My name is Ernest Tashobya Katwesigye. I am a Christian Lawyer, Writer, Educationist, and Transformational Theologist/ Leadership Scholar. I hold a PhD in Christian Education.
I work with the Government of Uganda as a Supervisor of Prosecutions at the Inspectorate of Government, the Anti-corruption agency. I am born again and part of the leadership of Kasangati Full Gospel Church, where I oversee Discipleship, Youth Ministry, and Projects.
I also serve among others as President, Society of Christian Scholars – Uganda Chapter and as Deputy Minister for Education in the National Fellowship of Born-Again Pentecostal Churches. I am an Alumnus of the Institute for National Transformation and the General Secretary of the alumni association, The Oak Seed Association. Additionally, I am a Board member/Company Secretary of the Christian Writers Association, Uganda.
I run a Secondary School, Transform Educational Centre, and also do part-time teaching at Uganda Technology and Management University (Law and Business courses) and Glad Tidings Bible College (Christian Education), and also serve on its Governing Council
My life’s mission is to support People, People Groups, and Institutions especially Christian Organizations through transformational teaching, mentoring, and legal, corporate, and administrative support.
One of the instruments of execution of my life mandate is writing/authorship, editorial, and publishing. I have authored 15 published books, and have edited and supported the publishing of about 10 other groups.
Writing Journey
My writing Journey starts with my learning to read and write. As a young child in nursery, I would save little money given to me by visitors for sweets and would buy children’s books from FOCUS. My first attempt to write books was around P1 when I wrote a maths textbook for my brother in nursery and retold stories from the English textbooks. I asked my dad to publish the books, but of course he laughed it off. I also loved reading the Bible in the different versions and reading the KJV cover to cover in primary school.
In Secondary School, I was part of the Writers’ Club, and rose to become it’s Chairperson in S5/6. The Club organized writing competitions, ran a pin-up newsletter, and was responsible for producing the annual school Magazine, The Budonian. I was also Chairperson of the School Council News Agency which compiled and presented to the school local news from around the nation/globe weekly at the Assembly. Here, I won several awards for writing and academically the Literature Prize in Senior Four.
In Senior Six, a short story I wrote with a friend (now Dr.) Moses Arinaitwe, Betwixt the Realms won the Short Story Award by the National Book Trust of Uganda (NABOTU) in 2000. We had hoped to publish it after school, but unfortunately lost all the copies of the manuscripts. We have still promised ourselves to rewrite the story one day.
At University, I was the Editor of the Hooray Newsletter, published by Makerere University Christian Union. I was also the Senior Editor of LUMBOX magazine and Editor-in-Chief of the Lumumba Hall Newsletter. I also served as Senior Editor of The Makererean Newsletter.
In 2004, in my third year, I published my first book, an anthology of poetry, “To God’s Glory” from which I derive the acronym I use as my motto and usually add to my name, G2G. It was launched by Prof. Timothy Wangusa and the foreword was written by Bishop Zac Niringiye.
Earlier in 2003, I joined the FEMRITE Readers/Writers’ Club, which I am part of to date. I have contributed both poems and short stories to a number of FEMRITE publications and participated in several activities.
In 2022 I was part of the Interim Committee that oversaw the establishment of the Christian Writers Association, in Uganda, which brings together Christian writers and those involved in different writing processes. I serve as a Director/Company Secretary.
I have also been the Editor of the Annual Magazine of Uganda Christian Lawyers’ Fraternity and its Peer Reviewed Law Journal.
I have over the years written devotionals and Workbooks for my Church, Kasangati Full Gospel Church, where I am the Discipleship Overseer.
I have authored 15 published books. Road of Love, nominated for an award, co-written with my wife Zebia, is an anthology of love poems and was launched on our wedding day, 22nd August 2009. It won the National Book Trust of Uganda (NABOTU) Award for Poetry Book of the Year in 2010. The other nominated books for this award are “Rebuilding Walls” which expounds leadership lessons for transformation from the Biblical Book of Nehemiah, and “Christian Learns God’s Laws” a storybook for children about the two Greatest Laws and the Ten Commandments. Other books include short stories, teachings, and poetry. One of my books, Obulokozi is in Luganda and Murekye Abato Baije is a children’s book in Runyankore.
I love reading everything, including literature from worldviews I don’t agree with (apart from pornography and cultic books).
I am still hoping to write my first full novel.
Book Summaries
“Road of Love” is an anthology of Christian poems on Love. I wrote it with my wife, Zebia and we launched it on our wedding day in 2009
“Christian Learns God’s Rules” is a story about the Greatest two Laws of God, as taught by Jesus Christ and the Ten Commandments.
Sometimes children find it difficult to understand some Bible teachings. “Christian Learns God’s Rules” is the first publication in a Children’s Bible Stories series, meant to help children understand Bible teachings through stories. In this story, Christian learns about the Ten Commandments at School. He does not understand them, and so he goes to his Sunday School teacher, Uncle Peter to explain them to him. Uncle Peter tells Christian a story about Kakuru and Kato. Through this story, Christian understands what the greatest laws that Jesus taught, “Love the Lord your God,” and “Love your neighbour as yourself,” and the Ten commandments mean. He is also able to apply them to his life.
“Rebuilding Walls” is a book that draws lessons for Leadership and Community Service/Ministry from the Biblical book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah, while in the King’s service in Babylon receives news that his homeland, Jerusalem is in ruins. Its walls have been broken down and gates burned.
He can complete the insurmountable task of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem in only 52 days. This book is about what enabled Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and what we can learn from him today as we rebuild the broken walls of poverty, disease, orphanhood, and illiteracy among others.
