Sarah Langa Siu (born circa 1979) is a Ugandan lawyer. She is the Chief Registrar of the Uganda Judiciary. As the chief registrar, she supervises a team of registrars to assist the Principal Judge in administering the magistrates courts in the country. She was appointed to that position on 14 August 2020. The Chief Registrar is also the spokesperson of the Uganda Judiciary.

Background and education

She attended Ugandan schools for her elementary and secondary education. She was admitted to

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, Uganda's oldest and largest

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, where she graduated with a

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degree. She followed that with a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the

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, in Kampala. She also holds a

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degree, awarded by Makerere University. In addition, she graduated from the

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with a postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration

Career

She joined the judiciary in 2005, as a Magistrate Grade I. Over time, she rose through the judicial ranks to the level of Deputy Registrar at the Civil Division of the

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. This is the position that she held before she was elevated to her current assignment. Her new position, is at the level of a Permanent Secretary. Langa replaces

Esta Nambayo Esta Nambayo is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who was appointed to the High Court of Uganda on 4 October 2019. Before that, from 27 August 2018 until 4 October 2019, she served as the Chief Registrar of the Courts of Judicature in Uganda. In tha ...

, who was appointed a judge of the High Court in 2019. As Chief Registrar, she is the fifth-highest ranking member of the Uganda Judiciary, behind 1. the Chief Justice 2. the Deputy Chief Justice 3. the Principal Judge and 4. the Secretary to the Judiciary.

Other considerations

In 2014, under her leadership as acting assistant registrar, the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court held its first open day court. The open day has since been adopted as one of the activities to mark the International Anti-Corruption Week. In 2015, she was recognized for ''outstanding performance'' by the then chief justice,

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. She is a member of the Human Rights and Accountability Working Group of the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) in Uganda. She is the chairperson of the Accountability Sub-Committee of the Group. She also serves as the chairperson, in acting capacity, of Centre for Transformative Parenting and Research, a Ugandan

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References

External links

Website of Uganda Judiciary
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Background and education

Career

Other considerations

See also

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