KEYNOTE SPEAKER

His Excellency the Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya, is a distinguished scholar and Doctor of Medicine, and an outstanding leader of solid grounding:

The Beginning: Born in Wakiso district in May, 1949, Prof. Bukenya went against the odds stacked against him as a child in humble circumstances, to join the Makerere University Medical School in 1971.
Distinguished Scholar: After accomplishing his medicinal degree and serving his internship in Uganda , Prof. Bukenya joined the prestigious Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene in London , 1981, and was awarded a postgraduate Diploma in Public Health a year later. Ever the scholar, Prof. Bukenya went straight on to the Ross Institute, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and a Masters of Science in Community Health, both at the University of London . There, he scored even higher successes for himself and Uganda , earning a mark of distinction for best performance in the MSC Programme at the University of London . Eager to serve back home, Prof. Bukenya returned to Uganda in 1983 to lecture at the Institute of Public Health at Makerere University , but was poached a year later to lecture at the Department of Community Medicine, University of Papua New Guinea . Within three years, the professor was appointed Head of Department and worked diligently for two years before returning to Uganda as Director of the Institute of Public Health at Makerere University . In the same year, he accomplished his Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Health at the University of Queens land.
Leader: In 1993, Prof. Bukenya became Associate Professor at the Institute, and then was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Makerere University in 1995. The leader in Prof. Bukenya has been unmistakable over the years. From 1985 to 1991, he was Chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Environmental Health and Maternal and Child Health, in the Government of Papua New Guinea . For the same duration, he was Chairman of the Board of Examiners of the College of Allied Health Sciences Health Inspectors' Programme. From 1992 to 1994, Prof. Bukenya was Vice-Chairman of the Network of7 African Postgraduate Public Health Training Schools in the WHO-Afro Region, and Chairman from 1994 to 1996. Because of his professional distinction, the good professor has since June 1995 been an Associate Professor with the Tulane University School of Public Health in New Orleans , Louisiana , USA , and since January this year, Adjunct Professor of International Health at the esteemed Case Western Reserve University , USA . Exodus: In July 1996, Prof. Bukenya responded to the call of the people in the constituency in which he was born and brought up, and offered himself as their representative to parliament. To this day, he has held their love and support, and the Busiro North seat. During his tenure of service as an honorable MP, Prof. Bukenya emerged as Chairman of the Movement Caucus in the House, Minister of State for Trade, and Minister in charge of the Presidency in the Government of Uganda . Having accomplished his charges to the satisfaction of the people and President of the Republic of Uganda, Prof. Bukenya was on May 23 appointed Vice President. Prof. Bukenya is married with three children. H Technology and diversiTy; resources for developmenT unaa convenTion 2007-san francsico D r Ham-Mukasa Mulira was recently appointed as the Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Government of the Republic of Uganda. His area of specialization is Statistical Computing. Prior to this appointment, he was the Executive Director of Uganda Computer Services (UCS), the Government of Uganda Information Technology (IT) department, being transformed into the National IT Authority – Uganda (NITA-U), a World Bank funded project under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. NITA-U shall be responsible for the monitoring, coordination and support of IT initiatives in Uganda. He holds an MSc, Loughborough University of Technology, UK and PhD (Statistical Computing), University of London (Imperial College/ the London School of Economics), UK. He has followed and been part of the IT evolution in Uganda having been involved in many large IT systems implementation projects. >>