Clotilde Mukamurera holds a master's degree in business law from University of Cape Town, South Africa and trained in arbitration, banking, procurement, leasing and intellectual property. Mukamurera started her judicial career as a judge at Gisenyi Intermediate Court in 2000 and was later appointed vice president of the Rusizi Intermediate Court. She served as a member of the High Council of the Judiciary of Rwanda from 2008 to 2015 when she was elected a judge to the Court of Justice of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa). She received 13 out of 15 votes cast in the election.[2][3][4][5]
