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News LetterJanuary - August 2018 Vol. 1 No.001

“THE MEMBERS OF UIPE, ARE UIPE.” ENG. OCHWO WHILE ADDRESSING PARTICIPANTS AT THE EUROCODE 2 CPD IN JUNE 2018.

THE 23RD NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE GROUP PHOTO AT HOTEL AFRICANA, APRIL 2018

The 23rd National Technology Conference (NTC) was organised and hosted by the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers (UIPE) at Hotel Afriana, Kampala-Uganda. The conference theme was “Vision 2040: The Role of Engineering in Transforming Uganda”. The NTC was held from 3rd May 2018 to 4th May 2018.

The conference was officially opened by the Guest of Honour, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Uganda, H.E. Ambassador Attilio Pacifi, on the morning of Thursday 3rd May 2018. The opening ceremony was also attended by the President of UIPE, Eng. Vincent Ochwo Ollie, the Chair of the UIPE NTC Organising

Committee Eng. Timothy Mubbala, and representatives of the Federation of African Engineering Organisations and the East African Federation of Engineering Organisations. The NTC was sponsored by Kampala Cement, Hima Cement, MRG Composites, Multiple Industries, MAKIGA and COWI.

At the helm of UIPE is Eng. Vincent Ochwo Olie,the current President of UIPE (2018-2020) holds a B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Master of Business Administration.He has worked with: Uganda National Bureau of StandardsCorporate Member – UIPE (PE 650) ERB Reg. No. 662.Eng. Vincent Ochwo has a long record of active service at UIPE. He has served in vari-ous roles of immense responsibility over the years, to date, where he is the current

UIPE President 2018-2020. He has demonstrated both commit-ment to the Institution as well as the ability, playing a major role in helping UIPE to become more relevant and responsive to members’ needs.His work with JAC, MET, WETT and on the CPD workshops has directly impacted hundreds of members, and he played a pivotal role in helping them to achieve their goal of becoming registered engineers. (Read full story on page 5)

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UIPE PRESIDENT PROFILE AND ADVICE TO ENGINEERS

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ENGINEERS IN UGANDA MUST EMBRACE VISION 2040 TO BENEFIT SOCIETYBy Aldon Walukamba Grace,

The need for Ugandan Engineering Professionals to understand Vision 2040 and play their individual and collective roles in fulfilling it for the good of Uganda is important.

This was disclosed at the two day 2018 NTC in May 2018, at Hotel Africana by H.E. Ambassador Attilio Pacifi, the Guest of Honour, while sharing his engineering experiences. He assured delegates of the contin-ued support of the European Union to Uganda, Vision 2040 and the various associated engineering projects.

The NTC 2018 was graced by repre-sentatives from the UIPE and EA-FAEO, who addressed the delegates after a welcome address by the NTC Organising committee chair Eng. Timothy Mubbala. The key message from their speeches was the.

Following his address, delegates toured mostly engineering sector exhibition stalls. The stalls were set up by the various sponsors showcas-ing their products and services, who pitched camp at Hotel Africana in Kampala. A key exhibition highlight was the stall set up to display a locally designed stove.

The stove was designed to an im-proved cooking stove, using high density heated rocks and heat retain-ing techniques, by two undergraduate students of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Uganda Christian University, Asiimwe Anthony Bantu and Nuwagaba Gilbert.

Asiimwe Anthony informed delegates that “according to the vision 2040, Uganda expects to have recovered at least 9% forest cover by moving from 10% in 2010 to the projected 24%. Also, it is anticipated that biomass fu-els have the potential to add 1700MW to the energy mix by 2040. In respect to the growing demand for energy, ef-ficient technological innovations have to be put in place to harness biomass fuel resources sustainably.

In Uganda like most sub-Saharan Africa countries, dependence on wood fuel has caused significant depletion of vegetative resources. The research project exhibited at the National Technology Conference showed a design of an improved cooking stove that uses high density rocks and heat retaining techniques to retain and reg-ulate heat losses respectively with a sole purpose of reducing the amount of fuel used during cooking.”

The Conference was closed by the UIPE Patron’s representative Eng. Hans Mwesigwa.

There was a consensus from partici-pants that the NTC was relevant and successful. It was also hoped that the recommendations are implemented and the resolutions adopted.

2018 UIPE NTC PHOTO :

From left : Asiimwe Anthony Explains to Engi-neers ; Ruth Apolot Engeu, Dr. Mark Rubaren-zya, Hon. Hillary Onek, UIPE President Vincent Ochwo Olie and H.E. Ambassador Attilio Pacifi, the 2018 NTC Guest of Honour among others.

Asiimwe is an Environmental Engineering stu-dent at Uganda Christian University.


By Dr. Fredrick KitoogoThe aim of this CPD Trainings is to help participants take their pro-ject experience and knowledge to a higher level. If you have already completed a basic project manage-ment course or have 2 or more years’ experience of working on pro-jects, this training is for you. You will be enabled to place your experience within a framework of tools and best practices that are aligned to the knowledge areas of PMBOK.

The training will challenge you to become aware of the strengths of your

current practices and examine how you can deepen your knowledge and skills in using project management methodology and tools. The training will also equip participants with knowledge of dealing with medium to large pro-jects across different sectors (pri-vate, government or NGO). The fa-cilitator will get participants to focus on an actual project that are current-ly working on or will be working on in the near future and apply the tools and methodology to that project.

Participants will be expected to pro-duce and present a scope state-ment, Gantt chart, stakeholder man-agement plan, and budget and risk plan to the rest of the group. The facilitator will provide an introduction to the use of MS Projects and par-ticipants will be shown how to ap-ply this software in designing project management tools as a presentation for the group.

