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Uganda Martyrs University
AcademicExcellence
ssue 18 volume 1May 2011
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EDITORIAL
very instuon of Higher Learning endeavoursto provide the best academic experiences for both theirsta and students. Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) isno excepon to the desire to provide the faculty andstudents with an academic experience that exceeds their
expectaons and thus becomes deemed excellent.
The latest newsleers have focused on UMU in a nutshelland how UMU is impacted and impacts its community. Thisvolumes theme is UMUs Academic Excellence, which is adouble-edged statement which focuses on the instuonsas well as the individual achievements of faculty and
students. The term academic is loosely used to describe theteaching-learning experiences of both faculty and students;the research the students and faculty are engaged in; andthe social experiences and interacons between studentsand faculty of Uganda Martyrs University. Excellence in thisvolume is used to capture what UMU is exceponally goodat, and also the faculty and students who stood out. Takentogether therefore, we are celebrang UMUs academicachievements thus far.
Uganda Martyrs University sll boasts of having a smallnumber of students with whom there can be maximuminteracon to enhance their academic experiences. Thereare 8 facules and each is uniquely placed to provide thebest programs for the students. The programs are run on 3dierent types Full Time; Part-Time; and Distance Learningon a modular basis. There have been 16 graduaons andtherefore a great representaon for UMU is already in theworkplace. The next issue will celebrate the graduates ofUMU but we will menon here that the graduates are doingUMU proud everywhere they go. This has made UMU to besynonymously known for excellence and as a University toreckon with. The asseron is not self-glorifying but as thesaying goes the evidence is in the pudding and the puddinghere will be UMU coming second to Makerere University
in last years Inter-University Open day compeonsorganized by Naonal Council for Higher Educaon. GivenMakereres history and its years of existence, this was nomean achievement for UMU which has been in existencesince 1993. The compeon was a testament that UMUis academically excellent. This achievement was furthercemented by one of our alumna winning the East AfricanRegional Award for youth compeon, which focused onYouth and ICTs in Agriculture and Rural Development.
This past year too, UMU has experienced growth in the
academic engagements of both its faculty and studentsThe year was marked with book publicaons and Journalaunches alongside already exisng ones to provide awider avenue for the academic sta and students topublish their work. Ventures that show that UMU is willingto lead in knowledge producon and communicaon asits moo states: In virtue and wisdom, lead the worldThis newsleer however, will not dwell much on thepublicaons and classroom experiences of faculty and
sta but rather will provide a synopsis of what kinds ofconversaons or debates or analysis people in UMU areengaged in.
There is an arcle that reects on the teaching of ethicsat UMU, which invites us to debate if it is worth it.Another arcle discusses polics in Uganda and what wecan make of it. Another arcle focuses on the glories ofInformaon and Communicaon Technology and the evilthat can come from it with a parcular focus on cybercrime. The students highlight their experiences at UMUand the dierent acvies they are involved in, whichenhances their academic life and puts them on the path of
excellence.
In this issue, we also pay special tribute to one of thefaculty who has been a posive inuence to manystudents, Sr. Hae, who recently rered. There is also aprole of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Aairs, Dr.Fr. Joseph Kisekka. There is a resident columnist who hasanother humorous and yet thought provoking piece.
In all, there is much to learn of and from UMU. Please feelfree to write back so that we can connue engaging eachother on the issues raised by the arcles featured.
Harriet Mutonyi (PhD)
the editorialteam
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NEWSTHE 16th UMU Graduation Ceremony
Alex Agaba
On 19th November 2010, Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) held its16th Graduaon Ceremony. The occasion began with the Eucharisccelebraon of mass. His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala, the
Archbishop Emeritus Kampala Archdiocese, was the main celebrant.The Mass was animated by the angelic voices of the UMU Chapel choir,tradional dances by students and accompanied by a band.
On that day, His Grace Odama John Bapst, Archbishop of GuluArchdiocese who was the newly elected chairman of the UgandaEpiscopal Conference was also installed as the new Chancellor of UMU.In his speech, he welcomed guests to the beauful UMU campus. Healso commended the good work being done by the Vice Chancellor,Professor Charles Olweny. He referred to a Catholic University as aninstrument of the church to nd the cultural values and treasures thatare hidden in each and every one of us. He armed that such culturalgems were to enable the church to iniate matching dialogue with thepeople of God irrespecve of their cultural background. He urged thegraduands (now graduates) to use and apply wisely the tools that theyhad acquired from this university and to carry out the development
process that was began by Christ himself.
A total of one thousand two hundred fourty graduands were awardedcercates, diplomas and degrees. Seven hundred thirty one of thesewere male while four hundred and ninety ve of these were female. Thebest performing students in dierent disciplines were awarded prizesfor theiroutstanding work in class and examinaons. These included NantumeChrisne who won the Centenary Rural Development Bank Award worth1,000,000 UGS, Tino Olupot Norah who won the Press Award worth250,000 UGS, Okello Phiona who won the George William and DivineKavuma Award worth 250,000 UGS, Kiyimba Achileo, BainomujuniEllyson Bob and Kakeeto Dominic Savio who each won the Faculty ofHealth Sciences Awards worth 200,000 UGS and Akora Pamela who wonthe Firmin-Mess Award worth 250,000 UGS.
Launch o Agroecology
Ssali Tonny and Dr Nnassuuna Musoke M
It all started with the situaon analysis carried out at aConference in 2007. The Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CUL) atthe Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uganda MartyrsUniversity (UMU), and Mekelle University in Ethiopia idened aneed to improve the relevance of Research, educaon and extensionin agriculture. With support from SIDA of Sweden, a programme wasdeveloped to promote Agro-ecology in Pracce, Educaon and Training.
On 21st January 2011, the pioneer MSc. Agro-ecology andSustainable Development Course was launched .The funcon was held
at UMU Rubaga Campus and was kicked o with a cocktail . It is at thisRubaga Campus that the Course is being conducted.
The occasion was graced by Professor LennartSalomonsson from Swedish University of Agriculture . Other dignitarieswho included a representave from Mekelle University, Dr ZenebeAbraha Kahsay, a representave from the Ugandan Ministry of
Educaon and Sports, Mrs Ntete Mary and UMU Human ResourceDirector Mr. Euzebio Akiiki Katoroogo. Present too were UMU Deansand Heads of Facules and Departments, MSc. Agro-ecology students,UMUSA representaves, Naonal Organic Agricultural Movement ofUganda (NOGAMU) representaves, Caritas Uganda and farmers whereAgro-ecology eld and praccal sessions (part of Agro-ecology ShortCourses) are being conducted. The Deputy Vice Chancellor AcademicAairs Assoc. Prof. Joseph Kisekka delivered the Vice Chancellorswrien Speech.
The Course has aracted 74 Pioneer applicaons from dierentbackgrounds of Agriculture, Social Sciences, economics, DevelopmentStudies, Veterinary Medicine among others .This is due to its mul-disciplinary approach .Currently it is run on a part me basis as a
weekend programme.
Mildmay Centre runs HIV AIDS Peer Educator
Workshop
Professor Barnabas Otaala, Dean Faculty of Educao
A three-day workshop was conducted by Mildmay Centre for 40 UMUstudents, end of September/ beginning of October 2010. The rst dayof the workshop was spent on familiarizing parcipants with basicfacts about HIV and AIDS; Impact of HIV/ AIDS on University students
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transmission and prevenon of HIV/AIDS; and Care and Management ofHIV/AIDS.
