[2] He had been appointed to that position in August 2017, replacing Steven Kavuma, who attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on 29 September 2017.

[4] His Master of Arts in conflict resolution, was obtained from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.

In that capacity, he wrote the peace agreement executed between the government and UPDM, on 3 June 1988, at Pece Stadium, in Gulu.

However, he couldn't immediately take up his appointment because he was hearing a terrorism case in the High Court, in which 13 men were accused of killing 76 people in twin bombings in Kampala in 2010.

[1] Justice Owiny-Dollo is married to three wives with children and some of the wives are Florence Nakachwa Dollo-Owiny who is a Judge of the High Court of Uganda and former Deputy Director of Law Development Center, Justice Susan Abinyo, who is a Judge of the High Court of Uganda.