By Immaculate Bazira 

The recent Makerere University 76th graduation ceremony that ran from Tuesday February 24th - Friday February 27th, 2026 was a PhD affair.

Over the course of four days, 9,200 students graduated at Freedom Square. Of these, 213 were doctoral candidates with 87 females and 126 males who, adorned in bespoke academic robes of red and green with specialized cylinders in hand, walked the red carpet one after the other, to present themselves to the Chancellor, Dr. Crispus Walter Kiyonga for the formal conferment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)

This group of PhD graduates was admitted around 2021 - a COVID-19 constrained period, so the combined 213 college and school doctoral candidates is indeed outstanding.

Strategic shift 

In the wake of a strategic shift towards a postgraduate-driven institution, Makerere University is scaling back on undergraduate intake to prioritize Masters and PhD uptake by 2030. Highlighting PhD programs is justified as a move in the right direction and is expected to boost the institution’s goal of becoming a research intensive hub, targeting 30% postgraduate enrollment to revamp national innovation, research output and specialized skills.

A statistical success

Numbers per College;

✓28 graduates were from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) with 10 female and 18 male.

✓14 hailed from the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS); 5 female, 9 male.

✓ College of Computing and Information Sciences (COCIS) yielded 13; 4 female, 9 male.

✓The land of teachers, College of Education and External Studies (CEES) produced 27 graduates; 8 female and 19 male.

✓ College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) had 12; 3 female, 9 male.

✓ College of Health Sciences (CHS) with 26; 15 female, 11 male.

✓ College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) with 42; 23 female, 19 male.

✓ College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) with 16; 4 female, 12 male.

✓ College of Vet, Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (COVAB); 13; 4 female, 9 male.

✓ School of Law (SoL) with 3; 1 female, 2 male.

✓ Makerere University Business School – (MUBS) with 8; 4 female, 4 male.

✓And the Institute of Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) with 4; 3 female, 1 male.

Special commendation to the newly conferred Doctors of Philosophy listed below by College/School:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES)

✓Dr. Roland Ainebyona Rwambuka assessed the drivers to uptake of potato crop intensification innovations among smallholder farmers in Southwestern Uganda.

✓Dr. Winnyfred Amongi who studied common bean varieties from East Africa to assess their potential for breeding more nutritious, faster-cooking beans.

✓Dr. Jenifer Apil studied the socio-cultural and economic factors affecting cassava output and processing among the Lugbara in Northwestern Uganda.

✓Dr. Denis Asizua focused on how indigenous longhorn Ankole cattle are facing pressure from cross breeding and recurrent droughts.

✓Dr. Dejene Astatke Kebede conducted a study on the genetics of resistance to ergot in sorghum, a key food security crop in Sub-Saharan Africa.

✓ Dr. Privah Atuhaire examined the adoption of behavior change communication strategies for use of water and sanitation facilities in Kanungu and Wakiso district secondary schools.

✓ Dr. Stella Ayesiga Bigirwa focused on the resistance of tropical maize germplasm to ear rot, a fungal maize disease caused by Fusarium verticillioides that lowers yields and produces toxic compounds that threaten human and animal health.

✓ Dr. Dickson Biryomumaisho examined the determinants of quality propolis tincture produced in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Harriet Cherotich investigated prospects for reducing vulnerability of communities in post-disaster resettlement, with Bunambutye Camp in Eastern Uganda as her case study.

✓ Dr. Samuel Kalimunjaye’s research focused on scaling improved cassava seed varieties in Uganda, highlighting their role in enhancing sustainable seed systems. His study found that training and knowledge transfer are crucial for expanding varieties like NAROCASS1 and NASE14, which have been adopted in Kiryandongo, Serere and Kamuli districts.

✓Dr. Eunice Vasiter Kesiime assessed the genetics of cooking time and canning quality traits in common bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L,) concluding that short cooking time beans will save consumers time, fuel and water required for cooking dry beans, making them more convenient for the resource poor.

