Ujeo Mary Consolate Moro is a lawyer, wife, mother, and author whose life is a living testimony of resilience and divine guidance. Her debut book, Unlocking Potential: A Life Transformed From Roots To Radiance, launched in Kampala, Uganda in January 2025, is already touching hearts and earning her a nomination for the ACABA 2025 awards. Her second book, The Madi: A Legacy of Struggles, Leadership and Renewal, is underway — a tribute to her people and their untold history.
Born in 1977 to two young Makerere University students — her father, a chemical engineering student, and her mother, a law student — her arrival was met with more controversy than celebration. Relatives saw her birth as a scandal, leading to deep family rifts, her parents’ separation, and her mother’s emotional breakdown. She was raised instead by her paternal grandmother in Moyo, where love was abundant but life was often harsh.
Her childhood was marked by displacement. When Idi Amin was overthrown, Moyo and the West Nile region became targets, forcing her family into exile in Sudan. They lost nearly everything. Survival depended on faith, determination, and the unyielding spirit of her grandmother, a woman who taught her that hardship is no excuse for giving up.
Despite poverty, school fee struggles, and the loss of her father, grandmother, and two uncles, Ujeo excelled in her studies, emerging top of her class and earning a government scholarship to study law at Makerere University. This opportunity became the turning point in her life.
Since 2004, she has served as a State Attorney and worked with international NGOs to protect the rights of war-affected people, women, and children across Uganda. She married in 2015, choosing first to secure her grandmother’s home and support younger relatives through education. Today, she is a proud mother to an eight-year-old daughter.
Her deep faith in Jesus, nurtured from the age of 10, has anchored her through every storm. Yet, her heart is burdened for the youth in Moyo and West Nile. She has watched a generation lose its drive, weighed down by despair, substance abuse, and lost potential. Refusing to stand by, she began writing her memoir in 2023 — not to tell a sad story, but to challenge young people to rise above excuses, focus on education, and take ownership of their future.
Her writing, praised for its honesty and inspiration, carries the same message her life does: no matter the past, a determined heart anchored in faith can break barriers and create a radiant future.