ENGINEERS ENHANCE THEIR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS

By Eng. Adam Kalanzi

Would you like to add Eng. Michael Kyakula to your LinkedIn network? How about Prof. Peter Lating, Eng. Dr. Sarah Semyano, Mark Zuck-erberg or Bill Gates? It would be wonderful, of course, but connecting with the big names in the engineer-ing industry might not be as helpful as most people think. If you are an engineer trying to expand your net-works and gain industry knowledge, you are better off starting with the people you know. Understanding the importance of networking will help you expand your sphere of influence and excel in your engineering career.A lot of professionals including engi-neers believe

that networking is all about follow-ing the industry-leading experts on social media sites, commenting on their updates, etc. Sure you can learn a thing or two about the latest trend by following them, but it won’t be of much help. These big names are already famous for what they

do. By being a part of their vast net-works, you are actually helping their cause and not yours.If you really want to use your net-work to spark new ideas and fast-track your way up the corporate ladder, start with your colleagues, former project managers, develop-ers and other acquaintances in your industry.

The Essence of Networking;

Let’s begin by stressing on an old adage – “It’s not about what you know, but who you know.” Ask your senior manager, team leader, or a colleague which skills helped them excel in their professional careers – a vast majority of the responses will have one thing in common: personal networking. The potential benefits of establishing a strong network are seemingly endless. These are some of the many reasons to consider per-sonal networking for improving your engineering career.Guidance: Whether you are a bud-ding developer or a veteran

engineer, you should never underes-timate the importance of guidance. Building and maintaining a strong network of relevant contacts will help you grow your knowledge, become more ingrained industry, align you with others who have more knowl-edge and experience and provide you with the opportunity to mentor someone more junior.

Opportunities: Maintaining a far-reaching network could open the door to count a new direction.

Growth: Professional growth holds the key to a lustrous career and your extended, well-maintained network can help you with that.

Your contacts can provide you with an outlet for learning new skills. By acquiring better skills, you are likely to reach new heights in your profes-sional life.

INCREASE YOUR NETWORKING ENGINEERS

UIPE partners with other organisations in order to fulfill its oblectives and mandate. One of the most important objective is to prepare graduate engineers to register with the Uganda Engineers Registration Board (ERB). This is done through continuos professional development trainings co - organised with ERB.


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On behalf of the management team, I am honored to welcome you to this edition of the UIPE Newsletter which details how we have executed our mandate in the past months of 2018.First I congratulate the new Presi-dent Eng. Vincent Ochwo Olie, and his council, committees and sub committees that have steered UIPE to what it is now and better. This council was elected at the April, 2018, before the National Technol-ogy Council at Hotel Africana.We have tight targets for the years 2018 to 2020, but also have to achieve the core objectives of the UIPE strategic plan 2018 to 2021. Among these include, the increase in the visibility of UIPE both inter-nally among members and exter-nal among national, regional and international governments, part-ners and multinational companies.We are about to commission a

UIPE rebranding and communi-cations strategy meant to elevate UIPE from where we are now to a robust institution that promotes best practices among engineers in Uganda. UIPE will steer cordial harmony with all its stakeholderrs.This has been going on since May 2018 and will go on for two years courtesy of IMC world wide a con-sultant team that was hired by the European Union to help rebrand the face and UIPE as an entire or-ganization.Having the mandate to promote best practices among engineers, technologists and technicians, the number of registered members with UIPE has sharply risen since January 2018. She says Engineers, technologists and Technicians should register with UIPE as members, whose ob-jective and purpose is to promote the general advancement of the science and practice of engineer-ing and its applications, and to facilitate the exchange of informa-tion and ideas on those subjects amongst the members of the Insti-tution.“Registration is the only way to get recognized by government af-ter becoming a corporate member of UIPE and then register with ERB, to get rid of quack practi-tioners, who have done shoddy works across the country, leading to deaths of many people, property loss and finances.” Said Akello.The Engineers Registration Act (1969) requires engineers intend-ing to register to legally practice engineering in Uganda to be mem-bers of the institution (UIPE).

Hence the institution has an obli-gation to nurture and develop en-gineers to take on professional re-sponsibilities in Uganda.

The total membership of the in-stitution currently stands at 5000 including corporate members, graduate members, technicians, technologists and honorary mem-bers. Student membership is tem-porary and currently, there are about 2138 student members. I hope that you read through the articles we have put up in this new letter to get more insights into what UIPE is.

“Having acquired, sup-

port from partners and increased our

staff at the secreatriat,

service delivery and UIPE activi-

ties will be en-hanced to bet-

ter work for the engineer-ing sector in

Uganda.”

Mrs. Immaculate Akello Makwo. UIPE Executive Secretary

UIPE HAS CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH STAKEHOLDERS

The Royal Academy of Engineering has partnered with UIPE, to train, register and implement engineering projects.This has registered into more registered graduate, corporate and student members with UIPE. The GTP 2018 is on going today among UIPE graduate members.


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WHAT SKILLS DO YOU NEED TO BECOME A GOOD ENGINEER? ANSWERS ENG. VINCENT OCHWO OLIE

Just like the structures they con-struct, Engineers need a combina-tion of skills to make it through their career.

There are many qualities and skills an individual Engineer needs to be-come effective and to have a suc-cessful career. Engineering is dy-namic so it requires persons who can work across disciplines, with teams, and continually adapt to new challenges faced.

