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Mr. Richard ButeeraDirector of Public Prosecutions
buteera@dpp.go.ug
Mr. Richard Buteera was born on the 9th April 1955 in Ngoma Sub-county, Rushenyi County, Ntungamo District, Uganda. He is Married with children.
Mr. Buteera went to Ngoma Primary School in 1962 - 1968 after which he went to Mbarara High School in 1969 - 1972. He then went to Nyakasura School in 1973 - 1974 after which he joined Makerere University in 1975. In 1978 he joined Dar-Es-Salaam University where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) Second Class Degree. In 1980 he obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice, from The Law Development Centre, Kampala.
Mr. Buteera started work as an Assistant Lecturer/Research Fellow, Faculty of Law Makerere University in 1981. In 1981 - 1989 he worked as a Magistrate Grade One and in 1989 he rose to Chief Magistrate. He was appointed Inspector of Courts in 1991 where he worked till 1993 when he was appointed Chief Registrar/Permanent Secretary in the Courts of Judicature. In 1995 he was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions which position he holds to-date. Mr. Buteera is currently the Project Director of the Netherlands-Uganda Support to Public Prosecutions Project.
International Seminars and Workshops:
- The US/Africa Judicial Exchange Program 1995 with training in Mediation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute resolution at Reno-Judicial Training College and Washington D.C Courts.
- Southern and Eastern African Money Laundering Commonwealth Conference - Cape Town South Africa, October, 1996
- International Symposium on "Good Governance and Development, November 1996 - Dakar - Senegal.
- The Oxford Commonwealth Conference On International Co-operation in Criminal Matters, Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the needs of Law enforcement - August, 1998.
- Delegate at The United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court - Rome June - July, 1998.
- 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference Cape Town October - 1999 Durban South Africa
- World Bank Course on "Controlling Corruption: Towards an Integrated strategy". Washington D.C - June, 1999.
- International Conference on "Good Governance and Sustainable Development in Africa" - 1999 Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire.
- Annual Conferences and General Meetings of the International Association of Prosecutors.
- Joint Africa Institute Seminar on Governance, Transparency and the Media for sustainable Economic Development - Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - 2000.
- The Global forum on Fighting Corruption and safeguarding Integrity II; The Hague Netherlands - 2001.
- Africa Regional Workshop on The significance of building coalitions in the fight against Corruption - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 2001.
- Sessions of The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna - Austria.
- An Advocate of the High Court and all other courts in Uganda.
- Executive Committee member of The International Association of Prosecutors and Member of the Prosecutorial Committee of the Association.
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