Joseph Bossa

Joseph Bossa was born at Entebbe Hospital in 1949 to Steven Beyo Bossa, a medical doctor, and Mary Laetitia Mbejjo, a nurse. He spent his formative years in a rural Masaka District homestead alongside five generations of his relatives from whom he learned the traditions, values, and trades of the Baganda. Bossa attended Baganda Martyrs' Junior Secondary School, Rubaga; Namilyango College; and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University. He was later awarded a Master of Laws degree from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He has previously taught Law at The Law Development Centre, Kampala. Mr. Bossa helped establish and then headed the Legal Department at Bank of Uganda between 1982 and 2004. He was married with several children. He was Vice-President and Acting President of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) between 2011 and 1st October, 2019, when he passed on.