Good technical skills come in handy, because they are of course also es-sential. In preparation for an engi-neering career one should focus on developing a variety of skills, includ-ing: UIPE President Eng. Vincent Ochwo Olie, suggests technical competence, communications skills, teamwork and leadership Skills are a must for a fruitful Engineers career.

Recently graduated and practicing Engineers should focus on having the necessary technical skills and ability to carry out their jobs. While an engineering education will provide the foundation of this knowledge, the challenge is that, as technology con-stantly advances you are expected continue to learn throughout your career.

“An effective engineer must have the ability to communicate, both in writ-ing and orally.” Said Eng. Ochwo. Focus on your report and proposal writing skills, consider developing a

competency in a second language and also develop your public speak-ing skills. A good communicator has influence and most importantly, gets noticed out of many.

He says leadership is more than just the position engineers’ encounter, it’s about action. An example where you will need leadership skills is dur-ing project management, where you will need to plan, set priorities, del-egate, and make decisions that in-fluence people. To help an engineer develop their skills, one must get in-volved in a civic, school, profession-al or church group as a volunteer. Engineer Ochwo recounts the years he has worked as an a professional and says engineers need the ability to work in a team environment. Vol-unteer activities will also allow you to gain experience of team working. Problem solving: As an engineer one’s job will be to come up with the

answers and to do that you need the ability to think, to look at the issues and come up with a solution. Good engineers are therefore to be able to think critically, analyze options and to create great solutions to problems that they have not encountered be-fore.

Summary: To be an effective engi-neer you don’t need to master each of these qualities and skills. The successful engineer is well-rounded, with knowledge of the key skills and an ability to apply them when need-ed.

It will take effort on your part, but the fun is in the learning and the reward is accomplishing your tasks and seeing the impact your work will have on society.

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Eng Ben Kyemba says

UIPE is evaluating the Women Engineers Reg-istration Program that was conducted in 2017.

A total number of 95 lady engineers attended the workshop and they were divided according to their disciplines and given mentors where they had a one on one discussion with the mentors, reviewed their draft career and technical re-ports and made corrections to the reports. Eng. Ben Kyemba, UIPE Mentorship Education

and Training (MET) Committee has urged the participants to make a personal commitment to fill in the questionnaires sent to them through electronic mail, but also finish their reports, noting that ladies are still very few in the rank of engineering only 4% of 1000 registered engineers in Uganda, yet hundreds graduate every year. He has further stressed the fact that this is an-other step in getting many women out to bring them on the professional engineering class, adding that they need to be captains in the engineering industry .

UGANDA INSTITUTIONOF

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS


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Aanyu Gladys

Women Engineers in Uganda are pushing for safety and health gears manufacturers to feminize.Eng. Dr. Sarah Semyano, a Civ-il, water Engineer and chairs the Women Engineers, Technologists and Technicians (WETT) committee at Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers (UIPE), decries the de-sign and safety of these gears.“The shoes we wear are designed and made in the same way, like those for men. This also goes for other safety and health gears used on site for Engineers on and off the site, including gloves, boots, hel-mets, belts, gaggles, and other eye and nose protectors.” Eng. Dr. Sarah Semyano, disclosed to Engineers in West Nile region while discussing is-sues concerning occupational health and safety for engineers at work.Many times the shoes are designed for men, but women in the engineering works are forced to wear them with no alterna-tive. The shoes are wide, made with a design for a man that does not suit female legs.“The wear like shoes are loose and don’t protect females in the engi-neering sector well. Many of them slip and fall at working sites and this must be addressed.

Aanyu Diana, a Civil Engineer with United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) says this is an abuse of works rights for females in the engineering sector. “some organizations neglect women health and safety wear because they are ignorant or don’t care, but most of the engineering feminine safety and health wear is scarce and ex-pensive too.” said Aanyu.

But Mary Namyalo, a female Civil engineer working with Uganda In-dustrial Research Institute (UIRI) from the Uganda Peoples Defense forces (UPDF) her employers for designing, overalls that match with the needs of pregnant expectant women who still prefer to work, be-fore they give birth.“it is only the shoes that don’t come in the right sizes and this affects many females in the engineering sector. For example I wear size six, but most shoes purchased are in sizes seven and above, a thing that inconveniences many women in the engineering sector.” said Namyalo.

Eng. Ben Kyemba, Chairman Men-toring, Education and Training Committee at UIPE, accuses THE procurement officers among the em-ployers of neglecting provisions

of the National Safety and Health Act of Uganda (NSHA). Section 40 of the NSHA that stipulates provision of number of workers, details in type and nature of the works the people in the engineering sector are meant to do. These must be presented to the Commissioner Occupational Health and Safety at the Ministry of Works 30 days before engineering works commence. This is intend-ed to clearly identify and verify the health and safety gears needed for each worker.Organizations are also meant to car-ry out routine safety audits to evalu-ate the safety performance at given situations like work places. This of-ten results into illnesses caused by people working from unsafe places. These places where people are ex-posed to noise over 85 decibels without ear drum protectors, places in high temperatures with water or milk in most cases are not accept-able in most steel fabrication indus-tries in Uganda.

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WOMEN ENGINEERS PUSH FOR FEMININE SAFETY WEAR AT WORKUIPE TEAM TOUR ARUA WATER PLANT AFTER WEST NILE CPD AUGUST 2018


The Electronically Controlled Gravity Feed Infusion Set (ECGF), an application that helps health care providers more effectively assess which patients presenting with blood and fluid diffusion can be safely discharged, was developed by Philippa Makonbore Ngaju, a mechanical engineer registered with Uganda Institution of Engi-neers (UIPE), with help from Bio medical Engineering College of Health Sciences at Makerere Uni-versity. It has taken five years for Phillipa, and 10 other Engineers, under super-vision of Professor Charles Ibingira.

