EDRINE WANYAMA is a Lecturer at Kampala International Unversity (KIU) where she teaches and supervises postgraduate and undergraduate students. she is also te Legal Officer at the Law Development Centre (LDC)where she participate in developing and carrying out research on the proposals for law reform, and drafts advice and legal opinions to Parliament among other activities. She has worked as the Legal Project Officer for the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) where she lead the analysis of existing and proposed laws that would impact freedom of expression, privacy, and access to information, and also identified and coordinated strategic litigation opportunities in the areas of freedom of expression, privacy, and access to information.

Edrine obtained her Master of Laws (Human Rights, Economic Integration & East African Community Law) from the University of Dar-es-Salaam- Tanzania in 2015. She also holds a Master Of Laws (General LLM) obtained from Makerere University, a Post Graduate Diploma in legal practice from Law Development Centre (LDC) in 2011, and a Bachelor Of Laws Degree which she got from Makerere University in 2010. From 2015 to 2017, edrine worked with Human Rights Network-Uganda [HURINET-U] as the Project Officer Law Reform and Access to Information, responsible for offering strategic direction and technical support to the growth and consolidation of the law reform and governance initiatives under the advocacy programme. Between 2010 and 2014, Edrine was an Online Volunteer with Kituo Cha Katiba (Eastern Africa Centre for Constitutional Development) which is a regional NGO with observer Status of the East African Community that is dedicated to promotion of constitutionalism, good governance and democratic development in Eastern Africa.

She has published a number of articles and journals including the 2016 journals titled ‘A Critical Overview of the Operating Environment for Civil Society Organizations in Uganda’, and ‘Exploring the Role of Women in the Prevention and Combating of Corruption in Uganda, Governance and Public Policy Research Centre Journal’. Edrine has also undertaken consultancies including An advocacy Toolkit on Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015 (the Unwanted Witness - 2018), Simplification of the Uganda National Housing Policy (Human Rights Network – Uganda - 2017), and Analysis of the Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015 (the Unwanted Witness - 2016).

Edrine is a proud member of the East African Law Society and the Uganda Law Society.