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List Of Makerere University Academics
This is the list the notable academics and alumni of Makerere University, the oldest university in Uganda. It is limited to those with articles in Wikipedia. A * Eric Adriko * Thomas Aisu * Rubby Opio Aweri * Abigaba Cuthbert Mirembe B * Venansius Baryamureeba * Noble Banadda * Waswa Balunywa * Gilbert Bukenya * Pauline Byakika * Abed Bwanika * William Bazeyo C * William Canby * Colin Chapman (primatologist) * David Cook (literary critic) D * Paul D'Arbela * Hugh Dinwiddy E * Les Ebdon * Moses Ebuk * Eric Berry Edney F * Oliver Furley G * Arthur Gakwandi H * Denis Hills I * Charles Ibingira * Richard Idro * Robert Ikoja-Odongo J * John F. Mugisha K * Charles Kabugo * Werikhe Kafabusa * Mondo Kagonyera * Senteza Kajubi * James Katorobo * Maggie Kigozi * Richard Kanyerezi * Lawrence Kazibwe * Nehemiah Katusiime * Sarah Kiguli * Elly Katunguka L * Peter Lwabi M * Kiddu Makubuya * Philemon Mateke * Ali Mazrui * Florence Muran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makerere University
Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of nine colleges and one school offering programmes for about 36,000 undergraduates and 4,000 postgraduates. The main administrative block was gutted by fire in September 2020 and the cause of the fire is yet to be established. '' U.S. News & World Report'' has ranked Makerere University as the eighth best university in Africa and the 569th best university worldwide. In the 2020 U.S. News & World Report ranking, Makerere is the highest-ranked university in sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' for 2016 ranked it as the fourth best university in Africa. Makerere University is the alma mater of many post-independence African leaders, including Ugandan president Milton Obote and Tanz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Dinwiddy
Hugh Pochin Dinwiddy, (16 October 1912 – 31 October 2009) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1933 and 1935. He was the last man alive to play first-class cricket against both Jack Hobbs (whilst playing for Kent) and Donald Bradman (representing Cambridge University).Obituary in '''', 12 Nov. 2009.Williamson M (2009 Hugh Dinwiddy dies aged 97 |
Mondo Kagonyera
George Mondo Kagonyera, also Mondo Kagonyera, is a Ugandan veterinarian, politician, academic, and university administrator. He is the immediate past chancellor of Makerere University, the oldest and largest university in Uganda. He was appointed to that position in 2007 by President Yoweri Museveni. After serving a full four year-term, he was re-appointed for another term in 2011, and was re-installed in January 2012. Background and education Kagonyera was born in Kabuga Village, Rukungiri District, in the Western Region of Uganda, circa 1941, to Zakaria Kagonyera and Elizabeth Kirihura. He attended Kigezi College Butobere for his O-Level studies, before he was admitted to Royal College Nairobi for his A-Level education. He studied at the University of Nairobi, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine in the early 1960s. Later, he went on to obtain a Master of Science in Veterinary Medicine, from the University of California Davis, followed by a Doctor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werikhe Kafabusa
Michael Werikhe Kafabusa (born 1955), commonly known as Werikhe Kafabusa, is a Ugandan politician who currently serves as State Minister for Trade in the Cabinet of Uganda (June 2016 – present). He previously served as the State Minister for Housing from June 2006 until May 2011. In the Cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he was dropped from the cabinet, before returning as State Minister for Industry (November 2015 – June 2016). He also serves as the elected Member of Parliament representing Bungokho County South, Mbale District, having served continuously in that role since 1996. Background and education Kafabusa was born on 25 August 1955, in Mbale District, Eastern Uganda. Kafabusa holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Social Science, obtained, in 1979, from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest institution of higher education, founded in 1922. In 1985, he was awarded the degree of Master of Arts in Physical Planning from the University of Nottingham, in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kabugo
Charles Kabugo is a senior consultant internal medicine physician in the Uganda Ministry of Health. He is the executive director of Kiruddu General Hospital, in Makindye Division, in the south of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 9 August 2018. Background and education He was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda. After attending local schools, he was admitted to Makerere University to study human medicine, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree. Later, Makerere University awarded him a Master of Medicine (MMed) degree in Internal Medicine. He also holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Biostatistics (also known as biometry) are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experime ..., from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ikoja-Odongo