✓ Dr. Elizabeth Khakasa developed methodologies for prediction of acceptable quality of cooking banana hybrids, addressing a vital gap of limited integration of consumer quality traits into breeding selection criteria.

✓Dr. George Kimbowa explored the impacts of forests and population changes on water availability in Mt Elgon water tower region.

✓ Dr. Gentle Wilson Komi examined the nature of social network and how it affects shrimp fishers’ access to shrimp fishery resources in coastal areas of Rivers state.

✓ Dr. Samuel Kusiima Kaheesi determined the effect on the supply of ecosystem services and human well-being in Western Uganda.

✓ Dr. Mathe Lukanda Musondolya investigated the genetic diversity of soybean and resistance to coniothyrium glycines.

✓ Dr. Innocent Hope Mukama Tinka worked on safety of ready-to-eat foods in highway tourist stopover food service establishments in Uganda, focusing on grading, evaluation of food safety knowledge and practices of food handlers.

✓ Dr. Espoir Mukengere Bagula conducted an evaluation of soil and water conservation practices in Ruzizi Plain, aimed at improving crop water use efficiency under current and future climatic conditions in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

✓Dr. Evans Martin Nakhokho studied financial innovations and their implications for the consumption of agricultural finance among smallholder farmers.

✓ Dr. Faridah Nalwanga Sendagire evaluated gendered adaptation strategies to meteorological drought in Uganda’s cattle corridor.

✓ Dr. Amina Nalweyiso established baseline concentrations of Petroleum

Hydrocarbons in boreholes, RO water treatment plants, Sewerage Treatment Plants, taps and soils in Tilenga prior to oil and gas production. 

✓ Dr. Zainah Nampijja examined the vulnerability of indigenous chicken scavenging production systems to climate variability in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Peninah Njenga Wambui analyzed genetic carotene in selected cassava hybrid clones from Kenya.

✓ Dr. Gelase Nkurunziza elucidated the genetic basis of biological Nitrogen fixation efficiency in cowpea using integrated screenhouse phenotyping, multilocation field trials, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS).

✓ Dr. Gertrude Miriam Alal Ato Ojera worked on the chemical composition of Malakwang (Hibiscus species) leaves and how they are influenced by processing.

✓ Dr. Richard Mutumba Sebuliba studied antecedents of innovativeness among smallholder poultry farmers in Central Uganda, identifying the individual socio-psychological factors that influenced continued membership to farmer groups and what is likely to make farmers innovate and make them more competitive.

✓ Dr. Fred Shimali studied women empowerment and children's dietary diversity in Iganga and Bugiri.

✓ Dr. Allan Johnson Ssubi researched microbiological food safety aspects within the fresh Nile perch value chain in Uganda.

College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS)

✓ Dr. Patience Agabirwe explored information practices of students with visual disabilities to access and utilize digital information resources in Kyambogo and Makerere University Libraries.

✓ Dr. Denish Azamuke studied differentially private synthetic data generation for mobile money fraud detection.

✓ Dr. Moses Bagyendera investigated contextualisation of syntactic interoperability data standards drawing from Uganda's health information exchange in the healthcare system.

✓ Dr. Alice Ezuru Endra examined access to information through digital technologies among fishing communities of Lake Victoria.

✓ Dr. Achilles Kiwanuka contextualized international digital health terminology standards for semantic interoperability of Uganda’s health information systems.

✓ Dr. Patrick Emmanuel Muinda examined an integrated model for implementing digitalization in Uganda technical and vocational education and training institutions.

✓ Dr. Alex Mwotil investigated adaptive algorithms and operations for resilient multi-cloud systems in low resource settings.

✓ Dr. Mary Gorreti Nabbosa explored library ethics for professional practice in academic libraries in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Ephrance Eunice Namugenyi research developed an adaptive network communications architecture for sensor data transmission with applications in beehive management.

✓ Dr. Andrew Ojulong focused on enhancing access to online content in Ugandan Universities.

