Elly Karuhanga
One of the most eloquent debaters in the constituent assembly and the NRC before it, he retired from politics at the age of 53 and took on new causes in legal practice and business. He founded the Chamber of Mines and petroleum and Kampala-associated advocates. He has been a champion of enterprise in Uganda and […]
Cecilia Atim Ogwal
In 1993 at the peak of the debate between the Movement system and the yearning for opening up political space for political parties that were then banned, she would come to Makerere University and debate Kahinda Otafire, then colonel, in the university quadrangle. Courageous, eloquent, and combative when she has to make a point, she […]
Prof. Edward Bitanywaine Rugumayo
A man passionate about botany and plant species, he was a lecturer and warden of Mitchell Hall in 1971 at Makerere university when one morning he woke up to an announcement on the only radio at the time, Radio Uganda, that he had been made minister for education by Idi Amin. By 1973, he was […]
Prof. Morris Ogenga Latigo
He is an agricultural scientist who led the research on the effect of Gemini viruses on the symptom severity, growth and root yield of cassava in Uganda, among other research he has done at Makerere university. He switched professions and joined politics to represent the Agago north Constituency under the banner of the Forum for […]
Prof Bazaana Tarsis Kabwegyere
He is a doctor of philosophy and at the defeat of Idi Amin in 1979, he became minister for lands until 1980. He returned to teaching at Makerere as head of sociology Department and returned to politics representing Igara in the 1989 elections of the NRC. He served as minister in the Prime Minister’s office, […]
Prof. George Mondo Kagonyera
One of the early veterinary doctors in Uganda with an influential role in establishing the Makerere university veterinary Department, he straddles between animal medicine, philosophy and politics. He graduated from the University of Nairobi and later the university of California Davis. He takes politics with a keen sense of white and black and often uses […]
Henry Muganwa Kajura
One of the earliest local administration leaders in 1959, he went to Makerere college then, later university of London and university of Wisconsin in the US. He served from 1967 as secretary of the of the East African Development (EADB) and later in 1973, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the Uganda Commercial […]