The technology was medically tested on children less than five years of age at Mulago hospital and now is under clinical tests among adults.“Our mission is to ease the problems caused by uncontrolled blood and flu-ids infusion, these include hypoglyce-mia, glucose overload among others.” said Makobore.ECGF, an integrated electronic ap-plication for medical conditions like transfusion of blood, water, glucose, allows health care providers to control amounts of infused into patients, to avoid damaging human body systems, especially among

children below 12 years. It also pro-vides for patient-centered care plans based on social and functional determinants of the individual’s health at the point of care.Developed by lead inventor Phillipa Makobore Ngaju, and a team of 10 engineering researchers in Bio medi-cal Engineering College of Health Sciences at Makerere University was selected for the ECGF Venture Con-ference Demo Room for one-on-one networking and in-person display.

Photo Caption:

Philippa Makobore (Left)– project lead with a clinical study nurse (Winnie Kibirige) weighing the infusate with a suspended scale before the start of an infusion therapy which will also be weighed after to determine the actual volume of fluid infused vs the volume indicated by the ECGF during the first clinical pilot at Mulago Hospi-tal – Kiruddu, Kampala, Uganda – photo credit Donald Muhanguzi (clinical investigator)

Philippa Makobore, says the ECGF worth $ 300,000, will apply in both de-veloped and under developed coun-tries mostly in Asia, South America and Sub Saharan Africa.The ECGF VentureConference attracted a diverse group of attendees from around the na-tion, including entrepreneurs leading high-growth companies, investors, corporate leaders, nationally recog-nized industry leaders and technol-ogy enthusiasts.“These two technologies invented by indigenous Ugandan Engineers are perfect representations of UIPE’s mis-sion and mandate to improve and promote best practices in engineer-ing through collaborative innovation,” said Eng. Ben Kyemba, UIPE vice president and Chairman Mentoring, Education and Training (MET) com-mittee “Showcasing these technologies among Ugandan engineers, designed to solve problems among Ugandans is a vital step in getting them closer to the market where they can ultimately improve patient outcomes.Eng. Dr. Sarah Semyano, the UIPE, Women Engineers, Technologists and Technicians (WETT) committee ap-plauds Philippa’s innovation that will go a long way at inspiring indigenous Ugandan engineering in making good designs and prototypes to benefit so-ciety.


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PHILIPPA MAKOBORE’S INFUSION CONTROLLER TO SAVE LIVESWrites Aldon Walukamba Grace


2018 TECHNICAL AND CAREER REPORT WRITING CPD TRAINING

The report writing CPD held in June 2018 at Eureka Hotel was attended by among others ,sitted from Left; Eng. Adam Kalanzi, UIPE President, UIPE President Eng. Vincent Ochwo Olie, Prof. Peter Lating Okidi.

How to write a report Step 1: Decide on the ‘Terms of reference’ ... Step 2: Decide on the procedure. ... Step 3: Find the information. ... Step 4: Decide on the structure. ... Step 5: Draft the first part of your report. ... Step 6: Analyse your findings and draw conclusions. ... Step 7: Make recommendations. ... Step 8: Draft the executive summary and table of contents

By Aldon Walukamba Grace

For the last 10 years, less than 10% of close to 200 engineers, tech-nologists and technicians manage to register with UIPE, but for Engineers specifically ERB. The apparent cause is poor com-munication and report writing skills, which both UIPE and ERB are now battling to improve the engineers registration numbers, by training reg-istration applicants on how best they can furnish good reports, but also communicate them to both the MET, JAC and ERB committees before they get a licence to practice.UIPE organized a Continuous Pro-fessional Development (CPD) on “Technical Report Writing and Pres-entation Skills’’ was conducted from

15th to 17th June 2018 at Eureka Hotel in Ntinda. The training was conducted suc-cessfully and a total of 80 engineers participated in this training from the following organizations.

National Water and Sewerage cor-poration, Uganda Peoples Defence Forces, Civil Aviation Authority, Min-istry Of Defense, Ministry of Works, Local Government, Teclab Ltd, Min-istry of Education, UNRA, Uganda Communication Commission, Ru-ral Electrification Agency, National Planning Authority, UEGCL, Total Uganda Ltd, Seka Associates, Cot-ton On Foundation, Bink Tech Ser-vices, Bank of Uganda Busitema University, Mayuge District Local

Government, Luuka District Local Government, Sinotrans Logistics, Ministry Of Energy And Mineral De-velopment, SMEC consultants, Gauff Consultants, Ministry Of Water and Environment, Professional Engineer-ing Consultants, Allied Tec, Uganda National Bureau of Standards,Kole District Local Government, Kasese Municipal council, Baylor-Uganda Ltd, Kabarole District Local Government, NEMA, Multiplan Con-sulting Engineers, Fencon Consult-ants, Maracha District Local Govern-ment, participants were issued with UIPE certificates of participation. The facilitators were Eng. James Okiror, Prof. Peter Lating and Eng. Vincent Ochwo Olie.

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THE ENGINEERS CREATIVE MIND

By Albert MuloitiThere you are, putting together your umpteenth investigative finding / design report/ in-situation analysis and product catalogue or whatever piece of professional output that consume your waking hours and or dreary night for that matter. You have become quite accustomed to that routine such that your entire working day is spent in auto-pilot mode. That’s not exactly a harrow-ing indictment, because your work probably gets done, only just, and everyone is content. Right? I beg to differ, at the risk of welcoming the wrath of all and sundry. After all, why would an engineer or an allied professional seek to rock the boat with untried and untested insights?