The second day was spent on how one can communicate eecvelyas a peer educator; including understanding eecve communicaon,behaviour change, and posive prevenon. The third day was spent ondiscussing sgma and discriminaon of people living with HIV/AIDS, andthe roles and responsibilies of a peer educator. The day ended withpreparaon of Acon Plans which will be implemented in the course ofthe academic year 2010/ 2011.
This was the second me the Mildmay Centre had run a workshop forUganda Martyrs University. In May 2009, it run a two- day workshop for30 parcipants selected from academic and administrave sta, studentsand workers. Mildmay Centre which deals with HIV/ AIDS prevenon careand training is Uganda Martyrs Universitys valuable partner in its ghtagainst HIV & AIDS.
FOBE 1010
Achillies Ahimbisibwe, FoBE
TO CHANGE AND STAY THE SAME, a look back at 10 1010 Ace,a 10-
year-old boy once told me that he wanted to be a tourist. When I askedhim why; he gleamed as he recounted how tourists erected their tents;how they wandered through the streets of Kampala without a carein the world; and how they visited dierent places and learned moreabout our country than we do. Twenty years later, Ace has visited over20 countries, and speaks 6 languages uently. He never passes on achance to pack a bag and hurl himself into the next fun adventure withfriends or strangers. Ace as it turns out, is now an Architect.
The 10th of October 2010, was a day for the Faculty of the BuiltEnvironment (FoBE) to express its gratude: to thank our dear parentsand benefactors for accepng to bear the brunt of our existence, tothank our tutors and mentors for not giving up on us even when we arestubborn and ungrateful, to thank our competors for keeping us onour toes and propelling us deeper into the quest for beer architecture
educaon, but most of all thanking the giver of life for allowing us toplace our footprint in the sands of me.
In a spirit of commemoraon, professionals from dierent walks of lifetook me out of their daily lives to sit down with us and have a chat.The Gala dinner was hosted by Professor Charles Olweny, who gracedthe occasion with a welcome speech to the professors, Doctors, andhonorable ministers in aendance. Professor Olwenys ornate speech
srred the hearts of the audience and set the mood for a memorablenight.
The comic animaon of the masters of ceremony and the accompanyingapplause of the audience restated the benevolence of the ne Spirewine we all shared. Conversaon and laughter, were only interruptedby a sumptuous meal that was served at the Katonga Hall, KampalaSerena Hotel. The mood went from joy to splendor when, theaudience was llated by a skit that underplayed the misconcepons ofarchitecture in Uganda today.
The key note address by Phil Harries, the founding director of TroppoArchitects. The 2010 Laureate of the Global Sustainable ArchitectureAward, oered a rst-hand account of the current reality andsignicance of sustainable architecture. It was accentuated thatarchitecture remains resistant to change especially when one looksout a window in most of Ugandas towns. The harsh realies of themarketplace were hinted upon, stressing the need for students totake advantage of every opportunity and improve themselves. Theincident collapses on account of negligence or the compeve edgein the marketplace are each a result of eort or indolence along eachstudents path.It was a reassuring senment when a former studentnow architect swaggered in with lovely wife in hand. The sight servedas a modest consolaon for connuing students who ruminate on theirtedious fumbling in the studio for long unforgiving nights; only to beberated within an inch of sanity
The gauntlet is now set before us as we look forward with the soleidea that our profession is about people. Aer the fancy dresses comeo and sumptuous indulgences pass; we should retain the power ofthe words that will oer the annunciaon of truth for those who willlisten. Let us remember that it is not what you get that makes youvaluable, but what you become.The reality of architecture is visceral notintellectual it is not from books and theories, but from the REAL; fromthings we touch, feel, walk through and inextricably LIVE.
Poetr
AFRICAN AND STILL A WOMAN
I may be a little light
I may be a little dark
I dont glide
I make heavy steps, everyone knows I have passed
I dont smell like sweet owered perfume
Instead I carry along the heavy smell of smoke
I may not have small shapely feet
Mine may be like that of a little elephant
My hair is not long, owing and soft
Instead, its plaited in, dark like farm soil and harder than sisal
My hands are chapped, cracked and nails broken
Not your magazine type
I dont give little shy glances
I stare, mama told me to see what I get
I dont wear size eight outts
I am plump
I am African and still a woman.
Pheonah Okori, BAM II
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Vice Chancellor presides over the release o
the ICPAU examination results and the launch
o the CPA logo.
Alex Agaba
On Monday, 24 January 2011, Vice Chancellor Prof. Charles Olweny
presided over the release of the December 2010 ICPAU examinaonsresults for professional accountants and accounng technicians and alsothe launch of the CPA logo. The funcon took place at Imperial Royalehotel, Kampala. Present was Mr. Naru Thakkar, President of ICPA, Mr.Derick Nkajja Secretary and CEO, members of Council and other ICPAUdignitaries.
Professor Olweny congratulated all those that were to receivemeritorious awards for their ne performance. Over 3431 candidateshad sat both the CPA of Uganda and Accounts Technician Cercatecourses. He dened what a profession was and said that for a professionto meet its societal obligaons it issues a code of ethics or behaviourstang the standards by which its members will be judged. He alsoproudly noted that Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) was foundedin 1993 primarily to counteract the observed moral decay in businessand professions. Today with 5000 students in 8 facules and twoschools. Ethics remains a compulsory subject irrespecve of onescourse of study.Professor Olweny also acknolwedged the pride UMUtakes in forging strategic alliances with government, non-governmentorganisaons, industries other instuons of higher learning and withprofessional bodies such as Cered Public Accountants.
WE MADE OUR MARK
Susan Ninsiima and Chloe Kermu
On 30th September 2010, a beauful Thursday morning agroup of ve parcipants: Esther Gensi BAM II, Mukasa BryansFOBE, Uwizera Anthony BAM III, Kermu Chloe BSC II andTwongyeire Florenna IT II readied themselves for a journey to
Kampala.
Clad in the best formal wear, they arrived at Hotel Triangle at10:00 am. As tension rose, clearing of voices began, palms gotsweaty and silence took over as UMU together with other 17universies warmed up for their speeches for the bale of thebest speaker.
The rules ofthe game
were laid
down,expectaonsgiven with
5 speakersfor eachuniversity
being
allocated
5 minutes each and a number of posion without use of amicrophone. While the judges seleddown, tension in the audience rose asspeaker aer speaker took their turn atspeaking.
Our very own were not le behind as oneby one they calmly took their turn with
dignity and condence. The rst UMU
speech was about culture, as the speakertook centre stage dressed in African wearand bare footed. She used the space tomake the youth understand the values ofpreserving culture.
At the end of the bale, every speakerdone, the judges rose to give their verdictpicking out sixteen best parcipants out ofthe one hundred more eloquent speakers.With pride and honour, 2 of our own madeit.
With this we want to thank the then
Secretary of Informaon, AmpairweAndrew, Secretary for Cultural and Community Aairs, SebuddeMathew and Tshimba David chairman UMUSU council andlastly we want to thank the ve parcipants for raising to themark and making us proud.
