Hon. Laura Kanushu is a Ugandan lawyer, politician and legislator. She represents people with disabilities in the Parliament of Uganda, where she is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Her career as a human rights advocate has focused especially for people with disabilities and she is the Executive Director of Legal Action for People with Disabilities (LAPD). She is an Executive Member of the Uganda Women's Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) as the people with disabilities representative.

In the Parliament of Uganda, she is a Member of the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline and she is also a Member of the Gender Labour and Social Development Committee.

2021 - 2022: Hon. Dennitah Ghati, HSC (Kenya)

2019 - 2021: Hon. Kevin S. Murphy (Nova Scotia)

In 2020, the network established its governing committee of nine regional champions. The CPwD Regional Champions have been chosen to represent each of the CPA’s nine Regions and will promote the rights of Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities in their Region and represent disability interests within the CPA.

The current list of Regional Champions are as follows:

• Hon. Timothy Wanyonyi, MP (Kenya National Assembly - Africa Region)

• Ms Zill-E-Huma, MNA (Pakistan National Assembly - Asia Region)

• Liesl Tesch, AM, MP (New South Wales Legislative Assembly - Australia Region)

• Paul Maynard, MP (UK House of Commons - British Islands and Mediterranean Region)

• Dan Coulter MLA (British Columbia Legislative Assembly - Canada Region)

• Senator Paul Richards (Trinidad and Tobago Senate - Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region)

• Smt. Supriya Sule, MP (Lok Sabha - India Region)

• Hon. Viam Pillay, MP (Fiji Parliament - Pacific Region)

• Senator Hon. Ras Adiba Radzi (Dewan Negara - South East Asia Region)