GULU REGIONAL OFFICE
Mandate; “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 Gulu Regional Office of the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in Uganda, opened in 2007 and is located at Plot 6B, Princess Road, Gulu City. 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 the Lango, Acholi and part of the Bunyoro subregions.
We aspire to be a cornerstone of legal support in the Lango, Acholi and part of Bunyoro subregions, 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 our mission, mandate, and vision 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 Gulu Regional Office’s operationsin fostering a supportive, fair, and effective legal environment.
The Gulu Regional Office is headed by a Regional Head and currently assisted by 2 Senior State Attorneys, 3 state Attorneys and five support staff. The Regional Office covers a total of 2 cities and 20 districts namely; Gulu City, Lira City, Alebtong, Apac, Dokolo, Lira, Oyam, Otuke, Amolatar, Kole, Kwania, Gulu, Omoro, Pader, Lamwo, Kitgum, Agago, Amuru, Nwoya, Masindi, Kiryandongo and Buliisa. It attends to a total of 4 High Court circuits in Gulu, Kitgum, Lira, Masindi and all 103 Magisterial Courts in Alebtong, Apac, Dokolo, Lira, Lira City, Oyam, Otuke, Amolatar, Kole, Kwania, Gulu, Gulu City, Omoro, Pader, Lamwo, Kitgum, Agago, Amuru, Nwoya, Masindi, Kiryandongo and Buliisa.2
We also attend the Spreme 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.