✓ Dr. Moses Tuhame Kamando researched a model for enhancing career selection systems: a case of Ugandan secondary school students.

✓ Dr. Andrew Tumusiime Gahwera evaluated machine learning models for short - term rainfall prediction using Uganda’s Lake Victoria basin weather dataset.

✓ Dr. Joseph Wamema investigated the challenges of Uganda’s digital health ecosystem and utilized the Enterprise architecture approach for its standardisation.

College of Education and External Studies (CEES)

✓ Dr. Elizabeth Birabwa conducted a study on strategies adopted by faculty for internalization at home at Makerere University.

✓ Dr. Ismael Gaanya examined secondary school mathematics teachers and students’ experiences of mathematics for sustainable development teaching using a project - based learning intervention in Wakiso.

✓ Dr. John Francis Garuzooka’s study aimed to explore the work and learning experiences of graduates of technical vocational training institutions in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Sophia Geera examined curriculum alignment for graduate employability for selected undergraduate programmes at Makerere University.

✓ Dr. Justine Injikuru studied internal marketing and the job performance of academic staff in public universities in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Teresphorus Kakinda developed a pedagogical framework for pre-service teachers’ integration of AI chatbots in competency - based local language grammar instruction: a case of Luganda.

✓ Dr. David Katende investigated community - orientedness at Mountains of the Moon University.

✓ Dr. Esther Kirabo investigated geogebra- supported problem - based learning for in- service primary mathematics teachers' 3D geometry understanding in a core primary teachers' in a core primary teachers' college in Western Uganda.

✓ Dr. Geoffrey Kiyingi examined how science teachers in selected primary schools in Luweero District foster values, against a curriculum policy context in Uganda that requires all teachers to promote values in learners.

✓ Dr. John Bosco Luttamaguzi conducted a study on institutional factors influencing students’ discipline in Universities in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Jordan Lwanga Byekwaso explored the learning aspirations and participation experiences of Non-Traditional Students (NTS) at Makerere University.

✓ Dr. Peter Juma Masanyu examined the influence of pedagogical innovations and students’ coping strategies on science education outcomes in both universal and non-universal secondary schools in Eastern Uganda.

✓ Dr. Arthur Mugisha analyzed the current learning , teaching and content resources for kiswahili language, produced a content design structure and developed guidelines for modelling content resources fit for FGDM on MUELE.

✓ Dr. Aminah Mukasa investigated the school proprietor - head teacher power dynamics in managing school finances in Kampala metropolitan area for - profit secondary schools, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Bart Mukasa explored nature, causes and Management of student activism in Makerere University.

✓ Dr. Ronald Mulondo examined the role of parents and pupils in the implication of the language policy in primary education in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Rukia Nakintu explored the role of school busing in ECD schools in Kampala and Wakiso.

✓ Dr. Zula Namubiru explored fishers’ ways of learning: a participatory action research at Kigungu Fishing Ground on Lake Victoria.

✓ Dr. Beatrice Namusiginyi conducted an intervention study that tested a contextually designed integrated approach to enhance communicative English language teaching in the primary school transition class in rural Karamoja.

✓ Dr. Joreme Ojulun examined the state of TVET-related programmes in Universities.

✓ Dr. Vincent Operemo examined antecedents and moderators of performance impact of management information system (MIS) in Makerere University.

✓ Dr. Celester Ssali investigated the interventions of problem - based learning (PBL) in enhancing the teaching and learning of mathematics in secondary schools in Mityana, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Joshua Ssemakula examined adolescent nutrition as a critical educational and public health concern particularly in low-income countries where schools serve as key platforms for health promotion.

✓ Dr. Patrice Ssembigire investigated administrator's leadership styles and academic performance among selected secondary schools in Mukono District.

✓ Dr. Hilary Sserubidde studied the effect of the higher education students’ financing scheme on access to University education in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Edwin Tushabe examined factors influencing refugee access to University education in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in regard to habitus, capital and field factors.

