Pioneers: Godfrey Lukongwe Binaisa - first Attorney General

Nov 23, 2019

This new constitution was promulgated on 15 April 1966; it was named “pigeonhole constitution"

He was the first post-independence Attorney General of Uganda.

odfrey ukongwe inaisaGodfrey Lukongwe Binaisa

 

In this position, he made great contribution to constitutionalism in Uganda and he is credited for single-handedly drafting the 1966 Pigeon Hole Constitution. 

 

This new constitution was promulgated on 15 April 1966; it was named "pigeonhole constitution" because copies of it were posted in the pigeonholes of Members of Parliament.

odfrey ukongwe inaisa with his wife amamoto Godfrey Lukongwe Binaisa with his wife Yamamoto

 

He also played a significant role in the drafting of the 1967 Constitution that made Uganda a republic.

odfrey ukongwe inaisa with resident useveni Godfrey Lukongwe Binaisa with President Museveni

 

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