Victor MUGABE
Secretary General, Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC)
Since January 2021 to date, Victor MUGABE is the Secretary General of Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC), the premier and sole arbitral Institution in Rwanda mandated to administer Arbitration and other ADR related references. In his Secretary General’s capacity, Victor Mugabe serves as the head and Registrar of the Centre and supervises the administration of arbitration, mediation and other ADR cases filed at the Centre.
Prior to joining the Kigali International Arbitration Centre, Victor MUGABE served as the Executive Director of the Rwanda Bar Association (a sole Bar Association in Rwanda) since April 2012 to December 2020 and the the Coordinator of the Justice, Reconciliation, Law and Order Sector Secretariat (JRLOS) in the Ministry of Justice of Rwanda since 2010 to 2012. From 2007 to 2010, Victor Mugabe served as the Assistant Coordinator of the JRLOS Secretariat in the Ministry of Justice of Rwanda.
Victor MUGABE is a professional lawyer dully registered with the Rwanda Bar Association and the East Africa Law Society with extensive experience in legal and institutional development, international arbitration and other ADR mechanisms. Victor Mugabe is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)/UK.