Joe Oloka-Onyango

Joe Oloka-Onyango (born 16 September 1960) is a Ugandan lawyer and academic. He is a Professor of Law at Makerere University School of Law where he has also formerly been Dean and Director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC). He is married to Prof Sylvia Tamale, also a lawyer, academic and activist. They have two sons; Kwame Sobukwe Ayepa and Samora Okech Sanga. Quotes The smell of carbolic soap; Makes me sick; And the smell of powder Provokes the ghosts in my head; It is necessary to fetch a goat; From my mother’s brother; The sacrifice over; The ghost-dance drum must sound; The ghost be laid; And my peace restored. All these are the ‘Ghosts of History Past, Present and Future.’ In the arena of Constitutional Law and governance the ghost appears in the form of the Political Question Doctrine (PQD), a concept most associated with the 1966 High Court decision, Uganda v. Commissioner of Prisons, ex parte Matovu. Academic freedom is about the building of a new civilization. It is the site of struggle for a truly pluralist democracy; a bastion against authoritarianism and a challenge to fundamentalism. External links Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Academics from Uganda