That is one of the questions I hope to shed some illuminating perspec-tives upon by the time you have read through to the end. You do plan on reading through to the end, don’t you?A 2009 survey of employers by Career Builder and Robert Half In-ternational, found that nearly 25% indicated that creativity was as im-portant a characteristic as hav-ing the basic job qualifications.Obviously creativity is vital and more so for engineers who more often than not operate in an envi-ronment of fiscal constraint and uncertainty where the person who can make something out of ei-ther nothing or very little becomes invaluble to the organization.By switching to auto-pilot mode, all you have achieved is settling into the dreaded, dare I say toxic com-fort zone, which, in my opinion, is the number one killer of creativ-ity in the working professional, re-gardless of the volume of experi-ence or lack thereof. Creativity, I would like to imagine, is a conse-quence of a vivid imagination (no pun intended), and is therefore the catalyst that transforms knowledge

into ideas, and ideas into tangible so-lutions. In a nut shell, the professional who settles for the ordinary will have nothing else to offer besides the mundane output from the ordinary.

STEPPING INTO THE CREATIVE MIND ZONE

Language patterns are perhaps the easiest tools that can be modified to begin the trip into the creative mind zone. This applies to both giv-ers and recipients of new insights, because in reality, we shift between these two categories fairly often, depending on the forum. When-ever a new idea has been brought to your attention, the first and sim-plest language adaptation would be to say “Great idea! Tell me more!”In most cases, the first thought is to ask if the idea is practical. The sad truth is that most of us choose to fo-cus on how the idea will not work, instead of how the idea could work.By replying “Great idea! Tell me more!” you are not only encouraging the person, you are also telling yourself to wait and listen for the possibilities.Another useful language pattern is to replace the word “but” with “and”. The word “but” is a creativ-ity killer. It suggests that the state-ment that comes after “but” removes the significance of the idea before it, while the word “and” pairs it to-gether and helps the person see things from different perspectives.Consider these examples, “I like your idea, but if we look at it from a different perspective…” versus “I like your idea and if we look at it from a different perspective…” See the difference? The former is ex-clusive while the latter is inclusive. These may seem very insignificant, but they make a world of difference in nurturing the creative potential. As a matter of fact, I would con-sider it a job well done if the only message you remember to ap-ply from this entire article is

a change of language patterns.

PEER THROUGH A DIFFERENT SET OF LENSES

I am reminded of the age old ‘town mouse, country mouse’ fable. For those of you not familiar with it, town mouse, hailing from the city, went to visit country mouse based upcountry, and could not believe the space and tranquility available upcountry.

Country mouse, on making the re-verse journey to the city, was com-pletely overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle to the extent that getting a good night’s sleep was impos-sible owing to the lights and per-sistent racket that are a mainstay of city life. To claim that either the town or country has a better qual-ity of life is a subjective argument and beside the point. More crucial is the fact that both got to measure their own realities using a different perspective; they viewed their lives through a different set of lenses, and were definitely the wiser for it.



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It is strange that only extraordinary men

make the discoveries, which later appear

so easy and simple. - Georg C. Lichtenberg

UGANDA INSTITUTION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS STUDENT OUTREACHES

MAKERERE COLLEGE ADVANCED LEVEL SCIENCE STUDENTS ATTEND A UIPE WETT OUTREACH

By Norah Osende

Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers acquired a grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering un-der the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF II) Africa Catalyst program with the overall objective to support UIPE in building capacity of women in engineering and equip-ping them with the skills to enhance professionalism in engineering. One of the tasks under the grant is to or-ganize student outreaches to female students in Secondary schools, Uni-versities and technical institutions.

The UIPE Women Engineers Tech-nicians and Technologists (WETT) committee which was set up with the mandate to provide leadership in achieving women’s full participation in all aspects of engineering profes-sion organized several outreaches from February to August 2018 to Uganda Technical College- Elgon, Nabisunsa Girls school, Makerere College School, Cocacola Namanve and Mbarara plants and Mbarara University of Science and Technol-ogy. The tours was attended by; Eng. Dr. Sarah Semyano, Eng. Dr. Theodore Twongirwe, Eng. Kalanzi

Adam, Ms. Aboth Yakoba, UIPE Executive Secretary Immaculate Akello Makwo, Eng. Andrew Muh-wezi, Eng, Jimmy Oola, Angelina SsebanakitaIn total the outreaches attracted more than 1000 participants who were so enthusiastic about joing UIPE as members, before they can register as corporate to join the Engineers Registration Board and acquire a practicing licence.

The secondary school students were nurtured on what courses to take in order to become engineers, technol-ogists and technicians. Most of them were interested though demanded explanations on the benefits, chal-lenges faced and how to overcome them. These were clearly but elabo-rately explained by Angelina Sseba-nakita, Aboth Yakoba and Immacu-late Akello Makwo.

While at the Cocacola plants, the staffs inquired to know why register and how, but Engineer Adam Kalan-zi, Jimmy Oola, Andrew Muhwezi and Angelina Ssebanakita details these to them with ease.

The Mbarara University Engineering campus outreach attracted close to 400 students mostly female. These were taken into career guidance drills by Eng. Adam Kalanzi, Dun-stan Kimbowa, Angelina Ssebanaki-ta and Godfery Rwakafunjo. All the outreach participants are now up beat and ready to register with UIPE under different membership categories.


