Umar Kakumba, is a
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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n
management consultant,
academic and
academic administrator
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who, since 15 November 2018, serves as the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at
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 ni ...
, Uganda's oldest and largest
public university
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.
Background and education
He was born in Uganda in the 1970s. After attending local primary and secondary schools, he was admitted to Makerere University, graduating with a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in
Social Science
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s. He followed that with a
Diploma in Business Administration and a
Masters in Public Administration & Management, all from Makerere University.
His
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Affairs degree was awarded by the
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...
in South Africa. In 2014, he completed a
post-doctoral fellowship at
Wolfson College, Cambridge, in the United Kingdom.
Work experience
Dr Kakumba has spent most of his academic career at the School of Business, in the College of Business and Management (CoBAMS), of Makerere University. At the time he was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor, he had risen to the rank of Associate Professor and Dean of the school of business.
See also
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John Ddumba Ssentamu
John Ddumba Ssentamu (born 1953) is a Ugandan economist, academic and banker. Currently, he is a Professor, Professor of Economics and former Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor (2012-2017) at Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university, founded in ...
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William Bazeyo
William Bazeyo is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, academic, researcher, and academic administrator. From September 2017 until October 2020, he was the deputy vice chancellor in charge of finance and administration at Makerere Un ...
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Sylvia Tamale
Sylvia Rosila Tamale is a Ugandan academic, and human rights activist in Uganda. She was the first female dean in the Law Faculty at Makerere University, Uganda.
Marriage
She is married to Joe Oloka-Onyango a professor of law at Makerere Univ ...
References
External links
MAK Search Committee Declares Prof Bazeyo, Dr. Kakumba Winners of DVC RaceAs of 15 November 2018.
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Living people
1970s births
Academic staff of Makerere University
Makerere University alumni
University of Pretoria alumni
Alumni of the University of Cambridge