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acknowledgemnet
HAFLETT MARY ESTHER
By Ssengooba George, lecturer IEDS
We pay tribute to Sr. Marie-Esther Hae. B.A Mathemacs
(Michigan University) M.A Maths (Notre Dame) M.A Economics
(Notre Dame), PhD Economics (Notre Dame), who She joined
UMU on the 1st January 1997 and recently rered on 31st Au-
gust 2010.
She started the Faculty of Science when it was breaking away
from the faculty of Business administraon. From 1999 to 2002,
she was the Substanve Dean of the Faculty of Science and also
fully engaged in teaching Mathemacs and Economics. She also
helped in the mentoring of the sta members . She once serverd
as University Registrar and also was member of the Senate and
Governing Council.
while at UMU, she published Fundamental Mathemacs Con-
cepts and Fundamental Stascal Concepts among others
IN THE WORDS OF HER FORMER STUDENTS
Dr. Hae taught us math in rst year BAM(2006). She made
maths sooooo easy!
Linda Baliddawa, Director, Lindsay Coages.
Sr. Hae proved maths was fun! I remember her teaching was
fresh and I always looked forward to another class with her.
Judith Akora (2004-2007), IT Auditor
Bank of Uganda
Dr. Hae encouraged hard-work and her best quote its only
in the diconary that success comes before work emphasized
the point. She made maths an enjoyable subject even to those
who had background in humanies. Learning maths with Dr
Hae was a memorable experience.
On a lighter note, her use of print your name instead of saying
write your name did confuse a lot of students!
Gaspard Kayitare, Msc. Business Informaon Systems
University of East London
CongratulationsDenis Musinguzi a Lecturer IEDS ed the knot with Rose at
St.Peters Nsambya catholic church and later the couple hosted
their guests at a colourful recepon - Kiwatule recreaon center.
The Gi of a Holy Matrimony
One thing oen leads to the other,
And along a wide horizon a holy matrimony nally bedes.
By a nature harnessed with divine providence,
The spring of life naturally propagates itself,
Giving birth to something that doesnt yet exist,
The amazing wonder of a new life.
True to its state of sacredness,
The lifes source does more than assert what it truly is,
A noble reckoning of cherished tradionsAnd an extraterrestrial providence by the Mighty Heavens,
By which what is earthly kisses what is holy,
In an ecstac embrace.
As love yearns to consume itself in a blissful bond,
Uncertainty hovers over which course to take:
Short, long or medium course.
The tradion courts the divine as both lay wide,
Their welcoming hands to the yearning souls.
Once the path of tradion and holiness wins the bet,
The love is blessed by indissoluble arpeggio,
The gi of a holy matrimony.
Enjoy the viewing!
By Denis and Rose
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FEATURECan the teaching o ethics
make a dierence?Denis Musinguzi, Lecturer IEDS
Towards the end of the August-December 2010 Semester, the Ethics
Alliance of Uganda Martyrs University held its maiden symposium.
The symposium was guided by an apparently bizarre and somehow
contested theme: Does ethics maer in all elds of study?
Hearing from the logically constructed arguments of these gallant
student debaters was such a rare joy I have experienced in my life asa lecturer. In the end I was honestly challenged to re-examine my own
understanding of ethics, parcularly its pedagogical feasibility.
As noted by Kaguongo Wambari, a great Kenyan educator, the central
place that values occupy in any human society in general, and in the
lives of individual members in parcular, cannot be overemphasized.
The decline in social and moral values inevitably sets o a marked
degeneraon in the quality of life for the society. In the context of this
reality, every society puts in place ways for moral development of the
young, upon whom the future rests. Both the family and school struc-
tures play a central role as vehicles of moral development. This arcle
focuses on the funcon of formal educaon.
The purpose of educaon as arculated by Luigi Giussani is to fashion
a new human being. To him, the acve factors of the educaonal
process must guide the learner to act with increasing independenceand to face the world around him on his own. To do this, the learner
must be increasingly exposed to all the elements of his environment,
while also gradually allowing him more responsibility for his acons
and choices. Indeed, it was due to the foresightedness of the founders
of Uganda Martyrs University that this noble vision was enshrined in
form of mainstreaming the teaching of ethics across all the courses
oered by the University.
The philosophical exposion of moral and character development
as an educaonal concern were rst arculated by ancient Greek
thinkers, notably Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Plato and Aristotle
parcularly highlighted the possibility and need for teaching moral
educaon. In their meless educaon endeavour, these philosophers
ably demonstrated that schools, by their nature, should be involved
in shaping the moral character of the learners. In fact, Njoroge, another
celebrated educator, observed that the school is one of the instuons
within the wider society that need to give the learner a comprehensive
ethical vision transcending the school environment.However, while there is wide-range consensus on the need to teach
moral values, disagreement abound on which values to teach, who to
teach them, and how and when to teach them. To the tradionalists,
educaon in values is an essenal part of any educaon, for without
values, the whole person cannot be educated and social anarchy will be
the eventual outcome. To modernists, values are important to educa-
on but their teaching is not a business of schools, but of the homes
and religious instuons.
Since schools exist in society, they should not only promote their own
goals, but goals of the sociees or communies in which they belong.
The three elements of morality that a school should develop are the
spirit of discipline; the aachment to social needs; and the authority
of the will. The spirit is in itself fundamental since morality consists of
the body of rules sanconed by society; and to regularize conduct is afundamental funcon of morality. The aachment to society is based on
socially cherished moral values that uphold the vitality of society.
Giving it a praccal dimension, Kaguongo noted that it was due to
the state of moral crisis in Kenyan society that the Kenyas Naonal
Commiee on Educaonal Objecves and Policies (NCEOP) introduced
the teaching of Social Educaon and Ethics (SEE) in Kenyan Secondary
Schools. The purpose of SEE was to help the learners to consider and
reect upon their social and moral values and, where necessary, modify
them appropriately for the well-being of the society. Similarly, Harvard
Business School established the teaching of ethics cognizant that while
students had been equipped with the knowledge of nance, banking
and accounts among others, no corresponding eorts were made to
equip students with the skills of dealing with moral issues especially at
the place of work.The concern of ethics educaon is therefore to establish the ethical
standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. This involves arcu-
lang the good habits that the learner should acquire and the conse-
quences that will accrue from his/her decisions, choices or acons. This
point of view presents a case for reason in moral decision making, the
key element that underpins my teaching of ethics and crical thought.
However, some philosophers have downplayed the role of reason in
moral assessment in favour of emoon. These are commonly classied
as Emove theorists. For instance, David Hume, a subscriber to emove
theory, argues that moral assessment involves our emoons, and not
our reason. According to him, we can amass all the reasons we want,
but that alone will not constute a moral assessment of our acons
or decisions. While Hume concedes that reason might be of service in
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giving us the relevant data, he maintains that reason is, and ought to be,
the slave of the passions.
However, this an-raonalist senment was roundly rejected by Im-
manuel Kant, a more raonally-minded philosopher, who argued that
moral assessments are indeed acts of reason. He argues that although
emoonal factors do inuence our conduct, reasons prescribes to us
what the good it is that we should do, and the bad that we should
reject.
