Nkumba Marks Silver Jubilee the Nkumba University Grounds Along Entebbe Road to Celebrate the Institution’S 25-Year-Old and Nigeria
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20 NEW VISION, Friday, September 27, 2019 SPECIAL SECTION NewNew VisionVision NKUMBA UNIVERSITY @ 25 By Ritah Mukasa oday, all roads lead to Nkumba marks silver jubilee the Nkumba University grounds along Entebbe Road to celebrate the institution’s 25-year-old and Nigeria. journey, one arrayed Besides, the university also has with great milestones. exchange programmes with a TProf. Wilson Muyinda Mande, the number of contemporaries oversees, vice-chancellor, says they expect over such as the Erasmus Plus Exchange 10,000 people, including the chief programme with FH Joanneuem guest, President Yoweri Museveni, University of Applied Sciences in dignitaries, alumni and well-wishers. Austria. “It will be a memorable day, the peak “We also respect collaborations and of the silver jubilee week that started membership. We have full membership on September 21,” he says. to the Vice-chancellors’ Forum, Inter- During the week, students from University Council for East Africa, different schools of the university Association of African Universities participated in various sports activities, and Association of Commonwealth a fashion show, alumni activities and Universities,” Muyinda says. skits. In addition, cultural engagements, Nkumba University has always a conference to disseminate new participated in the different exhibitions knowledge, as well as a public lecture organised by the NCHE and Buganda by renowned academicians were also –CBS/PEWOSA exhibitions. organised. Muyinda says the university has Governance and management evidently grown over the last 25 years. Nkumba University has a foundation It has contributed enormously in terms body which is entrusted with the of human resource, hence the theme of responsibility of making strategic goals, the Silver Jubilee celebrations: 25 Years mission, vision and philosophy of this of Academic and Professional Service. institution. It also oversees the activities “We are grateful to all who have Students of Nkumba University during graduation. The university is celebrating 25 years of existence of the board of trustees. stood by us over the years, especially The board of trustees is the second those who began the predecessor On Infrastructural development, governing body responsible for the institutions that eventually evolved into Buganda, government ties concerted efforts have been made implementation of strategic goals, the university,” he says. to improve and increase the mission, vision and philosophy of the Nkumba University has always Nkumba has also maintained infrastructure of the university. university. The university has come from far kept good ties with Buganda good relations with the Central The institution has erected a It is also responsible for the Since its inception in 1952, Muyinda kingdom and this has continuously Government and engaged in perimeter fence around the main appointment of some top university says, Nkumba is the only institution EHHQUHpHFWHGLQWKHIUXLWIXO many activities organised by the campus to enhance security for management offi cials. engagements between the two Government. in Uganda that has evolved from a students, staff and university property. The chancellor is the titular head parties. For example, in 2015, they hosted humble background. It has transformed This year, the university was WKHRFFDVLRQRIWKH,QDXJXUDO The effort has also involved, among of the university, who presides over itself several times from a kindergarten, privileged to host Kabaka National Liberation Struggle other endeavours, completion of the ceremonial assemblies of and in the to primary school, junior secondary, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II’s Memorial Lecture, organised by main university library. name of the institution. He confers college of commerce and advanced 26th Coronation anniversary the Peace and National Solidarity degrees, awards diplomas, certifi cates studies and fi nally into a university in celebrations at the main campus in ,QLWLDWLYH7KHFKLHIJXHVWZDV Spreads its wings and other academic titles and 1994. Entebbe. President Museveni. Muyinda recalls that the university distinctions of the university “The university’s origin stems from started with only three schools — the Another governing body is the a community infant school way back school of business administration, university council. This is responsible in 1952. This was a vision and an to the human resource development the university and the community. school of commercial, industrial for the formulation of policies within initiative of Ssalongo Erisa Kintu, a of not just this country, but the world When it comes to accommodation art and design and the school of which the university administration businessman,” he recollects. over. and health services, students are education. conducts the day-to-day activities. On July 29, 1951, Ssalongo Kintu assured of unmatched services at However, currently, the scope of the The council is composed of various shared the idea with his two friends; Second to none Nkumba University. academic programmes offered by the sub-committees, which manage the Charles Kisitu Ffulu, the former Dr Francis Kasekende, the university All student residing within the university has widened over time. different functions of the university. parish chief of Nkumba village and secretary, says Nkumba graduates are university receive meals. The “Today, we boost of over 120 Aside from that, the university Zefania Mpanga, a civil servant. The contributing to humanity in both the accommodation is very conducive accredited programmes in various senate is the supreme academic body two welcomed the idea and the three private and public sectors worldwide. and spacious. One such is the female disciplines in the six schools at PhD, responsible for making the policy agreed to become trustees. Prominent “We have produced over 20,000 hostel called Nnabagereka. masters, postgraduate diploma, academic decisions of the university. among those invited to join them graduates over the last 25 years and The university also offers health degree, diploma and certifi cate levels,” The chairperson of the senate is the were late Nelson Edmund Nkalubo next month, we shall be holding our services to its students through the Raymond Fred Buyinza, the head of vice-chancellor. Ssebugwawo and Prince Besueri K. L. 22nd graduation ceremony,” he says. university clinic, which has qualifi ed marketing, says. Finally, the university management is Mulondo. The infant school was started The university will be hold its 22nd and committed doctors and nurses. The six schools include the responsible for the day-to-day running on February 6, 1952. graduation ceremony next month. On quality assurance, Nkumba schools of business administration, of the university. It ensures smooth This gradually grew into a primary, On the other hand, Nkumba is well- university strives to excel through commercial, Industrial art and design, operations and is headed by the vice- junior secondary and then vocational known for having an upper hand in monitoring and evaluation education, law, social sciences and chancellor. secondary School in 1969. In 1974, it the teaching of business, it is second mechanisms, as well as external sciences. The contribution to development became an advanced level commercial to none. This is in line with the assessment of university programmes The university also has distance of human resources by the school. In 1980, the trustees agreed university’s vision of being the leading and facilities by the National Council learning outreach co-ordinating offi ces university is testament to the to transform the school into Nkumba national, regional and global hub for for Higher Education (NCHE) and the in Kyegegwa, Kasese, Nakasongola, institution’s commitment to provide College of Commerce and Advanced academic and professional excellence. Inter-University Council for East Africa Amuria and Gulu districts. an environment that enables the Studies (NCCAS) for wider curriculum. Similarly, their mission of providing (IUCEA). Muyinda is quick to add that the cultivation of competence, confi dence, In 1994, they transformed NCCAS quality education that cultivates This helps to ensure that the university acquired the Kampala creativity and character in the into a university, hence the birth competence, confi dence, creativity and university programmes are nationally campus in 2015 to bring its unique academic, professional and social of Nkumba University, which was high moral character in teaching and and regionally accredited and education experience close to the interactions. inaugurated in June 1994 as a non- learning, research and community internationally competitive. people living and working in and That is how the institution has denominational, community private engagement has steered them to Also, the university sports teams have around Kampala. managed to produce informed and not-for-profi t institution. It was excellence. an enviable culture of outstanding Elsewhere, due to its commendable graduates, who think critically, chartered by the Government of Kasekende adds that the university’s sports performances amongst its peers image and academic excellence, communicate effectively and act Uganda in 2006. corporate philosophy is embodied in in Uganda and the East African region, Nkumba attracts students from all responsibly in an increasingly Since then, the university has grown its motto, I owe you, which expresses a with a number of trophies being corners of Uganda and beyond to the competitive national and global tremendously