Male Mabirizi opened up on why he sued his biological father in an exclusive interview with Mwattu TV
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If you have ardently followed happenings in Uganda especially on the political and legal scene over the last five years, the name Male Mabirizi should surely ring a bell.
From suing the Kabaka to challenging President Museveni’s candidature in the East African Court of Justice, to questioning Robert Kyagulanyi’s academic documents, Mabirizi has been in the thick of it all.
Many have since labelled him a maverick lawyer who fears no one. To the journalists who constantly encounter him, Mabirizi can be a joy to deal with or a pain in the a**e.
Some people think there is something mentally wrong with Mabirizi, who after Law School, opted not to take the bar course to become an advocate.
“I am not interested in filing as many suits as possible as many people say but my interest is in challenging illegal and unlawful decisions. As citizens, we have a duty to protect our society through the law. The motivation is that you find yourself in a country where you expect to live but you will be lucky to have that skill. When you get that chance to get educated, it would be useful to do something to give back to the community,” he told The Nile Post.
Growing up
Mabirizi identifies himself as a Muganda of the Kkobe clan. He says he grew up in a humble family in Nkokonjeru, in current day Buikwe district.
He was born to Hajji Muhammad Mutumba and Mastula Ndwadde-Wazibwa.
He studied in Nkokonjeru Primary Muslim School in current day Buikwe, Nateete, Crane High School (O-level) and Kawempe Muslim for A-level. From there I went to Makerere University to do law on government sponsorship after managing to score 25 points at A-level,” he says.
The lawyer is also quick to say he chose business instead of joining the Law Development Centre to pursue a course in legal practice, as is with many others who go on to become advocates.
“While at MUK in the second year, I started a business of moneylending and in the fourth year I made a choice not to go to LDC to practice law because I realised there was no way I could combine both.”
Before 2015, the most prominent Mabirizi was the now deceased city property mogul Godfrey Mabirizi of Mabirizi Complex along Kampala road.
It is therefore not surprising that when the media reported in 2015 that Mabirizi had sued the Kabaka, many thoughts it was the city mogul.
Mabirizi admits that he became famous when he sued the Kabaka.
“I think that’s when the media picked a lot of interest in me and the case,” he says.
Since then, he has not looked back.
Inspiration
Mabirizi says that while studying law at Makerere, current Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago visited his class and urged students to spare some time to serve humanity and the rule of law.
“One time at Makerere, Lukwago(Erias) visited and his message was that although you are looking for money, try to get time for rule of law and that is the motivation for me to file these suits,” he says.
To many commentators, Mabirizi is not motivated by anything but rather money and that he is being used like a pawn in the chess game.
“ Being used by which people? Every time I hear such thinking, I realize some people are not serious. That is undermining me and my grandmother who was illiterate but took me to primary school. She took me to school to make a difference. My dad paid fees to make a difference. When you say I am there for hire, it beats my consciousness,” he says.
“If I am being used by some people, why am I fighting wars which have no profit? If you talk of the age limit case, who was paying me ? When I talk about Kabaka asking people to register and turn their own land into lease, who was paying me? We buried our own grandparents on that land, why do you want us to hire it? Who is paying me if I fight Museveni, Kabaka, Kyagulanyi, and the Chief Justice? I think all that is propaganda caused by people’s disbelief. Most Ugandans lack that self-confidence that they can do some things.”
Defying odds
Mabirizi insists he has defied the odds to become distinct from others.
“I have not just seen this but I saw it in my O-level at a medium school where if a student performed well, others would say they cheated. They said it was impossible to get 25 points and I asked myself whether this was true. I read books and never cheated but the only thing I did was using candles when power went off. I scored 8 in 6 at O-level.”
“When I went to Kawempe Muslim, I discovered that some people were disillusioned… I read books and got 25 points. I think after getting through this illusion, people think everyone must be like them when this is not the case.”
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