{"60":"2016-03-08","61":{"first":"Herbert","last":"Mabonga"},"62":"mabongaherbert@yahoo.com","63":"078-665-8451","64":{"street":"P. O. Box 1254, Mbale","street2":"","city":"Mbale","state":"Elgon","zip":"00000","country":"Uganda"},"65":["LLM in Corporate Law & Finance"],"66":"In Uganda there are many corporate bodies which are facing challenges of financial management, corruption, fraud among others and there is bulk of cases which would be handled with experts in this particular area and yet the human resouce is not sufficient. This kind of challenging situation in our country has inspired me to take up this course of study if given the opportunity.","67":"When I read the profile of this school, from the university website I was inspired more as compared to other universities.","68":"None","69":"I wish to start a law firm in order to be a resourceful person to the community. It is my wish to teach in the high institutions of learning in my country in order to mentor and inspire others as a role model.","70":"I was a member of the constitutional review commission in my law school where we improved on the we reviewed some articles that benefited the society.\r\nI have always intervened to settle community conflicts at a legal point of view without necessarily involving police or courts of law. My legal advice has made the conflicting parties to live peacefully thereafter. ","71":"I hail from Mbale District in Eastern Uganda at the slopes of Mt Elgon from quite a humble background. I am the first born in a family of 12 children including step brothers and sisters. My mother and step mother died before my father\u2019s demise. When I finished Advanced level of education, I had interest to study Law but it became difficult for me to realize the dream.\r\n I since that time lived through thick and thin to make a living and to progress in my education career. It was one day in the nearby Grade Two Magistrate Court in our village when I was called from my garden to assist the Magistrate to translate court proceedings from the English language to the local language (Lumasaba) and vice versa. Later I was advised to make a formal application as a casual laborer on transfer to the Chief Magistrate\u2019s Court in Mbale Town. The small wage I earned enabled me assist my family to progress with life. \r\nThe suffering of my family members and communities in my area due to poverty, ignorance, diseases and social injustice such as land grabbing, social conflict in families, inadequate legal representation as people are too poor to meet legal fees, delays in the process of dispensing justice, lawyers being unfair to their litigants and rampant corruption such as hiding files by court clerks continued further, I was indeed inspired to follow my dream in education, and subsequently studied law.\r\nWell, I had an opportunity of joining Islamic University in Uganda School of Law having gained experience in the Judiciary as a casual laborer and because it was near my work place and within our home area. I could just walk there for study. At this time my auntie who was a maid in Nairobi-Kenya supported me with the little she could get for me to continue studying.  After university I did not continue working in court, but found myself involved in community service projects in our Sub-County such as supplying agriculture seeds, tree seedlings as well as involving in supporting the Bududa landslide victims among others as a volunteer.    \r\nI have always intervened to settle community conflicts at a legal point of view without necessarily involving police or courts of law. My legal advice has made the conflicting parties to live peacefully thereafter. As a role model, I have inspired and mentored the young generation, who have desired to study law after believing that law is not about oppressing others but to see justice prevail in our communities.\r\nGiven the opportunity of this kind of scholarship from your university will give me most recent advanced methods of research in the field of law which I can apply to improve on the legal systems in my country. Therefore being a fresh graduate with urge to study I believe this kind of external exposure will help me become a solution to the challenging issues within Uganda as a country.\r\nI have done this diligently since the time I was in employment with the legal firm of Wegoye & Co. Advocates as a legal officer and right from the time I have been a Teaching Assistant of law classes in Uganda Christian University, Mbale Campus. It is therefore my wish that given the humble background and experience I am inspired to pursue a master\u2019s degree in Business law, corporate governance and insolvency. I feel I can engage parties into fair contracts without being biased. Given that a master\u2019s degree is a minimum requirement to teach in an institution of higher learning, I believe this field of study will enhance and develop my skills, capabilities, abilities and equip me with better methods, approaches and practices to enable me perform effectively. It is my humble prayer that given the opportunity, I will contribute to the development of my community and help my country achieve the Strategic Development Goals and also benefit the rest of Africa as a continent. \r\n","72":"Mabonga Herbert"}