Whether this moral knowledge necessarily leads to moral conduct
remains a moot queson, I am convinced that the knowledge of moral
values imbues in the learner a moral consciousness for what is right and
wrong, compared with someone without such knowledge.
To make ethics educaon more eecve, this arcle recommends a
methodological shi from didacc teaching, which is authoritarian and
uncrical; to engaged teaching which is parcipatory, insighul and
crical.
ACADEMIC AWARDS AT
UMU
Eleanor Naisikwe, BAM II
The mission of Uganda Martyrs University
is to provide quality higher educaon and
it aims at equipping its students with tools
that will create an element of prociency in
whatever they do.
Academic excellence is one of the uni-
versitys objecves and thus students are
movated to strive to excel through the
dierent awards which carry a prize that are
presented to the best performing students
in the dierent disciplines for their out-
standing work in class examinaons annu-
ally during the graduaon ceremony.
Just as one author, Wallace Walter said,
it is very important to have an atude of
gratude, the university upholds a policy that encourages hard work as
eligible students are rewarded for their hard work.
The dierent facules of the University oer dierent awards.
The Faculty of Built Environment oers awards like the Firmin-Mees
Award in Environmental Design which is presented to the top ranked
graduang student. A student receives a cercate and a monetary
award. A student should have an average of 65% and above or higher in
the programme. In the academic year 2006, Emmanuel Kayanja received
the award, in 2007 it was taken by Samuel Muganga and in 2010 Akora
Pamela Elwor-Konga got the award.
The Michael Lejeune award worth UGX 250,000 is given to the best
Bachelor of Architecture graduate who aains an overall grade mark
of 65% and above. Royii Leonard. R got the award in 2006; Nakibuuka
Janelle in 2007 and Kayanja Emmanuel got the award in 2009.
There is also the Mulder award which was awarded to Mbaziira Alex in
2003 and to Nuwamanya Daniel in 2004.
In the faculty of Business Administraon and Management, there is the
Centenary Rural Development Award worth UGX 1,000,000 given to a
second year student majoring in Accounng and Finance. This award has
been in existence since 2001 to date. The record holders include; Miss
Irene Odinga in 2001, Annemary Nanyanza, Josephine Balikudembe in
2002, Andiru Caroline in 2003, Athieno Elizabeth Clare in 2004, Mary
Nabaggala in 2005, Olivia Nanteza in 2006, Tumwizere Ronald Roy in
2007, Nakacwa Sandra in 2008, Niyongabo Natasha in 2009 and Nan-
tume Chrisne in 2010.
The George William and Divine Kavuma Award worth UGX 250,000 is
given to the best nal year student. Four students have managed to get
this award since 2006 to date and they are; Sr. Harriet Nakirya in 2006,
Okello Chrisne Laura in 2007, Patricia Namuyimba in 2008, and Okello
Phiona in 2010.
The Instute of Ethics and Development Studies also has the Press
Award worth 250,000 UGS given to a nal year student with the best
Dissertaon. The following have managed to get the award since 2003;
Otwi Godfrey in 2003, Bukirwa Fiona in 2004, Cuthbert Tukundane in
2005, Elizabeth Ondoru in 2006, Komuhangi Peninah in 2007, Sophia T.
G. Mwakaliku in 2008, Komujuni Sophie in 2009 and Tino Olupot Norah
in 2010.
The faculty of Science oers the Robert and Annabella Kahle Award
worth USD 250 to the best performing student in the elds of mathe-
macs and/ or computer science upon Graduaon. This award has been
given to the dierent students since 2001 and they are; Mr. Georey
Malunda in 2001, Clovis Butoke in 2002, Ssozi JohnMary in 2003, Fr.
Ssebanenya Jusn in 2004, Agnes Ayer in2005, Nancy Laura M in 2006,
Nakiweewa Susan in 2007, Joan Byamugisha in 2008 and Nyafwono
Tabitha Okongo in 2009.The Faculty of health sciences oers the following awards; The Health
Science Award worth UGX 200,000 given to the best student in Ad-
vanced Diploma in Health Promoon and Educaon which was given
to Bainomujuni Ellyson Bob in 2010, the Health science award worth
300,000 UGX given to the best student in Master of Science in Health
Services Management which was given to Kiyimba Achilleo in 2010 and
the Health Science Award worth UGX 200,000 given to the best student
in Advanced Diploma in Health Services Management which was given
to Kakeeto Dominic Savio in 2010. The awards have been given to dif-
ferent people since 2006 and they include; Michael Abaasiku, Phillip
Asindua and Stephen Cherubino in 2006, Patrick Birigwa, Dr. Charles
Olaro and Sr. Londunga Margaret in 2007, Charles Birungi and John
Bosco Okao in 2008 and to Anguyo Robert, Rester Boniface and Amo
Regina in 2009.Conclusively, it should be noted that these accolades are meant to rec-
ognize the dierent students for their outstanding performance in their
dierent disciplines and also encourage the connuing students to work
hard for similar recognion.
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umu shows off its programs
student volunteers during the exhibition with PRO of UMU
Thieng Adhola Charles Owor(guest of honor)
UMU staff attending the ceremony
Archibishop of Tororo His Grace Denis Lote
Kiwanuka giving his speech
Professor Charles L.M Olweny VC UMU at the ceremony
marching through Mbale municipalityAssociate Professor Dr. Simeon Wanyama
pictorial
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OPENING OF THE MBALE
CAMPUS
18TH OCTOBER 2010
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ICPAU BREIFING AT UMU
& UMUCS OUTREACH
Mr. Alex Mulooki Director Global Professional Solutions
Mr. Sameer Thakkar Partner, A.H Thakkar and Sons
UMUCS offering service to the community
A small chat after the ICPAU breing
UMUCS kick off the outreach
UMUCS committee
Mr. Derick Nkajja Secretary/CEO ICPAU
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
JOSEPH KISEKKA
WHO IS HE?For starters, Professor Joseph Kisekka is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University in charge of AcademicAairs. For those who have been at the University, the DeputyVice-Chancellor doesnt need an introducon. In this issue, weprole the DVC AA and his view of who he is and what he standsfor.
Newsleer: Who is Professor Joseph Kisekka?
PJK: I was born in March 1959 in Kagondo, Villa Maria Parish,Masaka District. At birth I was named Sikayanirabyabanange
(loosely translang as I dont claim other peoples property)
but I dont use the name because it is too long. [Do you sckto the meaning of that name though? Sure. In fact, I preferfairness to charity. You do not exploit me rst and then pretendto be doing me a favour.] I was later also named Kisekka andchristened Joseph at bapsm. I started schooling in 1965. Atthe me, I knew how to read and write because I got lessonsfrom my aunt before going to school. For a reason I have neverunderstood, my father made me repeat Primary seven. I didmy secondary educaon and high school cercate at BukalasaMinor Seminary. During my high school cercate course, Ivowed not to connue to the major seminary if I didnt passmy examinaons to qualify to join Makerere University. Duringthat me, it seemed as if seminarians who connued to themajor seminary were those who had more or less failed their
high school cercate examinaons. However, I passed theexaminaons and I was admied to Makerere University. At thesame me, I got a scholarship tenable at Poncal UrbanianaUniversity in Rome, Italy. The scholarship was open in a waythat funds would be provided for me to study up to PhD as longas I did well in my studies. So I went to Italy, where I did a BAPhilosophy and BA Theology. Philosophy interested me most.I excelled in all my courses and got rst class degrees. In 1984
I came back to Uganda for ordinaon aer which I worked as aparish priest in charge of schools in Makukulu Parish, MasakaDiocese, for one and a half years.