✓ Dr. Richard Waiswa explored the philosophies behind teachers' pedagogical practices in secondary schools in Kayunga District, Uganda.

School of Law (SoL)

✓ Dr. Oscar Kambona analyzed the powers of the Uganda Revenue Authority in relation to the taxpayers’ rights to property and privacy in Uganda.

✓Dr. Lydia Namateefu Kisekka sought to understand the impact of the law on land registration and land grabbing on local communities and identify necessary legal reforms.

✓ Dr. Aime Fidele Ndayishimiye examined the effectiveness of the East African Court of Justice in the adjudication of civil and political rights cases.

College Of Health Sciences (CHS)

✓ Dr. Peace Bagasha conducted a mixed methods prospective analysis, explored dynamics, 12 months survival and associated factors on quality of life among patients with kidney failure.

✓ Dr. Caroline Birungi examined the prevalence, correlates and effectiveness of risky sexual behavior (RSB) reduction intervention among individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Josephine Chisom Ezenwa investigated the genetic determinants of type -2 diabetes mellitus in individuals of African ancestry.

✓ Dr. Joy Louise Gumikiriza studied the cultural adaptation and evaluation of the WHO iSupport intervention to reduce psychological distress among caregivers of older persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Jean De dieu Iragena assessed the roll-out and scale-up of WHO-endorsed technologies for TB diagnosis in Africa.

✓ Dr. Herbert Kayiga examined the effectiveness, acceptability, and uptake of early versus standard intrauterine contraception following provision of first trimester medical post abortion care in central Uganda.

✓ Dr. Christopher Kintu addressed the under-representation of African populations in genetic studies of kidney function.

✓ Dr. Haruna Muhmood Kiryowa examined that gum diseases are the 6th complications of diabetes mellitus, and a major cause of poor response to diabetic treatment.

✓ Dr. Harriet Kisembo Nalubega examined the effects of continuous professional development and clinical imaging guidelines on appropriateness of computerized tomography examinations among young patients in selected hospitals in Uganda.

✓Dr. Olivia Kituuka explored the informed consent process for emergency surgery at public and private teaching hospitals surgical emergency units in the urban Ugandan setting.

✓ Dr. Ali Kudamba investigated the anti-cancer activity and safety of Rhoicissus Tridentata (L.F) wild and R.B. Drumm as used in the treatment of prostate cancer in Elgon sub-region, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Arthur Kwizera undertook pioneering doctoral research on acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Lwere Kamada investigated gut microbiome composition, immune response, and genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in a Ugandan population.

✓ Dr. John Mukisa utilized microarray data, whole-genome sequencing and targeted sequencing to investigated the performance of genotype imputation methods, analyzed the diversity of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor alleles, and determined their association with HIV disease progression among children from Botswana and Uganda.

✓ Dr. Mercy Muwema investigated perinatal care quality in Ugandan public general hospitals to address high mortality rates through a convergent parallel mixed -methods design.

✓ Dr. Grace Nabakooza examined the transmission dynamics of influenza in Africa.

✓ Dr. Sylvia Nabukenya study addresses ongoing debates surrounding the return of individual genomic and pharmacogenomic research results, particularly in HIV research settings where participant demand for results is high but guidance remains limited. 

✓ Dr. Agnes Naggirinya Bwanika evaluated barriers, enablers, acceptability, effect and cost-effectiveness of a mobile health tool (Call for Life) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence outcomes among youth in Kiryandongo, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Damalie Nalwanga assessed the validity of the tool, health - related quality of life, and patient experiences among adult patients with cancer in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Allen Naamala’s thesis explored how cancer affects the daily lives and wellbeing of patients receiving care at the Uganda Cancer Institute.

✓ Dr. Jane Frances Namatovu studied continuing professional development of primary care doctors in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Mariam Namutebi examined the quality of postpartum care in the greater Mpigi region.

