Omara Atubo [SEP] educated at
education.
He was born in Otuke District, which at the time was part of Lira District, on 14 August 1947. Omara Atubo holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Makerere University where he was Editor-In-Chief of the Makerere Law Journal in 1971. He also holds the Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center in Kampala.
Career.
He started practicing law in 1974 and continues to practice up to today. He worked as a Senior State Attorney from 1972 until
then Parliament, met to discuss a rebel screening programme set up in districts of Northern Uganda, which was causing divisions within the Ugandan Army. Following that meeting three men, including Omara Atubo, then a member of the Ugandan Cabinet, were arrested and charged, along with thirteen others, with treason. The case was later dismissed. Omara Atubo was dropped from the cabinet on account of those allegations.
Just prior to the 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections, Omara Atubo, then a member of the Uganda People's Congress