User:Davies Bagambiire

Davies Bagambiire was born near Iganga Uganda, in what was then the District of Busoga, in the Eastern Province of Uganda, on July 28, 1950. He was one of two boys and four girls born to Azumavesi Birenzo and Norah Birenzo. He studied at Iganga CMS Primary School before moving to the City of Mbale in Eastern Uganda, where he attended High School, and pre-university advanced studies (“A” Level), at Mbale Secondary School. Mbale SS was at that time, a school mostly for Ugandan Indians. Davies Bagambiire was appointed Head Boy (President) of the School by the School Head Master, in his last year at the school in 1971. He was awarded the gold medal for “Best Boy” of the school upon graduation from High School, but before going to University.

When he left Mbale SS, Davies Bagambiire was selected by the Ministry of Education in Uganda and sent to Tanzania, where he studied and obtained a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) (Hons), from the University of Dar Es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1975. After graduating from Dar Es-Salaam, he returned to Uganda where he attended the Law Development Centre (LDC), in Kampala Uganda, and graduated from the LDC with a Diploma in Legal Practice (DLP), in 1976. He was awarded the gold medal from the class of 1976 at the LDC, upon graduation.

While in Uganda and before going exile over-seas, Davies Bagambiire taught law at Makerere University in Uganda. In 1976, he left Uganda to go and pursue post graduate studies in law in Canada. He attended Dalhousie Law School, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he wrote a thesis in International Law, entitled "The New Law of the Sea: The Non-National Sea-Bed Area and the International Sea-Bed Authority". He was supervised by the late Professor Douglas Johnston, who was then one of Canada's most distinguished and eminent scholars in the law of the sea. Professor Johnston later moved to the University of Victoria Law School, in British Columbia, Canada, after teaching law at Dalhousie Law School. Davies Bagambiire graduated with a Master of Laws (LLM) Degree from Dalhousie Law School, in 1978.