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11 UIPE News, January to August 2018UIPE CPD’s IN PICTURES : UPDF PARTICIPANTS AT THE ROYAL SUITES EUROCODE 2 CPD 2018

From left : Col. Twaha Omar Kanyoma, Major. Kaima Geoffrey and Captain. Ogwang George

Makerere College School UIPE WETT Outreach. Science students were nurtured on how to take on science courses that will in future lead them to studying Engineering courses at University.

Story by Godfrey Rwakafunjo

The Makerere College School UIPE WETT outreach was fa-cilitated by Engineers Andrew Muhwezi, Jimmy Oola. Angelina Ssebanakita, Gedfrey Rwakafunjo. UIPE Executive Secretary Immac-ulate Akello Makwo, Emily Alum

and Eng. Dr. Sarah Semyano UIPE WETT Chairperson.

The UIPE WETT outreaches are supported by GCRF II project under the Royal Academy of En-gineering. Other outreaches were held at Nabisusa Girls School, Century Bottling company, Mbarara University of Science

and Technology and Kichwamba Technical College in western Uganda.


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CPD TRAINING 2018

Below is a schedule of upcoming CPD Trainings and events;

. The Western Uganda CPD, Kichwamba Outreach (September 2018)

. Contract Administration (Local and International 3-5/10/2018)

. Public Private Partnership (5-7/12/2018)

. Report Writing CPD in Moyo (11/2018) Contacts:

The cost for one to attend each training is UGX450,000/= per participant for UIPE Members UGX 510,000 for Non Members and the Fees should be paid in full, before commencement of the Training directly to UIPE bank account No. 9030005841819 in Stanbic Bank (Metro Branch).Payments can also be made by MTN Mobile money using the code “UIPE”

The CPD’s in Mbarara and Moyo will be charged at Shs 200,000/ = for UIPE members and 250,000/= for none UIPE members. They have been subsidized by the Royal Academy of Engineering GCRF II project.

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UIPE will hold a members an annual dinner in November 2018, the venue and date will be communicated to members


List of Applicants considered by the 458th Council Meet-ing on 12th June, 2018 under the Various CategoriesCorporate1 Mr. Sekadde Ezra 2 Ms. Okwii Teddy3 Ms. Kabahuma Sarah4 Ms. Namaganda Irene5 Mr. Kibuuka Yusuf Nsubuga6 Mr. Mwebesa Enoch Bwesigye7 Eng. Jensen Lars Pater

Provisional Corporate

1 Mr. Mujuni Herbert 2 Mr. Ojok Denis Anthony 3 Mr. Rubagumya James 4 Mr. Wamala Fred 5 Mr. Kasirikale Geoffrey 6 Mr. Keesiga Diana 7 Mr. Kairu Robert Muluvu 8 1. Mr. Byaruhanga Atwooki Deo 9 Mr. Arinaitwe Emmy 10 Mr. Bugembe Hajab 11 Ms. Kyohairwe Ann12 Mr. Ojara Allan Bruce 13 Mr. Odul Stephenson14 Mr. Mwesige Godfrey15 Mr. Ojara Allan Bruce16 Mr. Can-Ogura Raymond

Graduates1 Mr. Ariho Samuel2 Mr. Echimu Simon Peter3 Ms. Muhumuza Esther4 Mr. Arinaitwe Kinigah Baldo5 Ms. Nabbanda Diana6 Ms. Tibazindwa Lilian Hope7 Mr. Kigenyi Zirabamuzaale Simon Peter8 Mr. Munanura Pittson Omar9 Mr. Agole Peter10 Ms. Namazzi Rosette Lule11 Mr. Ntundamazi Sam12 Mr. Sseggirinnya Charles Lwanga13 Mr. Kugonza Robert Senkula14 Mr. Malingu Curthbert Jermiah15 Mr. Mutyaba Johnson16 Ms. Namatovu Sophie Lyn Mayanja17 Mr. Isabirye Moses18 Ms. Nassali Salaamah19 Mr. Kabwa Wycliff20 Mr. Ochan Terry Adei21 Mr. Kibira Collins22 Mr. Turyabagye Victor23 Mr. Ddungu Ibrahim24 Mr. Asaba Patrick25 Mr. Musiime Emmanuel26 Mr. Kuteesa John27 Mr. Nakabaale Ivan

28 Mr. Asiimwe Collin29 Mr. Kateega Samuel30 Mr. Okeny David31 Ms. Nanzala Judie32 Ms. Nyamagenyi Barbra SophieTechnologist1 Mr. Kwikiriza Elasmus BainobwengyeTechnician2 Ms. Nakisita Susan92 student members were elected by the council.

List of Applicants considered by the 455th Coun-cil Meeting on 17th April, 2018 under the Various Categories

Corporate1 Mr. Simon Tebasulwa Kalanzi 2 Ms. Tusiime Gloria Baitwa3 Mr. Olaro Oscar

Provisional Corporate1 Mr. Anguyo Davis Madaraka2 Mr. Musinguzi George Tinda 3 Mr. Nsubuga Geoffrey 4 Mr. Semanda Hassan 5 Mr. Nuwamanya Titus 6 Mr. Migadde Johnmary7 Mr. Ssebutemba Shakibu 8 Mr. Kiboigo Nelson Junior9 Mr. Batenda Felix Graduates

