Research on service delivery - PM
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda(2ndL), Uganda Management Institute Chancellor Namirembe Bitamazire (R) and Education Minister Jessica Alupo(R, 2nd Row) are joined by other officials at the graduation ceremony on Friday. PHOTO BY Stephen Otage
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Appeal. The premier urges the Uganda Management Institute to find solutions to societal problems such as graft and unemployment
Kampala.
The Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, yesterday asked Uganda Management Institute (UMI) to do research on the way the public sector is being run in order to develop debate that will strengthen government’s effectiveness in service delivery and decision making.
“As scholars, you will only be meaningful if you engage in solving the problems of society at your time. We need researchers today who will inform solutions to unemployment, corruption in both the public and private sector, rising incidence of organised crime, rapid urbanisation,” Dr Rugunda told graduands at the institution’s 14th graduation ceremony on Friday.
At the same function, Education minister Jessica Alupo congratulated President Museveni for winning the Supreme Court petition in which former prime minister Amama Mbabazi, was challenging his February 18 win. She asked the public to unite and support him as he implements his manifesto.
“The Supreme judges are saying that this is the time for us to be united as never before. Welcome that message. It is a strong message regardless of the political affiliation, colour and ethnicity. For the sake of Uganda and what we have already achieved as a country, we need to unite in order to move forward,” she said.
Ms Alupo added: “I have learnt from the judges that a sense of responsibility is a value that we cannot run away from. I implore all of us to support President Museveni as a matter of collective responsibility in implementing the NRM manifesto.”
Ms Alupo lauded UMI management for their use of registers in roll calling their students during lectures to track their attendance and monitor their progress.
“You either choose to strictly follow these guidelines or lose your programme. In the primary school where I went, teachers used to read our names from the register and pupils would reply to their respective names. In secondary, I never saw it. But when I came to UMI, I found the register. I implore other institutions to emulate UMI to check absenteeism,” Ms Alupo said.
At least 1,857 students received awards of post graduate degrees and diplomas. The Chancellor, Ms Namirembe Bitamazire, without giving details said female graduands were more than their male counterparts.
