Samantha Atukunda Kakuru Mwesigwa

Samantha is the director and legal Counsel at Greenwatch. Her passion for the environment began at a very young age, when she was older the decision to pursue her passion was clear cut.

She interned with Greenwatch in 2005 at the time she was still studying for a Bachelor of Laws Degree at Uganda Christian University – Mukono. Thereafter, she joined the University of Oregon Masters of Laws in Environmental and Natural Resources program. In 2013, Samantha worked with the Centre for Environmental Rights in Cape Town South Africa. In 2014, she moved back to Kampala and continued to work with Greenwatch as legal counsel.

Samantha is a practicing advocate with Kakuru and Co. Advocates and a member of the Uganda Law Society, the East African Law Society and the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide.

Samantha is a Founding Fellow Women for Environment in Africa:
 https://womenforenvironment.org/we_are/samantha-atukunda-k-mwesigwa/

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Samantha has also co-authored published articles:

• The Impact of COVID-19 on the Right to Freedom of Expression with Specific Reference to Environmental Protests in Uganda
  https://huripec.mak.ac.ug/product/eajphr-vol-26-no-2-nov-2020-special-issue/
• Climate Litigation as a Tool for Enforcing Right of Nature and Environmental Rights by NGOs: Security for Costs and Costs - https://cclr.lexxion.eu/article/CCLR/2021/2/5