Professor Robert Ikoja-Odongo, also Robert Ikoja Odongo or simply Robert Ikoja (born 1950), is a Ugandan academic and academic administrator. He is the current Vice Chancellor of Soroti University, a public University in Uganda. Background and education He was born in Soroti, Uganda, circa 1950. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts, awarded by Makerere university, the largest and oldest public university in the country. He also holds the degree of Master of Philosophy in Publishing Studies, obtained from the University of Stirling in Scotland. His degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science, was obtained from the University of Zululand in South Africa. Career Ikoja-Odongo has worked in various roles in Makerere University, including as: * Principal of the College of Computing and Information Sciences * Head of Makerere University Institute of Psychology * Lecturer at the university's East African School of Library and Information Science. In August 2012, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Idro
Richard Iwa Idro is a Ugandan pediatric neurologist, researcher and academic, who serves as an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. Early life and education Idro was born in Moyo, Uganda in 1970. After attending local primary and secondary schools, he was admitted to Makerere University School of Medicine, graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. In 2001, he was awarded a Master of Medicine degree in Pediatrics by the same medical school. His degree of Doctor of Philosophy was awarded by the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, in 2008. He specialized as a pediatric neurologist. In October 2022, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH) of the United Kingdom. It is the highest recognition that can be bestowed to a pediatrician in the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. Career Dr Richard Idro is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ibingira
Professor Charles Ibingira is a Ugandan surgeon, academic and medical administrator. He is the Principal of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He was appointed to that position in November 2015, on a four-year renewable contract. He has previously served as the Dean of Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences, from 2010 until 2014. Background and education He was born in the Toro sub-region of the Western Region, Uganda, Western Region of Uganda, circa 1964. After attending local elementary and secondary schools, he was admitted to Makerere University School of Medicine, a component of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences. He graduated in 1988, with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. Later, in 1996, he obtained a Master of Medicine degree in general surgery, from the same university. He is a Fellow the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), and was elected in 2003. He also holds a Research eth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Hills
Denis Cecil Hills (8 November 1913 – 26 April 2004) was a British author, teacher, traveller and adventurer. He came to international prominence in 1975 while he was living in Uganda and was sentenced to death for espionage and sedition following comments about President Idi Amin in a book which Hills wrote. After Amin rebuffed appeals for clemency by Queen Elizabeth, Hills was released and allowed to return to the UK following the intervention of the British government. Biography Hills was born in the Birmingham suburb of Moseley. He attended King Edward's School, Birmingham before going on to Oxford University in 1932 where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lincoln College. In 1935, he left Oxford to travel through Germany, funding himself by writing for the ''Birmingham Post''. Returning to England, Hills worked briefly at Shell-Mex & BP before moving to Poland in 1937 as English editor of a cultural magazine. Hills' book ''Return to Poland'' showed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Gakwandi
Arthur Gakwandi is a novelist, short story writer and diplomat."Writers are mirrors of society, says Prof Arthur Gakwandi" observer.ug. Retrieved December 3, 2014. He wrote "Kosiya Kifefe","Kosiya Kifefe (by Arthur Gakwandi)" africabookclub.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014. the fifth work of literature written by a Ugandan to feature on the Ugandan syllabus since independence. allafrica.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Furley
Oliver Willis Furley (1927 - 29 November 2015) was an English historian and political scientist, formerly head of the department of politics and history at Coventry University and afterwards a visiting professor there. He was a specialist in the history and politics of East Africa about which he wrote a number of books. Early life and education Oliver Furley was born in Nottingham in 1927. He was educated at Nottingham High School, before being evacuated to Salcombe during the Second World War, where he was privately taught. Career Furley began teaching as a junior professor at the University of St Andrews. He also taught for many years at Makerere University in Uganda before he was forced to leave with his family by Idi Amin's regime in 1972. He moved to Coventry Polytechnic, now Coventry University, where he was head of the department of history and politics. Until shortly before his death, long after his official retirement, he was a visiting professor at Coventry. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
