Catherine Adipo (also referred to as Catherine Constance Adipo [1] and Catherine Adipo Wejuli [2] ) is a Ugandan sportswoman, sports administrator and the first female FIFA referee in Uganda as well as East and Central Africa. [3]
Adipo is one of 16 children born to the late Reverend Canon Kezironi Wejuli and Abisiagi Wejuli. [4]
Adipo attended Busia Integrated School, Mt.St.Mary's College, Namagunga [5] and King's College Budo. She graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography and Languages in 1987. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Education still from Makerere University [4] and a Master's degree in Sports science from Kyambogo University. [6]
In 2011, it was alleged that while still a lecturer at Kyambogo University, Adipo had travelled to China on a Uganda Olympics Committee ticket to represent the organisation yet she was not a member of the said organisation. [11]