I prefer fairness to charity. You
do not exploit me rst and thenpretend to be doing me a favour.
I went back to Rome to do my MA (Philosophy) and PhD. Iwrote on [the] World and History in the Romanc Thoughtof Thomas Carlyle and my thesis has been printed twice, in1990 and in 2001. My other publicaons include; AfricasResponse to Globalisaon in Mta Mwafrika (AfricanResearcher), Celebrang 10 years of Academic Excellence.eds. Peter Kanyandago and Levis Mugumya, Africa Researchand Documentaon Centre, The Desny of the individual inContemporary Africa in Ethics, Human Rights and Development
in Africa, and The council for Research in values and Philosophy,Washington D.C, 2002, PP. 67-81.
In 1990, when I returned from Rome, I was posted to managemoney in Masaka Diocese. At rst I could not gure out the linkbetween philosophy and money. So I decided to do philosophyof money, focusing on how to make and invest money for thediocese. I also taught at Kagondo Major Seminary from 1990-2001 and I was vising Lecturer at Alokolum Major Seminary in2003. In 1996 I was posted to manage a one square mile farm
and I transformed it into a high income generang project. Thisexperience helped me to connect with the environment in aspecial way and, up to today, I am sll a farmer. I am also a selfmade environmentalist.
Newsleer:: So how did you come to Uganda MartyrsUniversity?
PJK: In 2001 Uganda Martyrs University adversed, calling forsomeone to teach Ethics. That aracted me to Uganda MartyrsUniversity. The University is mainstreaming ethics in everything;not teaching it just as a course in one department as it happensat other universies. At the same me, I had been appointedas a lecturer at Makerere University. I decided to leave the
appointment at Makerere and come to Nkoziwhere it isconducive to do things that I enjoy like reading, research andteaching. Most of all, I was aracted to UMU because of itsrurality.
UMUCN: But you are Deputy Vice-chancellor (Academics)!
I decided to leave the
appointment at Makerere and
come to Nkozi where its conducive
to do things that I enjoy like
reading, research and teaching.
PJK: Two years aer my appointment, my colleagues chose meto be the director of the Instute of Ethics and DevelopmentStudies. I have never known why because I did not ask anybody
for the posion. I accepted on condion that I was to serve forone term of three years. I was hesitant to join Administraonbecause it has a way of tying you down (dealing with problems)yet I had come to Uganda Martyrs University to read and doresearch. The upside of the job of Director though is that ittaught me to be paent. Before, I always wanted to do thingsmy way. But leading people who include equals and seniorsand juniors taught me how to be paent. I considered myself
as being a servant and we valued fairness, openness, teamworkand commitment. Looking back, it was a good experience.However, I ended up staying in the job for six years. Then theUniversity called for applicants for promoon and the posionof Deputy Vice-chancellor in charge of Academics. I thought Icould go in for the promoon. I submied my papers because Ithought they were acceptable. Thats when I was promoted to
Associate Professor. I did not apply to become DVC. I was on myfarm planng trees when I received a phone call the callerinformed me that I had been appointed to the posion andasked me if I accepted the appointment. I said that I would try.
Newsleer: Looking back, have you made some achievementsat Uganda Martyrs University?
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At one me I was a director for the Instute of Ethics andDevelopment Studies. I made a mark through adhering
to the general University rules and approaching mycolleagues as friends. I dont dilly dally! I mean whatI say and stand by it unl you convince me otherwise.But I always provide you with an opportunity to present
your side of the argument. I think I was leading asophiscated group. They are free people. Many ofthem are accomplished professors and free thinkers. Forme, geng such people to work together as a team is
an important achievement. I maintained our strategicinternaonal relaons. Notre Dame University startedwith collaborang with the Instute of Ethics andDevelopment Studies. So did Halifax St. Marys Universityin Canada. I also maintained the collaboraon withLadboud University and Gronningen University. I have alsoaccompanied many students and fellow sta. As DVC AA,I think am doing whatever I am doing in line with what
is described in the Universitys statutes and charter. Theachievements in this regard are ours not mine. I ama facilitator because I cannot achieve much by myself.But as a group, I think we are achieving a lot. Our qualityassurance commiee is funconal. The curriculum reviewcommiee, of which I am chair, is also funconal. I am
also working with the Research Directorate to strengthenresearch at the University. We are also pung emphasison community engagement through the Directorate ofOutreach. These are our achievements as a University.Much as we may be teaching similar programs as otheruniversies, Uganda Martyrs University is teaching theseprograms dierently.
Newsleer:: As the Deputy Vice-chancellor in charge of
Academics, what is your vision for Uganda Martyrs University?
PJK: My vision coincides with that of the university. I would liketo see a university of naonal and internaonal reputeandthis reputaon should come through research. We have toabandon what I call the Kambalabyeko or katukomewo typeof research (loosely translated let me come back) as if thephenomenon being researched on ceases to occur when you are
gone. We should adopt an acon based and grounded research.I am also trying to encourage lecturers not to spend all the hours
in classteaching from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.Allow people to go out and interface with the living librarythecommunity.
PJK: Each one of us is unique. Here I quote Emmanuel CardinalWamala who says that God does not create photocopies. Weare all unique yet we are supposed to work together in thatuniqueness. Everyone has a role to play and beauty lies in ndingout that role and harnessing it.
Much as we may be teaching
similar programs as other
universies, Uganda MartyrsUniversity is teaching these
programs diferently.
Edited by Jude Ssempebwa
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OPINIONO Political Violence, Justice, Human
Rights and Basic Freedoms
Mr. BALIGIDDE, Samuel Herbert Interim Director,
East African School of Diplomacy, Governance and
Internaonal Studies
A cynic once observed, the last place in which I would look for
jusce is a Court of Law even though to many jusce and law
are synonymous, and others agree that jusce is what the law
is supposed and indeed produces. Jusce according to Scholar
Worsely involves an imparal and fearless act of choosing a
soluon for a dispute within a legal order, having regard to the
human rights which that order protects.
I was shocked when an
old acquaintance told
me that jusce and
life had become thepreserve only of the
lthy rich!
There has never been
a me when there
was so much concern
about polical violence
vis--vis jusce and
human rights as there
is today worldwide.
The concepts of a
human rights culture
free of violence meansdierent things to
dierent people. To some, it means ensuring that every cizen
and non-cizen is treated with respect for their inherent dignity
and human worth. To others, it means that judges, the police,
and immigraon ocials are required to protect the interests of
even terrorists, criminals, and other undesirable elements such
as sorcerers and parasic economic refugees at the expense of
the interests and security of law-abiding cizens!
Our ability to think through and understand violence as an
instrument of jusce, and responsibility in the context of polical
life in a society in which polics has become a vicious power-
play and wealth a religion that carries with it the threat of
human injury and somemes even death, is limited. The fact
that the police and judges oen let people who commit serious
crimes o the hook due to the lack of sucient evidence oen
enrages the public and especially the relaves of the vicms
of violence or heinous crimes, and suggests that despite the
disagreements over how jusce and evidence or evidence
and fact should be related, there are benets to aempng to
correlate the two.
