Profile
I add value to people by volunteering, and
selling something. I volunteer in training investment clubs
with Investment Clubs Association of Uganda (ICAU), and coaching women entrepreneurs with TechnoServe. I sell my skills as bestselling author of 29 books, ICT lawyer, law firm management
expert, performance poet, armature pianist, public
speaker and coach on financial literacy, investment clubs and personal
branding; luo culture specialist; consultant
on business systems, feasibility studies, financial projections and business
profiles expert; owner, www.lawpronto.com,
www.allpublicspeakers.com,
www.achibela.com, www.luopedia.com, www.ajuoga.com and priceapp.
I am also a performance poet, armature pianist, social entrepreneur, blogger, socialist political party member, and believer in
open religion.
Contact
A: Tirupati Mazima Mall, Kabalagala, Kampala, Uganda (c/o, ALL PUBLIC SPEAKERS LIMITED, Rm 261/2)
E: ojijo@allpublicspeakers.com
M: +256 776 1000 59/701 100059
L: +256 41 4696004/31 251 7908
Websites
Contact
A: Tirupati Mazima Mall, Kabalagala, Kampala, Uganda (c/o, ALL PUBLIC SPEAKERS LIMITED, Rm 261/2)
E: ojijo@allpublicspeakers.com
M: +256 776 1000 59/701 100059
L: +256 41 4696004/31 251 7908
Websites
Blogs
Skills
Language: Luo, Kiswahili and English
(Fluent) French, German, Arabic, Russian,
Chinese, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish (Rudimentary, Learning)
Talent: Performance poetry, public
speaking and writing
Degree: Bachelors of Laws Degree (LLB) University of Nairobi (Kenya) and
Makerere University (Uganda) (2004-2011)
Counseling: certificate in peer guidance and
counseling- Maseno National School /
Agape Training Organization, (2001)).
Mentor: trained entrepreneurship mentor to
women entrepreneurs in Uganda under technoserve women mean business program. (2013)
Public Speaker & Trainer: financial literacy, personal
branding, public speaking, and investments clubs.
Consultant Lawyer & Guest
Lecturer: legal
research, law firm management, ICT law; legal rhetoric; and Afrikan
jurisprudence.
Author. 31 books and several articles on
various disciplines and topics
Financial Literacy Expertise
2013: Chair of Investments Clubs Panel, Focus on East Africa
Uganda Local Capital & Financial Markets’ Forum
2012-: Member of Bank of Uganda Working Group on Financial
Literacy to the Youth to develop guidelines, curriculum and content for
promoting financial literacy in Uganda.
2012-: Member of Interim Committee of Investment Clubs Association
of Uganda, in-charge of training and capacity building of investment clubs in
Uganda (visited and trained over 20 investment clubs).
2012-: Public Speaker & Trainer on financial literacy and
personal branding with allpublicspeakers.com,
under free college exit seminar program.
2012: Facilitating trainer on financial freedom & leadership
(personal branding) for high school student leaders of 7 high schools, with
Hope Alive Ministries, at Makerere High School, Migadde, Uganda.
2012: MC and Facilitator of Annual Financial Literacy Week, at UMA
Showground, Lugogo, a week of financial literacy lectures and presentations by
Investors-Club; and other stake holders
2012: Trained employees of
Ministry of finance, Uganda, under the finance savings and credit cooperative
society (SACCO) on financial literacy, investing, investment clubs, personal
branding, goal setting, financial freedom and enterprise start-up.
2012: Talk Show host to FOWODE Alumni on Entrepreneurship.
2012: Guest Speaker to Youth with
A Purpose (YAP-Uganda), on Financial
Literacy & Personal Branding.
2012: Volunteer trainer of
Makerere University Female Students on Public Speaking (steered 4 out of 5 to
the national champions, in which champions they won positions 1-4).
2009: Volunteer Public Speaker & Trainer with
InformedInvestors on Financial Literacy and Investment Clubs support.
2011: MC and Facilitator of Annual Financial Literacy Week, at UMA
Showground, Lugogo, a week of financial literacy lectures and presentations by
Investors-Club; and other stake holders
2011: Consultant to CEDA
International. Developing financial literacy curriculum for teens and young
adults.
