# Steven Kavuma

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{{short description|Ugandan lawyer and judge}}
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| name               = Steven Kavuma
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1947|09|29}}<ref name="Date"/>
| birth_place        = [Uganda](/source/Uganda)
| death_date         = 
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| alma_mater         = [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University)<br/> {{small|([Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws))}}<br/>[Law Development Centre](/source/Law_Development_Centre) <br/>{{small|([Diploma in Legal Practice](/source/Legal_practice))}}
| occupation         = Lawyer, judge
| years_active       = 1986 — present
| citizenship        = Uganda
| known_for          = [Law](/source/Law)
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| title              = Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda
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'''Steven Kavuma''' is a Ugandan [judge](/source/judge) and the immediate former deputy chief justice of [Uganda](/source/Uganda). He was appointed to that post on 5 March 2015.<ref name="Who">{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/665528-who-is-deputy-cj-kavuma.html | title=Who Is Deputy Chief Justice Kavuma? | date=5 March 2015 | access-date=5 March 2015 | last=Vision Reporter | newspaper=[New Vision](/source/New_Vision) (Kampala) | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172830/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/665528-who-is-deputy-cj-kavuma.html | archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> From April 2013 until March 2015, he served as the acting [Chief Justice](/source/Chief_Justice) of Uganda, pending the appointment of a substantive Chief Justice by the [President of Uganda](/source/President_of_Uganda).<ref name="Who"/> However, the way Uganda's judiciary is configured, the Deputy Chief Justice is not a member of the [Supreme Court of Uganda](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Uganda), but is a member of the [Court of Appeal of Uganda](/source/Court_of_Appeal_of_Uganda).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Honorable Justices of Uganda's Court of Appeal|accessdate=5 March 2015|date=2 July 2013|last=Uganda Judicature|publisher=Judicature.go.ug| url=http://www.judicature.go.ug/data/incourt/18/The_Honorable_Justices_of_the_Court_of_Appeal_.html}}</ref>

==Background and education==
He was born in [Central Uganda](/source/Central_Region%2C_Uganda) on 28 September 1947.<ref name="Date">{{cite web| accessdate=27 September 2017 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Judiciary-Justice-Kavuma-age-Public-Service/688334-4111828-5g14cuz/index.html | date=26 September 2017 |newspaper=[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor) | first=Anthony | last=Wesaka |location=Kampala |title=How Judiciary unearthed Justice Kavuma actual age}}</ref> He studied law at [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University), Uganda's oldest and largest public university, graduating with the degree of [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws). He also holds a [Diploma in Legal practice](/source/Legal_practice), obtained from the [Law Development Centre](/source/Law_Development_Centre) in [Kampala](/source/Kampala), Uganda's [capital](/source/capital_city) and largest city.

==Career==
In the early 2000s, Steven Kavuma served as the [State Minister for Defence](/source/Defence_minister). He was appointed to the Uganda High Court following the 2006 national elections. When [Benjamin Odoki](/source/Benjamin_Odoki) stepped down as the Chief Justice, Justice Kavuma was appointed Acting Chief Justice, from April 2013 until March 2015.<ref name="Who"/>
In 2020, Steven Kavuma was appointed as the board chairman of The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)  the country’s aviation regulator and all government and civilian airports including Entebbe International Airport.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nilepost.co.ug/2020/06/03/former-deputy-cj-kavuma-appointed-civil-aviation-authority-board-chairman/ | title=Former Deputy CJ Kavuma appointed Civil Aviation Authority board chairman }}</ref>

==See also==
*[Alfonse Owiny-Dollo](/source/Alfonse_Owiny-Dollo)
*[Judiciary of Uganda](/source/Judiciary_of_Uganda)
*[Parliament of Uganda](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda)
*[Cabinet of Uganda](/source/Cabinet_of_Uganda)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140407093046/http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=644689&CatID=1 Uganda Law Society Contest Kavuma’s New Post]

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Category:20th-century Ugandan lawyers
Category:21st-century Ugandan judges
Category:1947 births
Category:Living people
Category:Ganda people
Category:Law Development Centre alumni
Category:Makerere University alumni
Category:Deputy chief justices of Uganda
Category:Justices of the Court of Appeal of Uganda
Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of Uganda

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