But as social analyst Mohamed Char opines, We cannot ask
judges to be heroes in order to be just. They should be able to
be just without being heroes. Lord Wright outlined the guiding
principle of a judge in deciding cases as being to do jusce;
jusce according to the law, but sll jusce what is just in a
parcular case is what appears to be just to the just man, in the
same way as what is reasonable appears to be reasonable to the
reasonable man, he said.
Secons of the media have alluded to the existence of Cadre
Judges who could competently ensure that Jacobinism (the
18th Century French Jacobin style Courts that violate certainbasic legal rights) does not take over the administraon of
jusce. Jurisprudence is dicult to understand but we need to
reconsider what it means to pursue jusce in light of the fact
that violence or the threat of violence is sll the modus operand
of not only extremist groups of all descripon but also human,
social and especially but unfortunately polical relaonships in
Africa, Lan America and Asia.
It is alleged that the media focuses too much on man bites
dog kind of stu; that it
hypes only bad news about
patrioc regimes and devotes
not enough coverage ofgovernment acvies,
explaining the governments
development programmes
and policies or the mighty
Naonal Armies successes
in ghng the enemies
of the State. It is further
alleged that the media is
unfair, hosle and biased
against those regimes; that
intellectuals live in Ivory
Towers, far removed from
reality.
Never mind that in a recent BBC Programme World Have Your
Say one of the parcipants, with tongue in cheek, hit below
the belt when she gleefully referred to Intellectuals who say
good things about bad regimes as useful idiots! By Jove! Is this
not an aack on intellectual objecvity, I thought; closing our
eyes and ears when something posive has been done by the
Regime and not giving credit where it is due, but hyping only the
negaves?
Apologists of peremptory regimes suggest that Press Freedom
should be guaranteed only when the media becomes
responsible! It is expected to be professional, no doubt, but
arguments about responsibility, where responsibility means
unprincipled pro-regime praise is not only peremptory, it is
presumpve. I stand to be corrected, but neither the media nor
the academia have to be responsible in order to be free; their
freedoms are fundamentally guaranteed by the 1948 Universal
Declaraon of Human Rights and are expressly acknowledged by
the 1995 Uganda Constuon, arent they?
For beer or worse, academic and press freedoms are
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constuonal rights, not privileges to be conferred only when
Journalists, Academicians and Students behave. In my opinion,
the independent Media and Instuons of Higher Learning owe
no obligaon to Governments. In true democracies, the medias
societal responsibilies are to inform and educate the Public; not
the Governments agent or mouthpiece. Rather, the media is and
ought to be the electorates watchdog, shouldnt it? And the Elite
change agents, shouldnt they?
The Right Honourable Prime Minister Professor Apolo Nsibambionce alluded to Universies being factories of ideas that
needed to be polically irrigated. What could have been his
meaning? Anyhow, this was in a Keynote Speech read for him
by Professor Tarsis Bazana Kabwegyere at the opening of the
Inter-University Council for East Africa Conference of Chancellors
and Vice Chancellors held at Hotel Africana in 2004. But with
due respect to the former Chancellor of my Alma mater,
intellectual ideas do not have to be polically irrigated to be
intellectually sound or for them to be applicable to sustainable
socio-economic advancement for the benet of humankind, do
they? Only in a free environment can great ideas be generated,
nurtured and the froners of knowledge extended.
Cybercrime, the New Number One Criminal
Money Maker
Rahman Sanya, Computer Science & Informaon
Systems
Cybercrime may be dened as a crime commied using a
computer or network, or a hardware device such as a mobile
phone. Aer all, mobile phones are these days used to perform
important transacons including nancial payments (e.g., ZAP
and Mobile Money) and so they may be used
to commit crime.
Cybercrime can take numerous
forms ranging from intercepng
data in transit (e.g., your credit
card number can be intercepted
during transmission from your
web browser to the sellers web
server during online payment)
to copyright infringement
(e.g., soware piracy), nancial fraud, unauthorized access
to compung resources, child pornography, cyberstalking,
cyberterrorism, and cyberespionage.
In identy the, a thief steals important data such as your socialsecurity number, credit card number, and medical records that
may be stored somewhere in a database and then uses this
informaon to, for example make purchases against your money
or claim your savings. Imagine someone steals your identy and
personal health informaon to impersonate you to claim your
medical insurance benets!
Cybercrime is oen facilitated by programmes called crimeware
which include keystroke loggers, viruses, rootkits or Trojan
horses. These programs normally exploit weaknesses in
operang systems, databases, web servers, web browsers, and
websites. For your informaon, no soware is 100% secure, but
there lots of things you can do to harden your computer.
Stascs show that globally cybercrime is on the rise. Identy
the, one of the commonest forms of cybercrime has connued
to rise since 2003, with the highest number of incidents reported
in 2009 according to Javelin Strategy and Research Inc though
they did provide stats.
Cybercrime is mostly movated by money, with experts
believing that it has surpassed illegal drug tracking as the
number one moneymaker for criminals. In countries such as
the U.S cybercrime is considered a naonal security threat. Theperpetrators of cybercrime can be varied ranging from your ten
year old computer whiz kid to students, employees, and highly
skilled computer users.
Individuals as well as instuons (banks, insurance companies,
government agencies, universies, etc) can fall vicm to
cybercrime as long as they indulge in some form of electronic
transacon, connect their computers to the Internet, use the
Web to provide or obtain services, give out their vital data to
other pares, etc. Studies have shown that without proper
security, your PC can become infected within four minutes of
connecng to the Internet. The mighty have not been spared
by cybercriminals; for example in 2009 Googles systems were
hacked into in an aack dubbed Operaon Aurora. Back homein Uganda, the Ministry of Defenses website was defaced by
suspected terrorist sympathizers.
Cybercrime is sophiscated and real. Now that it is here with us
to stay the queson you need to ask yourself as a person or as an
instuon is Am I safe?
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THE NEW UMUSUWe also want to congratulate the new oce bearers for the Uganda
Martyrs University Students Union who have also been part of theUMU Newsleer Editorial Board
1. Bukomeko Bernardine, President elect
2. Esther Gensi, vice President
3. Bu Ceaser
4. Ayebazibwe Rebecca Kyaka
The full elecon story to be covered in our next newsle
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Book ReviewConict and Peace Building:
Theological and Ethical Foundaons
for a Polical Reconstrucon of The
Great Lakes Region of Africa
Author: Maximiano Ngabirano
Year of Publicaon: 2010
Publisher: Uganda Martyrs
University Book Series
So many scholarly accounts have
been produced by a wide range
of academics and experts in thearea of conict and peace in the
Great Lakes region of Africa. Ngabirano is one of the few that have gonebeyond what other scholars rounely recount and suggest. Not onlydoes the author in his 276-page account provide a descripve history ofconict in this region, but most importantly the book rightly outlines thetheological and ethical grounds for a polical as well as socio-economicrestoraon of the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Re-reading the major biblical narraves that portray suering in thehuman condion, namely; the Cain/Abel, Joseph/his brothers, andJesus Cross narraves, the author goes on making a sophiscatedcomparison of these three biblical narraves of conict in humanhistory with the grand narraves of the Great Lakes of Africa, namely;the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-independence narraves. Also, thebook suciently points to the recollecons (community memories) thatare rejuvenated through such community stories (narraves).The rstchapter of this book starts by describing conict in human condionas an ethical as well as a theological issue. Each ethnic community in
this regard understand themselves as the in-group with a very uniquehistorical experience which gives a kind of ethical juscaon forexclusion of the otherthose who do not belong to the in-group. Thisexclusion, however, goes beyond mere segregaon or discriminaonand takes on heinous descripons of mass annihilaon of those
belonging to a parallel community story. Thus, conict is born from amythical interpretaon of dierence in idenes and belongingness,then fuelled by European imperialism (colonial rule) followed bythe unavoidable challenges of governance in the newly policallyindependent countries of this region.
