Barishaki Cheborion


Barishaki Bonny Cheborion is a Ugandan lawyer and judge, who serves as a justice of the Court of Appeal of Uganda, since September 2015.

Background and education

He was born in present-day Kapchorwa District; his father is the late George William Cheborion. He attended Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree. Later he obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Centre, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. Barishaki Bonny Cheborion was admitted to the Uganda Bar and is a practicing attorney.

Work experience

He has a long service record in the Office of the Attorney General of Uganda and in the Uganda Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, where he rose to the rank of Director for Civil Litigation.

Judicial career

In September 2015, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal of Uganda, which doubles as the Constitutional Court of Uganda, where he still sits as of December 2017.

Other considerations

He is a member of the Uganda Law Society.