2011: Consultant to Private
Education Development Network (PEDN). Developing a curriculum for training
teens (13-19) and young adults (19-24).
2011: Guest Speaker & Trainer of Trainers to CEDA
International.
2011: Guest Speaker & Trainer of Trainers to Private Education
Development Network (PEDN).
2011:
Trained by Regional Securities Training Institute-SITI on Introduction to Financial Markets & Instruments/Participants
Training
2010:
Trained by KYADEVA Uganda on SACCOs
Formation & Community Development
2011:
Presented a paper on Youth & Access
to Credit for Teens Uganda at
Uganda National Youth Congress.
2012: Personal Skills & Rhetoric: Peer Training for Young
Leaders Think Tank for Policy Alternatives (Konrad Adenour Stiftung-Uganda).
2011: Guest Speaker at First
Annual Youth Entrepreneurship Conference on “Financial Integration &
Inclusion of Youth”, organised by Private Education Development Network, PEDN
2010: Guest Speaker on Dynamism
in Careers: The Need for Knowledge at Makerere University Business School,
MUBS, Kampala,
2010: Guest Speaker on Volunteering,
Internship and Apprenticeship as Tools of Career Development: (Delivered at
Management Training and Advisory Centre (MTAC)
2010: Guest Speaker on Student
Insecurity: Internal Insecurity (Delivered at Makerere Business School,
Kampala, Uganda)
2010: Guest Speaker on The
Need to Be Rich: Financial Instruments Investing (Delivered at a Function
organized by Enterprise Uganda at Makerere University, Kampala.)
2010-: KFM Guest Speaker on Financial Literacy & Personal
Development, airing on KFM radio at 6 am.
2011: Guest Speaker to FOWODE Alumni (FYLAA) on Entrepreneurship & Investments.
Strategic Planning, Business
Systems & Financial Projections Expertise
2013: Consultant to MEBO Theatre
2013: Consultant to Security Group, Uganda Limited
2013: Consultant to East
Africa Roofing Systems, on strategic business plan, business systems, financial
projections, and feasibility study;
2013: Consultant to Nile
Hatcheries. Developing business systems;
2013: Consultant to
Tirupati Development, Developing Financial Projections and Project Proposals;
2013: Consultant to Virat
Alloys, Developing Strategic Plan and Financial Projections;
2013: Consultant to Private
Education Development Network (PEDN). Developing a strategic plan and business
systems;
2012: Consultant to Investment Clubs Association of Uganda (ICAU)
on development of strategic plan.
2010-: Trainer with InformedInvestors on strategic planning for
investment clubs.
2007: Consultant to Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) on
strategic plan
2011: Consultant to African Jesuits Aids Network-AJAN. Developing
a curriculum on HIV/AIDS prevention amongst the youth, with special reference
to Catholic Teachings.
Law of ICT Expertise (Policy
& Legal Issues in E-Commerce and E-Governance)
2013; Conducting Guest Lecture/workshop presentation on “Law, New Media and Art” at National
theatre, Uganda, on the theatre festival.
2012-; Conducting ICT Law seminars to lawyers, corporate
executives, staff of organisations and students
2012-: Guest Lectures to Universities and Colleges, including Nkumba
University, Cavendish, IUIU and Makerere University LAW Schools;
2012: Tuition to Makerere University undergraduate students of law
on Computer & the Law.
2012: Seminar to Islamic University of Uganda (IUIU), on ICT Law.
2009-: Writing articles on ICT & The law (published variously)
(Legal) Research & Training Expertise
(Legal Rhetoric)
2012-: guest Lecturer on legal rhetoric, ict law and policy, and
Afrikan jurisprudence to various universities in Uganda;
2012: Moot Court Trainer for Nkumba University Moot Court Club on
International Humanitarian Law.
2007: Research Consultant with Kenya Human Rights Commission
(KHRC) on the 2006 Bi-Annual Human Rights Report (BHHR)
2005-: Legal Researcher with Africa Legal Research & Consultancy
(ALREC GROUP).
