Olara otunu biography

But it appears that the huge possibilities for good if he can help allow children to grow up in peace and stability - designated a fundamental human right by the UN - is keeping him going.

Mr Otunnu was born in Mucwini in Uganda.

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Unlike so many children today, he was able to go to school - first to Gulu High School in the north of the country and then to King's College Budo.

But Uganda had its own troubles at the time and Mr Otunnu decided as a very young man that he would do what he could to make things better.

As president of the students' union at Makerere University in Kampala in the 1970s, he argued against the racist regime of Idi Amin.

He took that role further, becoming Secretary-General of the Uganda Freedom Union.

Legal background

His outstanding intellect was recognised and he was able to take up scholarships at Oxford University and Harvard Law School.

He trained as a lawyer and practised law for a while at a New York firm before moving upstate t