr. Robert Senath Esuruku, is the Head of Department of Development Studies at Makerere University. He is a Visiting Professor of Development Studies in University of Namibia.

Caroline Kanyago
Board Member
Caroline Kanyago
Ms. Kanyago is a member of the Executive Board. Caroline is a lecturer at Uganda Christian University, Faculty of Law specialising in Labour Law, Gender and the Law and Administrative Law.
Previously, she was Assistant Lecturer, Department of Development Studies, Makerere University where she taught Employment Law, Contract Management and Administrative Law.
She also worked at Uganda Law Society (ULS) as the National Gender Equality Advisor-Supporting Inclusive Resource Development Project (SIRD).
Ms. Kanyago obtained her first degree in Law (LLB 2nd Class with Honours, Upper Division) from Makerere University in 2010. She attended a post-graduate Bar Course at Uganda’s Law Development Center where she obtained a post-graduate diploma in Legal Practice in 2011. She re-joined the Faculty of Law at Makerere University where she obtained a Masters Degree in Law (LLM) in 2017. Ms. Kanyago joined the University of Iceland and United Nations University, Rey Kjavic, Iceland in 2017 where she obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in International Gender Studies (First Class with distinction).Ms. Kanyago’s work career began in 2006 when she joined Forum for Women Educationists-Uganda Chapter (FAWE) where her role was to research on mobile libraries and mentoring of young school girls. In 2011, she joined the National Coalition on Police Accountability and Security Sector Reform where she investigated and documented human rights violations and abuses, advocated and consulted with key government institutions and security agencies on emerging issues, trained non-governmental organisations and police officers on human rights, analysed laws and bills related to policing, including the Public Order Management Bill, 2011.Ms. Kanyago has published widely on a range of national and international public policy issues. She is the author of: Engendering Employment Relationships: Integrating a Gender Perspective into the Uganda Employment Law; Interrogating Gender Inequalities in Private Practice: The Challenges Faced by Female Lawyers in Uganda; A Force for Good? Improving the Police in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, HURINET-U & CHRI Publication (2014); Ten Reasons Why the National Biotechnology And Biosafety Bill-2012 Should Not Be Passed in Its Current State: Social-Economic-Legal Analysis (2014); Policing Post-Conflict Acholi Sub-Region: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities ( 2012); LLM thesis: Interrogating Gender Inequalities in Private Practice: The Challenges Faced by Female Lawyers in Uganda; Guaranteeing the Right to Adequate Housing for Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) in Uganda: The Case of Gulu District-Unyama IDPC.

Moureen Wagubi
Board Member
Moureen Wagubi
Ms Moureen, is the Executive Director of Institute for Social Transformation (IST) a Women Rights Organisation empowering the women in the informal sector in the various districts of Uganda. In this role she is providing strategic leadership for all the organisation activities that focuses on empowering women and young girls through capacity building, advocating for change and policy influence. Moureen has served in the NGO environment for over 10 years and has a wide range of experience in managing developmental programmes. Ms. Moureen Wagubi has extensive experi-ence in Program planning, design and Management. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Makerere University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation from Uganda Management Institute and a Diploma in Development Education (Training for Transformation) from Arupe Jesuit University Zimbabwe. She is currently enrolled to pursue her Masters in Management Science with a major in Public and Policy Evaluation. Serving in a management level position for over 10 years; she combines her experience in monitoring and programming to design programmes that are sustainable to ensure that NGOs become self-reliant through social enterprise venture building.
- A capable and result oriented qualified Monitoring & Evaluation Expert
- A strong transformational leader
- Strategic planner and thinker
- Entrepreneurship mind-set coach
- Energetic, organised, honest and focused.

Robert Rucogoza Kirenga
Board Member
Robert Rucogoza Kirenga
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Aloysious Akishure
Board Member
Aloysious Akishure
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