2006-2008: Associate
Editor University of Nairobi Law Journal (UNLJ)
2011: Editor Makerere Law
Journal
2004:
Trained by Independent Medical Legal Unit on “Legal Aid and Research Organization Process”.
2005:
Trained by Kenya Christian Lawyers Fellowship (KCLF). “The Methodology of Prison Legal Aid and Clinic Exercise’
2007.
Trained by National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), USA/ Federation of
Women Lawyers, FIDA-Kenya. Trial Advocacy
(Case Analysis, Witness Examination and Adduction of Exhibits)
2006:
Trained by Kenya National Aids NGOs Consortium – KANCO on Cultural Issues affecting women infected with HIV/AIDS in Western and
Eastern Kenya.
2011-12: Contributed
to the Employment Policies for Uganda:
Young Leaders Perspectives, Publication by Young Leaders Think Tank for
Policy Alternatives (Konrad Adenour Stiftung-Uganda), 2012.
2005: Presented a paper in the
All East African Moot Court Conference, Moi University, Eldoret, titled “Law
as a Tool for Social Emancipation”
2006: Presented a paper in the
Professor Justice J.B. Ojwang Research Award Project, University of Nairobi
titled “The Constitution and Economy of a Country: Kenya”
2007: Presented a paper on
“Ethnicity and its Effect on the Development of African States” at the 2nd
East African Moot Court Conference at University of Nairobi.
2010: Presented dissertation thesis on Access To Information And Participatory Development: An Analysis Of The
Effectiveness Of Access To Information Act, No. 6 of 2005 (Uganda) as LLB
degree award in Makerere University, Kampala.
2011: Book Review of “Toward a Global Civilization of Love &
Tolerance” by M. Fethullah Gülen, appeared in the Nile Humanitarian Agency
Newsletter.
2011: Consultant Editor for
Konrad Adenuer Stiftung (KAS), on Reality
Check- State Of Multi Party Democracy In Uganda, funded and organized. Edited by Mathias Kamp & Kiranda
Yusuf.
2011. Wrote a journal article on Constitutionalism & Constitutionality in Uganda: in Makerere
University Law Journal, volume 3, 2011
2005-2007: volunteer with Kenya Christian Lawyer’s Fellowship
(KCLF) on Legal research on evidentiary issues and brief preparation and Free
Legal aid and advice services in the Industrial Area Prison.
2005-2006. Volunteered Kenya Christian Lawyer’s Fellowship (KCLF)
as Research Assistant in the preparation of the suit against the Referendum and
the ultimate promulgation of the then 2005 Draft Constitution;
2005: volunteered with Kenya Christian Lawyer’s Fellowship (KCLF)
as trainer on Constitutional Issues in the Draft Constitution.
2006-2007: Volunteered with Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
on free legal aid and service provision as student assistant.
2006: volunteered with Tabasamu
Watoto in a Legal Aid Clinic at Machakos women prison)
2006: volunteered as student
assistant with Federation of Women Lawyers FIDA-KENYA & Law Society of
Kenya LSK 2006, Participated in free legal aid week.
2008: Worked with International Commission of Jurists-Kenya
Chapter, Public Interest Course, Participated in and researched on the areas of
International Legal Regime & Practice on Access to Information Laws and
their effects; Rapportured on Community Based Workshops on access to
information law; and Researched on Truth & Justice Commissions with
specific reference to review of the Kenya Truth & Justice Commission Bill,
2008.
2009: Volunteered with Oscar Foundation for Free Legal Aid, Kenya,
volunteered in report editing and formatting of the report presented to the
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Killings and Forced
Disappearances.
Rapporteur Expertise
2010: Rapporteur to Konrad Adenuer Stiftung (KAS).
2009: Rapporteur to International Law Institute-African Centre for
Legal Excellence
2007: Rapporteur with Center for Law and Research International
(CLARION) on book launch
2005-2007: Rapporteur to Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) on
human rights
2008: Rapportured for International Commission of Jurists-Kenya
Chapter on Community Based Workshops on Access
To Information Law.
Constitutionalism, Human Rights
& Governance Expertise
2010: Consultant to Konrad Adenuer Stiftung, Kampala. Development
of a model democratic political party manifesto.
