Dickens Kamugisha is a lawyer, by training, with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in law from Makerere University.
Kamugisha is a force to reckon with as leading international activists at the forefront of ensuring that host communities across the six districts in Uganda that have been affected by the oil refinery, Tilenga and EACOP oil projects are empowered to engage in advocacy to defend their rights.
Kamugisha has faced off with the Ugandan government filing several cases in several national and other foreign courts in pursuit of climate justice over fears that the oil projects in Uganda may cause havoc on the ecologically sensitive Albertine Graben.
He has been featured on several media stations, with the most recent being in an Aljazeera documentary titled, “A Crude Mistake? Uganda’s oil rush and the fight for climate justice.”
His organisation has also produced several research reports on Uganda’s oil project that have been re-published by reputable media and environmental advocacy organisations across the globe.
Ugandan enterprises urged to explore regional oil and gas opportunitiesFurther, Kamugisha has been at the forefront of his organization’s efforts to ensure that women and youth are empowered to promote clean energy access in Uganda.
To date, six youth and women-led organisations empowered by AFIEGO are operating in Uganda and are involved in advocating for policies that promote clean energy access in the country.
Mr. Kamugisha also chaired the Save Bugoma Forest Campaign 2020, a campaign that galvanized Ugandans to advocate for the protection of the Bugoma forest from sugarcane growing and other human activities.
