Professor Ben Twinomugisha is a health and human rights activist, full Professor of Law, and former Dean at Makerere University's School of Law. He is also a visiting Professor at the Islamic University in Uganda and the Center for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. His recent publications include Fundamentals of Health Law in Uganda (2015), Maternal Health Rights, Politics and the Law (2017), Principles of the Law of Contract in Uganda (2018), Maternal Health Rights in Uganda (2019), Using the Right to Health to Tackle Non-communicable Diseases in the Era of Neo-liberalism in Uganda (2020), A Health and Human Rights Critique of the Mental Health Act, 2019 (2020), IEL Contracts - Uganda (2020), and IEL Medical Law - Uganda (2021).
Professor Seggane Musisi is a Professor of Psychiatry and the former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He also serves as a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital and at the Uganda Ministry of Health. In addition, Professor Musisi is the Editor-in-Chief of the African Journal of Traumatic Stress and the founder of the African PsyCare Research Organization, which engages in mental health research and consultation across Uganda and Africa to inform policy and practice. His research interests focus on mental health problems arising from war and conflict in adults and children, HIV/AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children, cults, old age psychiatry, dementia and other brain degeneration in the African context, as well as traditional mental health care in Africa.
Professor Emmanuel Kasimbazi is active in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a member of the Academy on Environmental Law and the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law. He is also a Fellow of the Uganda Academy of Sciences, the African Academy of Sciences, and the World Academy of Sciences. Widely published in the areas of environmental law, energy law, criminal law, and forestry law, he has consulted for several international and national agencies, including the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Office for Project Services, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the European Union, the United Nations Development Programme, the Nile Basin Initiative, and various bilateral aid agencies.
Associate Professor Moses Mulumba is the Vice Chancellor of the Ahaki Institute and holds a joint appointment at the Center for Health Policy and the Department of Health Administration and Health Policy at the University of North Texas. With a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Ghent and a background in law, he focuses on strengthening health systems and informing health policymaking for the right to health and social justice. He teaches Health Law and Policy and explores Global Health. In addition to founding and leading Afya na Haki and the Center for Human Rights and Development, he serves on the steering committee of Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa （EQUINET） and is a member of the Joint Action Learning Initiative. He has also co-investigated the Goals and Governance for Global Health initiative （Go4Health）
Mark is a self-motivated, result-oriented, and transparent team player with strong interpersonal communication skills and values to protect. As a Health Economist with over 15 years of experience in Public Health, he has extensive expertise in health financing, economic evaluations, costing studies, expenditure tracking, resource mapping, and cost-effectiveness analyses. Mark possesses vast knowledge and skills in leadership, management, programming, strategic thinking, planning, monitoring and evaluation, policy analysis, budgeting, and budget management. He is well-versed in the international and national development environment concerning HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and other development needs.
With more than twenty years of experience in policy research, analysis, and advocacy, Ms. Jane Nalunga is the Executive Director of the Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) in Uganda. She is an expert in multilateral, bilateral, regional, and national trade, as well as fiscal and investment policies and agreements, and gender and trade. Ms. Nalunga holds a Master of Arts in African History from the University of London and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA).
Professor Nakanyike Musisi is the Chancellor at Ahaki Institute.
The Chancellor represents the ceremonial head of the Institute, embodying its values and traditions. This role involves presiding over formal assemblies and events, where the Chancellor confers degrees and other academic honors on behalf of the institution.
