From the look of her face, Sheila Malingu would pass for a shy high school teen. But when she opens up, inside this lady dressed in a white T-shirt and black pants is a calm, yet brilliant and confident persona. Malingu, 20, is this year’s winner of the Berkeley Prize, a travel fellowship award. She […]
Betty Bigombe has landed a senior job at the World Bank. She has been appointed senior director for Fragility, Conflict and Violence. Who is Betty Bigombe? Profile of Betty Bigombe; Betty Bigombe was born in 1954 in Acholi region- Northern Uganda. She attended Makerere University, the oldest public university in Uganda where she graduated with […]
Bernard Onyango was the first Academic Registrar of Makerere when the institution became an independent national University in 1970. In tribute to the distinguished educationist, gallant alumnus, and long serving and exemplary public servant in tertiary administration, Makerere university will host the inaugural Bernard Onyango Memorial Lecture on 30th May 2014. At the same occasion, […]
By the time Uganda got her independence in 1962, Kirunda Kivejinja was one of the only two Muslim graduates in the whole country. At the recent graduation of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), Kivejinja was awarded with a honorary doctorate of laws (honoris causa) of IUIU. Who is Kirunda Kivejjinja Born on 12 June 1935 […]
Prof. Peter Mugyenyi is the Vice Chancellor of Mabarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and one of the world’s foremost specialists in the field of HIV/AIDS. He is a pediatrician by training. After his narrow escape from being captured by Idi Amin’s secret police, he went into exile where he became a leading pediatrician in the UK. Although his reputation and expertise would […]
Tumusime Derick is a third year student at Nkumba University studying a degree course in law. He shared his life story, future plans and campus life with The Campus Times and here is the interview. Date of Birth: 17th December 1991. Home District: Masindi District. I attended St. Augustine College Wakiso for my secondary education […]
Nkumba University awards Judge Julia Sebitinde an honorary doctorate. Nkumba university has awarded Justice Julia Sebutinde a doctorate of LLD in recognition of her exemplary service to the world. Sebutinde was awarded the doctorate on 23rd Jan 2014 at a special function presided over by Gordon Wavamunno, the chancellor of Nkumba university at the main […]
Nelson Madiba Mandela, the first black president of South Africa has passed on. Â Â Mandela has died at the age of 95. Mandela spent 27 years in prison for leading a fight against apartheid in South Africa. The country had been ruled by the whites for over three centuries. When he was released from prison, […]