Charity Kalebbo Ahimbisibwe

Charity Kalebbo Ahimbisibwe
Born
Charity Kalebbo Ahimbisibwe
OccupationsLawyer, human rights activist
Organization(s)Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU); Electoral Laws Institute
Known forExecutive Director of the Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU); Executive Director, Electoral Laws Institute Uganda

Charity Kalebbo Ahimbisibwe is a Ugandan lawyer, human rights activist, and Executive director of the Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU), she is also an Executive director at Electoral Laws Institute in Uganda.[1] As an election observer, her organization in fully registered in Uganda and has a mandate to perform voter mobilization, partnerships and advocacy to increase awareness and participation of persons with disabilities in Uganda's electoral process.[1] She served as Communications and Advocacy Manager before joining the same organization as Executive Director at Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda .[2]

Career

Charity is keen on governments approach to election. She constantly makes policy analysis, commentaries and participates in television debates and shows to analyse electoral laws, civic participation of citizens in electoral democracy in Uganda.[3] She also engages parliament of Uganda directly and participates in electoral reform debates and constitutional amendments to legal reforms in the Parliament of Uganda.[4][5]

She has advocated for inclusion of female representatives in Parliament of Uganda by calling for a reduction of nomination fees for candidates which is high and limits participation of female candidates in the electoral process.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Otucu, F. (13 November 2024). "Election Expert tells EC: Voter Registration for PWDs Should & Must be Handled with Utmost Responsibility". ChimpReports. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Mwesige, Jacqueline Asiimwe; lawyer; Activist, Human Rights (20 April 2017). "Limits of Internet Speech Tested in Uganda as Activist Nyanzi's Arrest Raises Concerns". Global Press Journal. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Bwanika, Elisha Z. (13 May 2020). "CCEDU chief Charity Ahimbisibwe says Museveni will have to hand over office to Kadaga if elections are not held next year". Watchdog Uganda. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  4. ↑ POST, NILE. "Gsearch – Latest News". Nilepost News. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Uganda vote 'not 100% free,' observer says". Deutsche Welle. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  6. ↑ Namuloki, Josephine (10 October 2019). "EC official: Hike nomination fees to Shs 100 million". The Observer. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
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