Kityo Martin is a Ugandan technology lawyer and legal researcher working on data protection and digital rights in East Africa. He co-authored, with Bigabwa Daisy, the Uganda chapter of A Strategic Guide to Data Protection and Privacy in East Africa (DPO Privacy Centre East Africa, 2026), which compares the laws of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, and heads the organisation's Data Protection and Cybersecurity Risk Desk. He is co-founder of JurisPilot, a legal research firm focused on technology law, data privacy and digital rights in the region. His research on privacy in digital lending was ranked the second-best research submission at the Privacy Symposium Africa. He won the 2023 Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Court Competition, where he was named best oralist, and now judges the Jessup and Unwanted Witness moots. He holds an LLB from the Islamic University in Uganda and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre and is a member of the Internet Society Uganda Chapter.