KABANDA DAVID

Mr. Kabanda David is a social rights lawyer with special interest for social justice in trade and food systems. He practices this through legal advocacy, training for community empowerment, public interest litigation, research and invoking social equity, fairness and the doctrine of public trust. He studied at Makerere University where he completed a Bachelors of Laws. He did a Post Graduate Bar Course Diploma at the Law Development Centre, Kampala Uganda and Masters of Law in Makerere University. He is pursuing his PHD in law in the University of Western Cape. He has pioneered the justiciability and realisation of social rights in Uganda, East Africa and Africa generally contributing to the growth of jurisprudence in this area. His career is devoted to social inclusion and accountability using human rights approaches. He has had tremendous contribution in advocacy and policy development in social rights, working with and helping civil society organizations appreciate human rights and the use of legal tools for social accountability. He is leading a team of lawyers in East Africa and in Uganda under the Agriculture and Food law cluster in Uganda law society and Tanzania. He has led several human rights campaigns including the right to food, right to livelihood, maternal health, access to medicines, right to a clean and health environment, right to a smoke free environment, access to utilities in hospitals, mental health, and access to information to ensure accountability from duty bearers. Kabanda David is a founder and currently the Executive Director at Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT). www.cefroht.org @davidkabanda.