In the subsequent chapters, the author arculately elaborates ethicaland theological references explaining such identy conict based onthe past embedded with dangerous narraves and bier memoriesthat seriously challenge the very noons of jusce and peace-building,dependent on whether one is listening to the vicms story or theoenders. The book ends with an ethical as well as theologicalframework for social and polical re-building of the region. The authorcourageously echoes theological recommendaons for peace-buildingin this region, which are embodied in the virtues of forgiveness andreconciliaon as elucidated in the Gospel.For those who sll wonder
why conict among dierent ethnic communies in this regionconnues to persist, Ngabirano responds by stang that anity to thepast in the case of the Great Lakes of Africa makes individuals whonarrate the same story to perceive people of a dierent narrave asstrangers or outsiders, who do not even deserve equal treatment.This book nally presents to the world seeking peace in the GreatLakes region of Africa a typology of vicmhood, from which everyonedisturbed by identy conict could see urgency for and convicon of anew model of peace-building in the region.
David N. Tshimba, [email protected]
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FACE IN THE CROWDBy Esther Gensi
Who is Marian?
A simple fashionable, friendly, nagging, loving and condent lady
who stands out of the crowd. Proudly coming from a family of
seven being the lastborn.
What about you stands out the most?
My ego, self esteem and talents.
Tell us about your academic background.
I went to Safari kindergarten(1993-94), Kitante Primary
school(1995-2001), St.Josephs Naggalama(2002-2009) where
I was class monitress(S.1-S.4), chairperson choir(S.3-S.6), peer
counselor(S.3-S.4), and head girl. I was not allowed a chance at
leadership in my primary because the brightest kids were given
the posts.
What are your passions/ what do you enjoy doing?
Of course singing for God and also with a band (soon joining),
hanging around friends and talking about life and comforngpeople. Also driving and watching animaons like Madagascar
and Tom and Jerry.
How do you manage to balance your passions with academics?
I always do things when they must be done. I have a passion for
things that I want done and I follow my heart. I do not use me-
tables but I use diaries. I do not procrasnate.
What has inuenced your life the most?
When people praise you for something nice about you and dump
you for something small the next moment.
Single mothers and the hard work they go through to raise their
children.
Also, the journey to my being head girl and people who love
uncondionally.What has UMU added to your life?
The zeal for togetherness, friends of course the bachelors
degree, internaonal establishment. Zeal to stand strong in the
dicult mes and technical know who.
What is your impression of UMU?
A place to be for those who know what they want, love what
they do and value their tomorrow. And it is worth maintaining
that way.
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YOU AND I MUST FIGHT IT
Lady Chrisne Nakyejwe, MAED
The school system has of recent expanded very much with
the onset of Universal Secondary Educaon (USE), a polical
programme that has had the rst students sing UNEBexaminaons in 2010. The expansion of the students populaon
came at a me when emphasis is on science subjects. So,
lile eort is put on language. The students ignorantly neglect
English language thinking it does not count in the praccal
world of science. Teachers of English language have also not
been so many, so it is therefore possible to nd undertrained
teachers lacking the prociency of Standard English teaching the
language.
In a phenomenon where the language teacher is overloaded
or incompetent, the language acquision is not priorized and
made worse with the general atude of the people encouraging
gangster mentality, in which situaon it proves possible for a
teacher to lose hope of ever acquiring Standard English on the
learners other than bare communicaon. Fairbain and Winch
(1996) in Reading, Wring and Reasoning, 2nd Ed, say that
somemes people elaborate what they write by the addion of
useless words. For example, they might refer to something as
being absolutely perfect instead of perfect. Someone trying to
persuade you to take a holiday in her hilly resort might refer to
it as being hilly in character instead of hilly. She might refer to
something as absolutely unique instead of unique there are no
gradaons of uniqueness. There are two reasons that they have
been persuaded that doing so will make their wring interesng,
or they might do so in the aempt to make their wring moreimpressive. Neither reason is a good one since they only call for
unnecessary hyperboles.
It is unfortunate that basing on the above, a teacher who gets
students speaking correct grammar in other parts except the
few gheo inuences, feels he has nothing to worry about and
if he does, they will think him frivolous and unserious. Thus, the
bale for Standard English is slowly geng lost hence an assault
that is mounted by the media through the music and movies
learners get exposed to.
The bale is just starng.
Uganda Martyrs University Computer
Society UMUCS
Alem Abebe Bedada-Bsc.IT II
The Uganda Martyrs University Computer Society (UMUCS)
was launched on the 24th March 2007. It is a forum for people
who are interested in Computer Science and Informaon andCommunicaon Technology. The purpose of this forum is to
unite various interests and skills in order to stay on top of the
developments in this fast changing eld.
Our acvies include presentaons, outreach programs, hands-
on and praccal acvies, career guidance, computer training fo
the Nkozi community and linking up with other universies.
We are not only limited to the Faculty of Science. If youve read
anything at all about us, youll probably know at least three
things: we are the most popular club at UMU, we are a club of
self learners and computer enthusiasts. We can be very useful
for your business planning as you think of your future.
What makes us dierent from other associaons on campus is
that, ours is not a culture, tribe, money or race oriented society.We have been established for all students at UMU and are
proudly supported by the Faculty of Science and the Informaon
and Communicaons Technology Department.
Come join us and take advantage of dierent opportunies
provided by the society. UMUCS doesnt even require new
members to know HTML, PHP, JAVA, MYSQL, or Computer
Networks knowledge. Every body is welcome.
Uganda Martyrs University Statistical
Association UMUSA
Ms. Chloe KhermuUganda Martyrs University Stascal Associaon (UMUSA)
was established on the 29 October 2010 on the day it adopted
its constuon. We are a corporate member of the Uganda
Stascal Society (USS) and also linked to the Uganda Bureau
of Stascs (UBOS). This is thanks to the eorts of Mr. Muyanja
Tom (former Dean), Mr Kikawa Cli (Lecturer), Mr. Barasa
Marshall Macho (USS), Mr Bu Ceasor Galdino (student) and
Ms. Chloe Khermu (student).
The associaon has a vision where young stascians come up
and use stascs to solve the socio-economic problems. The
Associaon has become autonomous and hence is oering extraacvies and knowledge including praccal lessons to students.
Our upcoming acvies include SPSS and STATA presentaons,
workshops and eld work. Long live UMUSA!
