ARUA REGIONAL OFFICE
To provide legal advisory services to support the Minister, Attorney General, and Solicitor General in fulfilling their constitutional duties to advise Government, Local Governments, and Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) by legal representation of Government, its agencies, and allied bodies in national Courts of Judicature, Tribunals, and Commissions and ensuring that estates of deceased persons, missing persons, and persons of unsound mind are administered in accordance with Uganda’s Succession Laws.
The Arua Regional Office of the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in Uganda, opened in 2009 and is located at Plot 42-44, 42-44 Pakwach Road, P. O. Box 826 Arua. The Office represents a significant step in the decentralized administration(devolution) of legal and constitutional matters within the country. This regional office operates within the broader framework of MOJCA’s mandate, while also addressing the unique legal needs and challenges of entire West Nile region.
We aspire to be a cornerstone of legal support in West Nile Region, enabling responsive, efficient, and accessible legal advice and services that uphold the rule of law, reinforce good governance, and support due process for all by also strengthening local government operations and serving the public with dedication to justice and legal empowerment.
This aspiration aligns with the mission, mandate, and vision of the Ministry by expanding access to legal frameworks and support, thereby advancing governance and justice at a regional level.
In executing our duties, we are guided by values of integrity, accessibility, responsiveness, gender equity and fairness, empowerment, professional excellence, respect for rule of law. These values help guide the Arua Regional Office’s operations in fostering a supportive, fair, and effective legal environment.
The Arua Regional Office is headed by a Principal State Attorney assisted by three (3) Senior State Attorneys, Two (2) state Attorneys and three (3) support staff.
The Regional Office covers a total of 12 districts of Arua, Madi Okollo, Nebbi, Zombo, Pakwach, Maracha, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Obongi, Adjumani, Terego, one city ie Arua City and two Municipalities ie Koboko and Nebbi Municipalities.
It attends to a total of 1 High Court circuit at Arua and 13 Magisterial Courts in Arua, Arua City, Maracha, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani, Nebbi, Pakwach, Paidha, Obongi, Zeu and Warr.
We also attend the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal/Constitutional Court in respect to appellate and constitutional matters instituted by or against Government, its allied institutions and Local Governments, Human Rights Tribunal in respect to human rights complaints lodged against the Government and its allied institutions, and Industrial Court in respect to employment matters.
