Stephen  is the founding member of Kamukamu Learning Foundation. He was born and raised in Uganda on the island of Bufumira in beautiful Lake Victoria. Stephen started his schooling at Bufumira primary school where he attended some of his early classes under a mango tree. After completing fifth grade he moved to Kampala to complete his schooling. After becoming a leading figure in Uganda’s efforts to deal with the spreading AIDS epidemic, in 1994 Stephen was elected to the Uganda Constituency Assembly, a body that debated and wrote a new constitution for Uganda that still guides the country today. In 1996 he moved to America with his wife Harriet and their four children—Simon, Diana, Brenda, and Stephaine. Shortly after arriving in America Stephen began taking advantage of its educational opportunities. He obtained an undergraduate degree in Global Studies and a law degree from the University of Washington in Seattle.  Currently Stephen lives with his family in Tumwater, Washington where he works for Washington Department of Social and Health Services as a contracts counsel. Stephen is also an adjunct instructor of Political Science at South Puget Sound Community College.