Josephine is a seasoned evaluator with sixteen years working experience in the evidence-informed decision making space. She is an Assistant Director, Research Services and previous Head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Division in the Parliament of Uganda. Josephine leads her team to generate and synthesize evidence for committees and individual members of parliament to inform budgeting, legislation and oversight decisions.
Josephine has been instrumental in developing various evaluation tools and frameworks. She has supported development of guidance for responsible evaluation for the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). In 2021, she led the development of the African Evaluation Principles, 2021 by the Africa Evaluation Association (AfrEA).
She is a member of the Independent Evaluation Panel of the Global Fund, an advisory to the Board on evaluation structures and tools. She is a member of the Ethics Guidance Working Group of the Canadian Evaluation Society. She is a former Board Member of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS), and the Vice President-Uganda Evaluation Association (UEA). Josephine is a member of the National Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Working Group. This working group undertakes identification of government evaluation topics, peer review and quality assurance of evaluations and facilitates use of findings in the public sector.
Josephine has mentored a number of Young and Emerging Evaluators under the EvalYouth International Mentorship Program of EvalPartners and Search for Common Ground Global Mentorship Programme.
Josephine is a recipient of several prestigious awards and recognition in the evaluation field. In 2023 she received the African Evidence Leadership Award-Evidence User Category by the African Evidence Network, she received credentialed evaluator designation by the Canadian Evaluation Society and in 2017, she was recognized by the American Evaluation Association as the most promising evaluator from developing countries.
Josephine is a PhD candidate in Programme Evaluation at the University of Cape Town.