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Chancellor Inaugurates Mak Holdings Company Board of Directors
The Chancellor Makerere University, Prof. George Mondo Kagonyera inaugurated the first Board of Directors for the Makerere University Holdings Company on 22nd August 2014 in the Senior Common Room, Main Administration Building. The 7- board member team, led by illustrious businessman, entrepreneur and industrialist; Charles Mbire, will be charged with laying further strategies for improving Makerere University’s finances. The other members include:
- Mr. Charles Ocici, Executive Director of Enterprise Uganda
- Dr. William Bazeyo, an Associate Professor and the Dean, School of Public Health, CHS, Makerere University.
- Ms. Ruth Biyinzika Musoke, Director, Member Services at the Private Sector Foundation Uganda.
- Mr. Dan Kasirye, Country Investment Officer promoting IFC investments in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi for the World Bank Group
- Dr. Winifred Tarinyeba-Kiryabwire, Lecturer, School of Law, Makerere University, and
- Dr. Gorrettie Nsubuga Nabanoga, Deputy Principal, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University.
In his acceptance speech, Charles Mbire pledged that the Board will give its very best towards improving Makerere University’s finances and requested that the bureaucratic tendencies synonymous with public institutions be minimized to allow the Board work faster and smoothly.
The Chancellor called upon the inaugural Board of Directors to take up the task wholesomely. “The task ahead may seem challenging. However, through creativity and innovation you have the opportunity to tap into your individual wealth of experience to collectively make little work of seemingly impossible tasks,” he said.
The Vice Chancellor, Makerere University, Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu, emphasized that this University has vast resources for the Board to work with. “Makerere University has a wealth of land resources located in the most strategic locations of this city right from the up-market suburbs of Kololo and Makindye to the less affluent but more dynamically evolving areas such as Katanga. We need to evolve with the times so as to make the most of our own resources and influence,” he said.
In a related development, the Chancellor inaugurated the Endowment fund Board of trustees last month. This Board is responsible for mobilising resources from Makerere University Alumni and well-wishers (http://news.mak.ac.ug/2014/07/makerere-inaugurates-endowment-fund-board-trustees).
In relation to both the Board of Directors for the Makerere University Holdings Company and the Board of Trustees for the Endowment fund, the Chairperson of Makerere University Council, Eng. Dr. Charles Wana Etyem observed that, “The confidence that we have placed in both the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors is firmly rooted in the ethos that have shaped Makerere University over the past 92 years. In addition to our vast land resources, Makerere University also has vast human resources. People are our greatest resource, and you ladies and gentlemen of the board are an embodiment of this adage. Therefore as we continue to place the best qualified people in the right places, we are destined to achieve our objective of a financially stable Makerere University.”
Article by Marion Alina, PUblic Relations Office
By Agnes Namaganda
On July 22nd 2022, Makerere University–Child Health and Development Centre (Mak–CHDC) launched a draft manual for the National Parenting Standards. The Centre has been working together with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) with funding from UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund), to develop standards that are agreeable to all organisations in the country that are involved in parenting work. The draft manual was being presented to members of a consortium that brings together all these organisations together, called the Parenting Agenda Consortium.
“We produce many documents and they are shelved,” Irene Ayot Chono, who was speaking on behalf of UNICEF said. “We hope that this document will not be one of them,” she emphasized.
Dr. Godfrey Siu, the Principal Investigator from Mak-CHDC who presented the draft manual to participants, emphasized that if any organization is doing parenting work, there should be a minimum package that they should offer.
Draft Manual Content
The manual which will have several modules. These modules will be delivered face-to-face in 1.5 hour sessions. Some of these include; Module 6 which will focus on “understanding responsible masculinity and fatherhood” and on “understanding the concept of head of family.”The draft manual also proposed that Module 11 focuses on Parenting in the 21st Century. Some of the sessions in this module will include Children and Technology, Contemporary Influence on Children and Modernity, Culture and Morality.Module 9 will focus on Parenting for Adolescents and some of the suggested sessions within this module are Needs for Adolescents and The Art of Communicating with Adolescents. Module 5 will focus on Preventing Violent Parenting and Promoting Alternative Discipline Strategies while Module 10 will be about Parenting to Address the Mental Health for Children and Adults.
Participants’ suggestions
After the presentation, participants raised several suggestions for discussion and consideration. These included whether there should be a module on spirituality since Uganda is a strongly religious nation. There was also the concern of how children in remand homes should be parented. Another concern raised by a participant was as to whether teachers who make an undeniable contribution to parenting, should be taken through the parenting manual.
In her closing remarks, Ms. Juliana Naumo Akoryo, the Director of Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) said that the manual is for the parenting organisations to utilize and not for MGLSD.
Ms. Chono also adjured the team behind the manual to use picture illustrations in the manual that can be relatable by the Ugandan parents.
Contact: Agnes Namaganda – agnesvioletnamaganda@gmail.com
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