1 Mr. Anguria Paul2 Mr. Kamwesigye Isaac3 Mr. Bulega George Linighan4 Mr. Oluka Richard Erongu5 Mr. Akwila Moses6 Mr. Lutaaya Philip7 Mr. Ntambi Kamadi8 Mr. Tukahirwa Smith9 Mr. Murungi Philip10 Mr. Ntumwa Jamiru11 Mr. Kagoda Faziri12 Mr. Bitamazire Solomon13 Mr. Ssemwogerere Fred

124 students were elected


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List of Applicants considered by the 452nd Council Meeting on 13th March, 2018 under the Various Categories

Provisional Corporate1 Mr. Lubowa Stephen2 Mr. Kabugo Ibrahim Sekitoleko


List of Applicants considered by the 451st Council Meeting on 13th February, 2018 under the Various Categories

Corporate

1 Mrs. Nakachwa Maria Mutagubya 2 Mr. Hangushi Robert Waswa3 Mr. Isaac Kawuma4 Mrs. Anna Akello Muhereza5 Ms. Natabi Irene


1 Mr. Kiberu George2 Mr. Magezi Samuel3 Mr. Ochwo Paul Joram4 Mr. Batwine Muboine Apollo5 Mr. Nabucha Aloysius (EREP)6 Mr. Gombya Ivan 7 Mr. Kirenzi Asuman (EREP)8 Mr. Mulolo Francis (EREP)

Graduates

1 Mr. Otto Peter2 Mr. Odoi Phillimon P’Owori

Technicians

1 Mr. Kaabi William2 Ms. Anne Mbinya Mata3 Ms. Akisiimire Correte


List of Applicants considered by the 450th Council Meet-ing on 16th January, 2017 under the Various Categories


1. Mr. Watta Ivan2. Mr. Turyamureeba Perezi3. Mr. Katongole Joseph4. Mr. Collins Yebazamukama

Graduates1 Mr. Dushime Zungu Derick2 Mr. Acema Godfrey Aswa3 Mr. Ssali Stephen4 Ms. Nyesigire Resty5 Mr. Mutabazi Arthur6 Mr. Ahimbisibwe Dues Godfrey7 Mr. Ssegawa John Baptist8 Mr. Acidri Samuel9 Ms. Nakisekka Faridah10 Mr. Akamanya Rawlings11 Mr. Katante John Bosco12 Mr. Ollando Allan13 Mr. Mugisha Daniel14 Mr. Mugabi Asher15 Mr. Woyeya Christopher16 Ms. Mbabazi Annet17 Mr. Muhangi Enock Murungi18 Mr. Boominathan Saravanan19 Mr. Kabunga Brian20 Mr. Otai Emmanuel21 Mr. Mugisha james22 Mr. Walusaga Isa23 Ms. Apio Eseza Lydia24 Mr. Ndyomuhirwa Herbert25 Mr. Mutebi Ibrahim26 Mr. Kibuuka Fred27 Mr. Okello Francis28 Mr. Hatega Joseph

Technologists

1 Mr. Abaine Sylock2 Ms. Nalumansi Jemima

Technician

1 Mr. Barasa Julius


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Note: All elected candidates had to wait until 12, July -2018. Thereafter, if no complaint is raised against the elected candidate they shall receive

Provisional Corporate1. Mr. Lubowa Stephen2. Mr. Kabugo Ibrahim Sekitoleko3. Mr. Watta Ivan4 . Mr. Turyamureeba Perezi 5. Mr. Katongole Joseph 6. Mr. Collins YebazamukamaGraduates1. Mr. Dushime Zungu Derick2. Mr. Acema Godfrey Aswa3. Mr. Ssali Stephen4. Ms. Nyesigire Resty5. Mr. Mutabazi Arthur6. Mr. Ahimbisibwe Dues Godfrey7. Mr. Ssegawa John Baptist8. Mr. Acidri Samuel9. Ms. Nakisekka Faridah10. Mr. Akamanya Rawlings11. Mr. Katante John Bosco12. Mr. Ollando Allan13. Mr. Mugisha Daniel14. Mr. Mugabi Asher15. Mr. Woyeya Christopher16. Ms. Mbabazi Annet17. Mr. Muhangi Enock Murungi18. Mr. Boominathan Saravanan19. Mr. Kabunga Brian20. Mr. Otai Emmanuel21. Mr. Mugisha James22. Mr. Walusaga Isa23. Ms. Apio Eseza Lydia24. Mr. Ndyomuhirwa Herbert25. Mr. Mutebi Ibrahim26. Mr. Kibuuka Fred27. Mr. Okello Francis28. Mr. Hatega Joseph



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Technologist1. Mr. Abaine Sylock2. Ms. Nalumansi JemimaTechnician1. Mr. Barasa Julius37 Mr. Okuya Caeser Juninho38 Mr. Kabinga Moses39 Mr. Nkeya Stephen40 Mr. Olunya Richard Nyero41 Mr. Avaga Joel42 Mr. Nasasira Clive43 Mr. Golooba Nathan44 Mr. Ocan Allan Moris45 Mr. Amutuhaire Edgar46 Mr. Suubi Joshua47 Mr. Omagor Alfred48 Mr. Kombowa Adan49 Mr. Ahumuza Allan50 Mr. Akampurira Ivan

124 students were elected and approved by the UIPE council.

The Engineers Registration Enhancement Program (EREP) and Women Engineers Enhancement Programs (WEREP), that were done 2017, inconjuction with our partners UACE, UNABCEC and ERB harvested positively. The Engineers, Technologists and Technicians registration for the last two years has increase by 20%. Thanks to all who endeavoured to take part and finally register. The GTP 2018/19 is on aimed at increasing engineer

Eng. Ben Kyemba, MET Committee Chairman. The MET Committee is responsible for Membership, Education and Training to improve engineering prac-tices in Uganda.

