Mouhammad Mpezamihigo born (23 July 1954) is a Ugandan

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, Chair of Senate and the current

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Kampala International University Kampala International University (KIU) is a private, not-for-profit institution based in Uganda. It was established in 2001 and assumed chartered status in 2009. In pursuit of the dream to raise the next generation of problem solvers for the Eas ...

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Education

He attended

Kigezi High School Kigezi High School, is a mixed, boarding high school in Kabale, Kabale District, Western Uganda. Location The school is located off the Kabale-Kisoro Road on a hill called ''Rugarama'', approximately , by road, northwest of the central business ...

for both his O-Level and A-Level. Mpezamihigo obtained his

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and

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, both from

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and Kampala Uganda. He holds a Ph.D. in

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and Landscape from the

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in the

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Career

Mouhammad Mpezamihigo is the current Vice Chancellor of Kampala International University. At the time of his appointment, Mpezamihigo was serving as a lecturer at Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, Master of Science and in some post-graduate programs at the

Islamic University in Uganda The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) is a multi-campus university offering courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The main campus of the university is in Mbale, Uganda, about north-east of Kampala, Uganda's ca ...

from 2005 to 2015. He is also a chairperson at

Kampala International University in Tanzania Kampala International University in Tanzania (KIUT) is a private university located in Gongolamboto ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa ...

Awards and recognition

In 2015, Mpezamihigo received the Education Leadership Award under the World Education Congress Global Awards in

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. He has also received a recognition award from the Uganda National Council of Education (NCHE) for the period 2007–2017.

Publications

Haruna Kigongo and M. Mpezamihigo (2013). Factors Affecting Agro-Marketing in Budaka District, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing; Paper back 80 Pages. Aisha Namukwaya and M. Mpezamihigo (2013). Exploring Electronic Learning for Distance Education in Uganda, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing; Paper back 56 Pages.

Other considerations

Mpezamihigo serves on the

main scholarship committee and on the Alimiyya Sajjabi Foundation Scholarship Board.

References

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