2008-2009: Consultant Trainer to Constitution & Education
Reform Consortium -CRE-CO
2005-2007: Rapporteur to Kenya Human Rights Commission
2007: Electoral observer
Electoral Commission of Kenya/Youth Agenda
2008-2009: Consultant Trainer with 4Cs in Development of training
curriculum and facilitation of training workshops on Constitutions,
Constitutionalism and Constitutionality.
2009: Consultant Trainer with 4Cs in Development of training
curriculum and facilitation of training workshops on Constitutions,
Constitutionalism and Constitutionality.
2011:
Trained by Konrad Adenuer Stiftung-KAS Uganda on The Policy Making Process, and the Role of Youth in National Policy
Making.
2010:
trained by Uganda Police and KYADEVA Uganda on Community Policing.
2010:
Trained by Uganda Youth Network on Role
of Youth in Mitigation of Election Violence (strategies)
2006:
Trained by Kenya Human Rights Commission. “Training On Community Advocacy
Skills Empowerment”
2006:
Trained by Youth Agenda and Konrad Adenuer Stiftung Young Leadership
Development Program on “Student Leadership and Trade Unionism”
2011-12: Contributed
to the Employment Policies for Uganda:
Young Leaders Perspectives, Publication by Young Leaders Think Tank for
Policy Alternatives (Konrad Adenour Stiftung-Uganda), 2012.
2011: Presented a paper on The
Role of Youth in National Policy Making for Teens Uganda at National Youth Congress.
2005: Facilitated the conference on the “Northern Kenya Human
Rights Agenda-History of Human Rights Abuses in the Northern Kenya”, by the
Kenya Human Rights Commission in Isiolo (2005).
2010: Founding Member of Young
Leaders Think Tank for Policy Alternatives, hosted
by Konrad Adenuer Stiftung, (KAS) Uganda.
2010: Participated in the National
Youth Manifesto Launch In Uganda, under Uganda Youth Network.
2009: Participated a paper titled, ‘Combating
Impunity: The Need To Implement The Waki Report, At The CSO Meeting In Hilton
Hotel, January, 2009.
2007: Participated in the Peoples Constitutional Conference
organised by the National Constitutional Executive Council-NCEC
2005: Participated in a workshop on “Water as a Human Right”, organized by the Kenya Human Rights
Commission and the Government of Kenya, in Isiolo.
2005: Trained in “Youth and
Sexuality- A Critical Analysis at the Life in Campuses” by the Centre for Research, Education and
Awareness, CREAW.
2006: Facilitated a conference on “The Role of Youth in the GJLO's Initiative” and programs, organized
by the national youth network consortium, in conjunction with Center for Law
and Research International, (Clarion).
2010-2011: Consultant to Citizens Coalition for Electoral
Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU), under Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
(FHRI), on community training & media liaison on electoral democracy and
constitutionalism.
Publications ( Ojijo's 29 Books)
Financial
Literacy & Investment Books
1.
Sell Something: Ojijo’s Guide to Entrepreneurship
Mindset & Business Systems
2.
Invest: Ojijo’s Guide to Financial Instruments
& Alternative Investment Products
3.
Making My Child
Financially Intelligent: Money Lessons by Age Group (from 3-13yrs)
4.
Making Money Together: Ojijo’s Investment Club
Manual
5.
69 Ways to Make Extra Money While Keeping My Day
Job
6.
Retire Happy: 21
Questions to Plan my Retirement
7.
I Am A Network Marketer: Ojijo’s Network Marketing
Guide
Personal
Branding Books
8.
Talanta:
Ojijo’s Guide to Identifying, Developing & Selling My Talent & Career
Skills
9.
Cause Action: Ojijo Public Speaking Handbook
10.
The Gift of E11even Moves to Make Me Wealthy
11.
Seventy-7 Moves of a Sexy Woman
12.
Self-Discipline: What, Why & How
13.
99 Ways to Make People Laugh
14.
Soft Sweet Words
Politics
& Religion Books
15.
The Mungiki - Terrorists, Victims,
Saints- Three Sides of the Same Coin!
