Mr. Patrick Tumwebaze is a renowned professional in the civil society family with wide experience in NGO work. He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration and Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and has over ten years’ professional experience in development work. He has previously provided leadership in strategy and program planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. He maintains an effective organizational, administrative structure and networking system that clearly spell out responsibilities and roles of all stakeholders. He can be contacted on Email: ptumwebaze@udn.or.ug / p_tumwebaze@yahoo.co.uk

Martha Nanjobe is a lawyer by profession. She has a wide experience in civil society work having worked with the Legal Aid project and Advocates for Public International Law Uganda. She is responsible for coordinating the Governance and Rights programme and initiating anti-corruption campaigns. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Laws from Makerere University and a Masters degree in Public Policy. She can be contacted on Mnanjobe@udn.or.ug

Ms Namagga works closely with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MFPED), Parliament and other UDN stakeholders to help establish and operate an open and prudent budget management system at national and local government level. She holds an MA in Economic Policy Management and BSc (Quantitative Economics). She also holds a certificate in Poverty Reduction Appraisal (PRIA) and another in Resource mobilization and fundraising. She can be contacted on Email: namelda@yahoo.com or inamagga@udn.or.ug

Mukotani Rugyendo is the Senior Advocacy and Communications Officer in the Civil Society Capacity Building Programme. He holds a B.A. (First Class Hons) degree (1973) and a Diploma in Journalism (1980). As Head of the CSO Capacity Building Programme, his responsibilities comprise the following: supporting the development of programme policies and strategies, including the preparation of plans and budgets; liaising with other programmes to organize and mobilize various stakeholders to access the programme’s products; steering the programme to develop it into a self-sustaining entity; developing strategies to strengthen CSO effectiveness and credibility; contributing to the compilation and production of UDN and general CSO capacity building information materials; editing and overseeing production of all UDN’s advocacy publications and ensuring quality control in advocacy materials; and, guiding implementation and updating of UDN’s Communication Strategy. He can be contacted on mrugyendo@udn.or.ug

Ms. Apolot works with the communities in the different districts using the Community Based Monitoring and Evaluation System (CBMES) as a tool to empower the poor and marginalized people at the grassroots in monitoring and evaluation of quality and delivery of services, and influencing policy processes at local levels. This tool facilitates citizens’ participation in tracking and assessing government expenditure, service delivery and influences key poverty reduction strategies in Uganda. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies. Her contact is papolot@udn.or.ug/apolotp@yahoo.com

Ms. Oyulu is a development analyst with wide experience in implementation of community based programmes. She assists programme staff in execution of their duties and undertakes field based activities to collect progress reports to disseminate information to UDN stakeholders. She participates in undertaking research and analysis of policy advocacy work for effective implementation of UDN programmes. She works with the local communities using the Community Based Monitoring and Evaluation System (CBMES) as a tool to empower the poor and marginalized people at the grassroots in monitoring and evaluating the quality of government programmes. She holds a bachelors degree in Development Studies and a Masters in Development Studies. Her contact is boyulu@udn.or.ug

Ms. Agaba works closely with programme officers to provide support for timely implementation and quality reporting to all UDN constituents of programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation. She is responsible for maintaining an affective networking and relationship with UDN stakeholders in the Governance and Rights Programme. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Public Administration and Management and a Bachelors degree in Development Studies. She possesses five years working experience in conducting field based research and advocacy work in promoting good governance and accountability among public officials. She can be contacted at magaba@udn.or.ug

Mr. Odaro assists programme staff with field work related activities. He assists the Community Participation and Empowerment programme in carrying out research on government programmes. He collects pertinent information materials from various sources to beef up UDN advocacy work. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Development Studies from Makerere University and a Diploma in Education. He can be contacted on jtodaro@udn.or.ug or tadeojude@yahoo.com

Ms. Mufumba manages the human resources of the organisation and coordinates with the finance and accounts office to ensure that administrative and logistical needs are mearnt in time. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Secretarial Studies from Makerere University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management. She can be contacted on emufumba@udn.or.ug

Ms. Nakyejwe is responsible for the UDN front desk. She receives visitors and responds to their queries. She can be contacted on rnakyejw@udn.or.ug

Suzan takes over the responsibility of the administrative secretary in her absence. She is also in charge of photocopying, binding and developing a full record of persons and copies made by staff. She also helps programme staff in preparing field and workshops materials. She acts as a messenger internally and externally. She can be contacted on swanyana@udn.or.ug.

She is in charge of staff welfare and takes responsibility of the entire cleanness of the Secretariat offices. Kemirembe also assists programme staff in photocopying and binding documents. She can be contacted on gkobusingye@yahoo.co.uk

He is responsible for transport and other logistical support. He can be contacted on gmatexi@yahoo.com