Profile of Edward Kirumira, a Professor of Sociology at Makerere University

Profile of Edward Kirumira, a Professor of Sociology at Makerere University

Trained at Makerere University, Exeter University (U.K.), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark in collaboration with Harvard University, USA. Prof. Kirumira specialized in Population and Reproductive Health with extensive research work in HIV/AIDS, emergent diseases and international health issues, Family relationships, health seeking […]

Meet Prof. John Tabuti an ethno botanist and researcher at Makerere university

Meet Prof. John Tabuti an ethno botanist and researcher at Makerere university

John Robert Stephen Tabuti is a Professor of Medicinal Plants, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University. He is an educator, ethno botanist and researcher. His ethno botanical research interests are aimed at identifying, promoting and conserving useful plant species. He is principally interested in documenting plant use, and researching the effects of such […]

Profile of Prof. Charles Olweny Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University

Profile of Prof. Charles Olweny Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University

Prof. Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny is a Ugandan physician, academician and a medical researcher. He is a professor of medicine and vice-chancellor at Uganda Martyrs University,  Nkozi, Mpigi District, in Central Uganda. Charles Olweny was born in 1944, in Tororo, Tororo District, in Eastern Uganda. He served as the director of the Uganda Cancer Institute, […]

University Vice Chancellors oppose charging uniform tuition fees

The Vice chancellors from the different universities in Uganda have opposed the government’s idea to charge   uniform fees to all students from the East African member countries. The chairperson Uganda Vice Chancellors Forum, Prof Venansius Baryamureeba said Uganda is a free market economy and universities set their tuition fees depending on their operational and administrative needs. […]