Arthur LAROK is Secretary General of ActionAid International. He was previously Federation Development Director for 4 years, and Country Director in Uganda for 6 years. He is a member of Carnegie Endowment’s Civic Research Network (CRN). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Sociology from Makerere University and a Master’s in Governance from University of Sussex in the UK.

 

He has led and supported civic activist groups and movements such as the Black Monday Movement in Uganda, the Citizens Coalition for Free and Fair Elections and others. He has also co-edited a Book on Uganda’s Civil Society and authored several papers, including ‘Uganda’s New Civic Activism: Beyond Egos and Logos’, ‘Modified activism after Ethiopia’s New Dawn’.