16.
100 Upright Men: World’s Greatest Revolutionary
Politicians
17.
Politics of Poverty: The Odinga Curse to the Luos
18.
Open Religion: My Religion is the Best Religion
19.
Garveyism: The Philosophy of Marcus Garvey
20.
Why Did Hitler Kill The Jews?
Law
Books
21.
Afrikan
Jurisprudence: Luo Theories,
Institutions and Procedures of Law and Justice
22. Legal Issues in e-Commerce & e-Governance
23. Rich Lawyers:
Officers of the Court & Owners of Business (Law Firm Management Handbook)
24.
Legal Rhetoric: Principles, Presumptions,
Doctrines, Rules, and Tests of Law
Other
Books
25.
The Luo Nation: History, Culture, Traditional
Medicine & Conversational Phrases of Joluo (The Luo People Of Africa)
26.
My
Body: 100 Common Medical Symptoms, Causes, Possible Diseases, Treatment, Home
Remedies & Prevention
27.
Tuongee Kiswahili Conversational Phrasebook (With
Audio CDs)
28.
Fireplace Stories: Ojijo’s Performance Poems
29.
The Half Story of My Life: Follow Your Heart, Live
Your Dream
Publications (Articles, Papers)
1. Contributor to African Executive
2. Blogger
3.
The Two
Spiders
4.
The Wisdom
of Climbing Mountains
5. So! Do You Have A Party?
6.
The Right to
Money
Memberships/Affiliations
Rotary International-Charter Member, (Rotary Club of Nakasero,
Kampala, Uganda)
Red Cross (Life Member)
Voluntary Service
2013-: free trainings for vacation students and business people on
business systems, and life after school.
2013: volunteer with volunteeringfriends, cleaning kamokya Suburb,
Kampala
2013: Volunteer with volunteeringfriends to clean Naguru Police
Post, Kampala
2010-: Volunteer investment club coach with various organizations,
including InformedInvestors, and Investment
Clubs Association Of Uganda;
2010-2012: Volunteer public speaker & trainer in financial
literacy & personal branding with InformedInvestors.
2011-: Member of Rotary International
2004-2006: Volunteered with Kenya Christian Lawyers Fellowship) as
student assistant in legal research, training and drafting.
2006-2007: Volunteered with Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
on free legal aid and service provision as student assistant.
2006: Kenya Ethical Legal Issues
Network, (KELIN)/International Commission of Jurists (ICJ-Kenya) - Participated
in a free legal aid clinic and advice at Rarieda Constituency, Bondo District.
2004-2006: Student Association for Legal Aid and Research (SALAR)
2005, Provided free legal aid and advice in Jamhuri Grounds at the Nairobi
Agricultural Society of Kenya Shows; Parklands Campus and in Kibira Slums.
2010: Organized and participated in a Bikers Camp in support of
Bombo Childrens Home, Elohim Child Development Association, based in Bombo,
Kampala. (October, 2010).
2006-2007: Volunteered with Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
on free legal aid and service provision as student assistant.
2006: volunteered with Tabasamu Watoto in a Legal Aid Clinic at
Machakos women prison)
2006: volunteered as student assistant with Federation of Women
Lawyers FIDA-KENYA & Law Society of Kenya LSK 2006, Participated in free
legal aid week.
Advisory Memberships
Private Education Development Network (PEDN)-Uganda
Investment Clubs Association of Uganda (ICAU)-Uganda.
Bank of Uganda Financial Literacy Advisory Working Group -Uganda
Leadership
Owner and director, allpublicspeakers.com, 2013-
Owner and principal partner, Lawpronto.com, 2013-
Vice School Captain, Maseno National High School (Kenya) 2001-2002
Secretary General, Kenya Law Students Society (KLSS), University
of Nairobi, Kenya 2005-2006
Chairperson, Students of Law & Diplomacy (SOLAD), School of
Law, University of Nairobi, 2006-2007
Editor, University of Nairobi Law Journal (UONLJ) (2006-2008)
Editor, Makerere Law Journal (2009-2010)
Hobbies
§ Performance
Poetry . Public Speaking. Playing Piano
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