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Ugandan lawyer and politician

Shamim Malende
Born1986 (age 37–38)
Uganda
EducationMakerere University
(Bachelor of Laws)
Law Development Centre
(Diploma in Legal Practice)
Title
  • Hon. MP for Kampala District Women Constituency in the 11th Parliament (2021–2026)
  • Hon Minister of Justice in alternative government
  • Advocate
  • Commissioner for oaths
  • Notary Public

Shamim Malende (born 1986), is a Ugandan lawyer, a commissioner for oaths, a notary public, politician and community activist. She is a member of the People Power, Our Power Movement and of the National Unity Platform (NUP) political party. She is the only woman on the legal team of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. In the 2021 general election she was elected to Parliament as the Women's Representative for Kampala District for the 2021-2026 term.

Early life and education

Malende was born in Kawempe, Kampala, Uganda's capital city, in December 1986, to Alhajj Jamal Ahmed Sebuta Malende, an attorney, and Jane Francis Nasunna, a school teacher.

She attended Busaale Church of Uganda Primary School in Kayunga District. She completed her O-Level studies at Buziga Islamic Theological Institute in Bbunga, a neighborhood in Makindye Division, Kampala. She then transferred to Aisha Girls High School in the city of Mbarara, in the Western Region of Uganda. She graduated as the best student in the Western Region and among the top ten in the country after scoring AAAA in her A-Level examinations in 2000.

She was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, on government sponsorship. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2005. She then went on to obtain a postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Centre in Kampala. She was admitted to the Uganda Bar in 2008.

Career

After graduation from university, she worked in her father’s chambers before opening her own legal practice, Malende & Company Advocates.

In the 2018-2020 time-frame, she has handled nearly 200 pro-bono cases of Ugandan citizens imprisoned for various political offenses. The majority of her clients are urban, young, poor, and subscribe to the People Power, Our Power Movement and to the National Unity Platform political party. She was invited to join the People Power Legal Team, which is led by Asuman Basalirwa and Benjamin Katana.

Political ambition

In 2020, she declared her intention to contest as Woman Representative for Kampala City in the 2021 Uganda Parliamentary elections. This pitted her against Stella Nyanzi, who was also running for the same position, on the Forum for Democratic Change political party ticket. She won the seat.

See also

  • Ligomarc Advocates

References

  1. ^ Jonah Kirabo (21 January 2020). "Interview: Meet Shamim Malende, the only woman on Bobi Wine's legal team". Kampala: Nile Post Uganda. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ Derrick Wandera (31 August 2019). "Malende: The iron lady on People Power legal team". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. Job Bwire (2 February 2021). "What next for Dr Stella Nyanzi after losing Kampala Woman MP race?". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. Government of Uganda (4 April 2020). "Uganda Government Gazette of 4 April 2008: General Notice No. 151 of 2008" (Archived from the original on 4 April 2008). Kampala: Government of Uganda. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. Javira Ssebwami (9 July 2020). "People Power lawyer joins race for Kampala Woman MP Seat". Kampala: PML Daily. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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