Stella Arach-Amoko is a Ugandan judge of the Supreme Court. Justice Arach-Amoko obtained her Bachelor of Law degree from Makerere University, Uganda, and received a Diploma in Legal Practice from Kampala’s Law Development Centre. In 1979, she began serving in the Attorney General’s chambers. She served as State Attorney and eventually rose to the position of Commissioner for Civil Litigation. In 1997, she was appointed to the High Court of Uganda, where she worked until 2010 when she was appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal.

While at the High Court, Justice Arach-Amoko headed the Civil and Commercial Divisions and gained a reputation for being a no-nonsense judge. Additionally, she served in the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) from 2006 to 2013, initially as a judge, but later as Deputy Principal Judge of the First Instance Division. She was even nominated for appointment as Chief Justice by Uganda’s Judicial Service Commission.

Justice Arach-Amoko served as Chairperson of the Uganda Law Development Centre Management Committee from April 2018 to April 2020 and has been serving in the Supreme Court since June 2013. She has handled several election petitions, and, while at the Court of Appeal, she wrote the lead judgment that nullified the victory of an MP’s win in Uganda’s Butambala County in 2012.