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Members elected at the 461 UIPE Council sitting

CORPORATE1. Ms. Tushemereirwe Charity2. Mr. Baguma Grace Gariyo3. Mr. Iyamulemye Emmanuel4. Mr. Kirenzi Asuman5. Mr. Musinguzi Ambrose6. Mr. Musumba Steven7. Ms. Mwogeza Mary8. Mr. Opwanya Peter9. Mr. Kabaggoza Daniel10. Mr. Kiberu George Patrick11. Mr. Mugabe Tony12. Mr. Okot Dennis 13. Mr. Kiboigo Nelson Junior14. Mr. Rutalo MichaelPROVISIONAL CORPORATE

1. Mr. Mugavu Martin2. Mr. Beinamaryo Tumukunde Felix3. Mr. Gamubaka Fred Cedric4. Mr. Tumuhimbise Conald5. Mr. Opito Sam6. Mr. Mone Simon James7. Mr. Kironde Dennis8. Mr. Mugambwa Robert

TECHNOLOGISTS1 Mr. Mugabi Henry2 Mr. Rutabandama Abel3 Mr. Kiganira Samuel4 Mr. Asingwire Valerian5 Mr. Maiku Francis6. Muhwezi Balaam8. Akanyijuka Andrew

NB : PLEASE FIND OTHER UIPE ELECTED MEMBERS LIST FOR 2018

ON PAGES 15, AND 16, OF THIS NEWS LETTER

TECHNICIANS1 Mr. Mulindwa Daniel2 Mr. Sseremba Geoffrey Kiteke3 Mr. Ochora Edward4 Mr. Caku Fred5 Mr. Mwijukye Deus6 Mr. Olinawe David7 Mr. Obote Benard Angiro

The 461 UIPE council elected 43 student members.

NotePlease expect to receive official communication after September 14th, 2018 through email.

Graduate members will be elected after the 462 UIPE Council meeting. This will take place in September 2018.

Eng. Dr . Mark Rubarenzya Chairman PREP

Upcoming events at UIPE; The western Uganda CPD in Mbarara is being organised. This is the first of its kind after UIPE Mbarara branch was inaugurated in July 2018. Eng. Adam Kalanzi, UIPE Membership Services Manager says the CPD will improve lives among engineers in western region.


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SectorEngineering in Uganda Letter From the Editor:

WHY DESIGN IN ENGINEERING MATTERS MORE, NOW THAN BEFORE

On November, 2018 Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers (UIPE) will host its annual dinner conference. The dinner will be held at a designated place with partners and stakeholders in and out of Uganda. En-gineering better practices, design and proto-typing will feature in the days top Engineers, managers, technologists, technicians, and thinkers agenda.I started my college career studying jour-nalism, but have written stories published across the world on line about civil, chemi-cal, aeronautic, mechanical engineering among other genres, but halfway through my sophomore year, I accidentally found my way into the world of communication for an engineering organization. This sector mainly entails design and prototyping. I loved the problem-solving side of engineering, while in due course interacting with engineers with all journalistic objectivity and the math, that jour-nalists negate, but I’ll never forget the mag-netic pull of a certain computer lab brimming with Macintoshes, each loaded with Illustra-tor, Photoshop, and PageMaker at my Mas-ters Course at Uganda Christian University. My change of major felt like a seismic shift, and I worried that it meant I’d no longer be doing something “important,” but that’s be-cause back in 2016, I didn’t understand what UIPE have come to realize: Design and tech-nology just aren’t that far apart. Yes, the core of my communication design work for UIPE revolves around concepts like color theory and spatial systems, but all the while I am actually learning how to think critically and making the best use of you guessed it, right, emergent technology in line with what engi-neering world embraces. Maybe you never thought about it this way, but designers touch and shape every single part of your day; they are a constant pres-ence in your life. Your smartphone, glasses, activity tracker, house, cup someone made them, worrying over the details that turned those things into indispensable companions. From the x-height of the type on your car’s in-dash display to the lumbar support of your

new desk chair to that sacred moment every evening when you finally jettison your Flyk-nits, pretty much every experience has been lovingly craftedone might even say engi-neered by designers.

In fact, there’s never been a better time to be an engineering designer. Every day, power-ful new tools and technologies put new op-portunities at our fingertips. The designer’s toolkit is ever-expanding, and contemporary advances in manufacturing, prototyping, and production have enabled nothing less than a modern renaissance in all forms of design, from industrial to graphic. Even better, I’ve been delighted to learn that the designer’s quiver and the editor’s quiver share more than a few arrows: We use systems and soft-ware as tools to unify, to improve function, and to beautify. Design is inextricably linked to innovation. The founders of this magazine understood this essential truth; as an organ-izing principle, the UIPE news letter story has always centered on design.

You can see that manifest itself this month, across just about everything we do. You can see it in our next design issue. You can see it in the new edition of Engineers magazine, our yearly style manual for gadgets and gear. You can see it online at uipe.co.ug.com/publications, which has become one of the most popular sections of our site under the visionary leadership of articles editor Aldon Walukamba Grace, and perhaps most excit-ingly, you’ll see it at annual dinner by Design, a live event about how engineering design and creativity are shaping a better future for Uganda.Aldon likes to say that design allows engi-neers to make sense of our technology, and he’s right. That relationship has never been more important, particularly in the world they cover. It makes me happy that I chose to become a Information officer for designers, especially because it gives me the chance to explore these new frontiers with you.


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