She is the executive director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) at Makerere University School of Law, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

[1][3] Her Advanced Diploma in Human Rights Protection was obtained from Abo Akademi University, in Turku, Finland.

Her Doctor of Juridical Science degree was obtained from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Immediately before joining Makerere, she worked for the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), as a coordinator of their Access to Justice programme.

[3] Dr. Zahara Nampewo is a director at the Governance and Public Policy Research Center,[6] a think tank, based in Kampala, Uganda.