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UMU ALUMNa WINS EAST AFRICAN
REGIONAL AWARD
Alex Agaba
In 2010, The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperaon
ACP-EU (CTA) in collaboraon with FARA, Yam-Pukri, CAFAN, AYF, ANAFE
and PAFPNET, invited entries
for an essay wring contest on
Youth and ICTs in Agriculture
and Rural Development, aimed
at idenfying innovave solu-
ons on challenges faced by
youth in agriculture and rural
areas using Informaon and
communicaon Technologies
(ICTs). The essay contest was
one of the acvies organized
by CTA to commemorate the
Internaonal Year of Youth
established by the United Na-
ons.
The compeon which oereda grand prize of up to 1,500
Euros was part of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development
and Youth in the Informaon
Society (ARDYIS) project which
is a framework for acons that will contribute to the promoon of op-
portunies for youth in African, Caribbean and Pacic (ACP) countries in
the sectors of agriculture, Rural Development and ICTs.
Maureen Agena an alumnus of Uganda Martyrs University, BSC IT class
of 2005 was one of the 12 nalists of the ARDYIS essay contest. Her es-
say entled Increasing Rural Agricultural Producvity Through Technol-
ogy focused on a young moderns farmer, a nave of Apac district and
a fruit grower who is using ICTs innovavely to improve on his yields in
fruit farming.She noted that the youthful farmer, Gilbert Egwel considers the mobile
phone as the most important ICT because of its ability to combine audio,
video and text funcons. He uses it to make money transfers, mainly
through mobile money as well as verbally contact his clients
Maureen believes that Gilberts fruit growing project can be replicated in
other parts of Africa. In a videos interview, she says that for a long me,
Agriculture has been an underdeveloped sector despite its importance
and relevance to developing countries. She stresses that the youth have
a big role to play given the fact that they comprise of the biggest num -
ber of ICT users yet the least of agriculturalists. The gap between youth
using ICTs and youth praccing agriculture has to be bridged.
She concludes by saying that if ICTs such as mobile phones and comput-
ers have found applicaons in every conceivable area where people
work and interact like businesses, health and educaonal instuons,then they (ICTs) need to be used in one of the most important sectors in
Uganda-AGRICULTURE.Maureen Agena emerged an East Africa Regional
winner and received a trophy, 1,000 Euros and reading material. As a
result of this, she was expected to aend an advanced web 2.0 training
and networking workshop in Accra, Ghana in March 2011.
The prizes were handed over by eminent personalies. Dr. Mayaki,
CEO, NEPAD handed over the trophy to the overall winner from Jamaica
whereas Maureen received hers from Mr. Michael Hailu, Director, CTA in
Johannesburg, South Africa November 2010.
Maureen is currently a recipient of the Canadian Commonwealth
scholarship (On exchange program) for her MSc IS course at St. Marys
University in Nova Scoa, Canada a University. UMU is proudly associ-
ated to it through a Memorandum of Understanding.
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COLUMNIST
Apology to my Mother
tongue
By Jimmy Spire Ssentongo
Dear Mother Tongue,
I write you this leer in apology for the deseron
and humiliaon that I have caused you. It is a long
list of wrongs to you that I want to confess. Given
how I have treated you, I know I dont even qualify
to address you as dear any more. I request you to
know that, despite all challenges, you are sll on my
mind though you are less and less on my lips.
My unbecoming atude towards you has grown
over me. To some extent, I will blame it on those
who taught me in my early days. Back in primary
school, I used to be punished severely for associang
with you. I was caned in front of assemblies of all
pupils; I was made to wear big cow horns around my
neck for full days; and to clean the school compound
for having spoken you. I was advised to reserve youfor holidays, which were only three months of the
twelve months of the year. Honestly that le me
with lile me to learn and love you.
Though I condemn the methods used, I believe the
intenons of those who forced me to speak English
(your sister/brother) were good. I have actually
tasted many of the fruits of that night walk. As I
was told, I have noced that I need English (as the
lingua franca/Language of Wider Communicaon)
to expand my horizons beyond tribe and country. Of
that I am grateful and would love to connect with
more of your brothers and sisters such as Lugbara,
Runyankore, Rukiga, Acholi, Lusoga, Runyoro, Langi,
French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and more.
What I regret is the fact that I had to associate
with your brother English at your expense. I wish
I had treated you as equal to your other sisters
and brothers. A lingua franca is a way of coping
with linguisc and cultural dierences, not a way
of eliminang them. But I have failed to observe
that. Since I was trained to shun you at school, I
have grown up with a semi-conscious mentality
that English is superior to you. With this mentality,
I despise those who associate with you! I laugh at
them for speaking their mother tongue. It is worse
when they cant speak English, even if it is not their
fault that they cant speak it.
I listen to people speak, somemes only looking
out for their imperfecons in speaking English. But
I dont mind (or even care) if they make mistakesin speaking you. Aer all, in my mind you are
an inferior language not worth being spoken by
educated people like me. Somemes, I plainly feel
ashamed of associang with you in public! I admire
people with Brish and American accents, but hold
low those whose accentuaon is inuenced by their
mother tongues! What have I become?
Forgiveness for all this may be too much to expect
from you. But with your persistence and paence I
know you will nd a place in your heart of hearts to
write my misdeeds o, however grave they may be.
It is with a repentant heart that I come with. I want
to make thorough use of this confession box.
In his popular book, The Clash of Civilisaons,
Samuel Hunngton says that following
independence, the elites needed to disnguishthemselves from the common people of their
sociees. Fluency in English, French, or another
Western language did this. As a result, elites of non-
Western sociees are oen beer to communicate
with Westerners and each other than with the
people of their society. Reading these words, I
shamefully see Hunngtons nger poinng at me.
You must be feeling so much pain that even when I
am talking to someone of the same mother tongue I
prefer to use English! I was told you are not ocial,
and I abide. But even outside oce? I have to save
myself from the drama gure I have become.
How come that even when I try to speak my mother
tongue I prefer to unnecessarily fuse in so many
English words! Even when they serve no beer
purpose! Okucheckinga, Okucontrollinga, ndi
pissed, toli serious ...! But I try hard not to export
my mother tongue into English! Speech-wise, I am
a nuisance to my friends who never saw enough
blackboards. When I am pronouncing names of
Ugandan villages and towns, I try to make them
sound English! Did you hear me twist Kampala,
Namugongo, Nakapiripit, Jinja, Mbarara...? I am
sorry for all that disgust.
I am regaining my senses aer making several
observaons as I associate with other people.
Germans will speak to fellow Germans in German,
not English and so will the Brish, the Dutch and
the French. Some French people actually take it
to radical levels. They may not respond to youif you do no start by greeng them in French, at
least to show that you are trying to learn it. Well,
I dont call for that. But quesons linger in my
mind. Why am I shunning my mother tongue! Why
am I so quick to learn many other things apart
from my own? Am I brainwashed? Is this mental
slavery, self-enslavement, an inferiority complex,
neo-colonialism... ? Are these chains that cant be
broken?
I agree that my school and other social experiences
have contributed signicantly in making me this
person in a crisis of pride. But above all I believe that
it will take my will and courage to assess my choices
and actions. Therefore, as I end this letter, I want to
count myself forgiven on account of my humility
in admitting my wrongs and committing myself to
not only love you more but also literally give you
deserving lip-service.
Your prodigal son,
Dear Reader,
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