✓ Dr. Clement Dove Okello examined whether there is a decrease in mortality within 30-days in patients transfused with whole blood without White blood cells compared to patients transfused with whole blood containing white blood cells.

✓ Dr. Gad Rutayisire examined virological and socio-behavioral factors associated with mother - to - child transmission (MTCT) of HIV -1 drug- resistant strains in PMTCT clinics in Rwanda.

✓ Dr. Phillip Ssekamatte investigated how diabetes mellitus affects the immune response to TB infection and TB preventative treatment in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Clara Wekesa study quantifies the current burden of significant liver fibrosis in a time of improved care and emerging exposures.

College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS)

✓ Dr. Zabibu Afazali studied the application of advanced regime-switching models to insurance data from Uganda, Kenya and Norway.

✓ Dr. Paul Akuyenze characterized starch profiles and their biothysnthetic markers in selected East African highland cooking bananas.

✓ Dr. Herbert Batte studied mathematical patterns that arise in number sequences closely related to the Fibonacci numbers.

✓ Dr. Jimmy Chaciga developed a solar thermal energy storage technology for off-grid cooking applications.

✓ Dr. Ronald Katende studied how machine - learning models can be used to solve scientific problems governed by physical laws.

✓ Dr. Carol Kawuma investigated molecular and morphological characterisation of the leptostemonum clade of genus solanum and the distribution in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Kinyua Esther Mbuci studied the photocatalytic degradation of micro plastics in wastewater using metal - modified titanium (IV) oxide catalysts.

✓ Dr. Ignatius Komakech developed and implemented a quality management system to enhance radiotherapy accuracy and safety at the Uganda Cancer Institute.

✓ Dr. Duncan Mutiso explored medicinal plants, dalbergia melanoxylon and ormocarpum sennoides, to see whether they could provide new treatments.

✓ Dr. Lydia Nabyonga developed and evaluated a novel slow-release fertilizer formulation, the azolla-vermiculite composite, derived from azolla cristata and vermiculite.

✓ Dr. Herbert Nakiyende investigated the socio-ecological impacts of light -based fishing technologies employed in the small pelagic fisheries in Lake Albert, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Frank Namugera studied a broad class of contact processes on d-dimensional integer lattices with long-range interactions.

✓ Dr. Cyprian Osinde investigated how secondary metabolites help sorghum and rice defend against stem borers.

✓ Dr. Peter Sekandi examined structural elucidation, antibacterial, antioxidant, and toxicity of compounds from selected Ugandan medicinal plants used in treating bacterial skin infections.

✓ Dr. Zaccheus Shehu studied the synthesis, characterization, and application of iron oxide - based magnetic nanocomposites for the removal of pharmaceutical contaminants from water.

✓ Dr. Swaleh Tusiime designed a mechanical thermostat for charging thermal energy storage systems at a constant temperature.

College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Bio-security (COVAB)

✓ Dr. Joanne Adero’s research focused on sweet potato as a vital food and nutrition crop for millions of people in Uganda and across Africa.

✓ Dr. Collins Atuheire investigated epidemiology of rabies among communities living near Uganda's wildlife reserves.

✓ Dr. David Onafruo Kal Ndako investigated the epidemiology of leptospira species among slaughterhouse workers and slaughtered cattle in the Bahr El Ghazal region of South Sudan.

✓ Dr. Patrick Etiang investigated ticks and tick-borne infections which threaten livestock production in Karamoja region, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Stephen Kabugo studied the utilization of animal waste as alternative feeds while safeguarding animal performance and public health.

✓ Dr. Muhammed Abdurasheed Ola investigated two commonly used Nigerian medicinal plants for cancer treatment.

✓ Dr. Rita Mwima examined the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that allow malaria vectors, particularly species in the Anopheles gambiae complex, to persist through dry seasons and rapidly rebound with the onset of rains.

✓ Dr. Lesley Rose Ninsiima investigated bat ecology and social epidemiology of filoviruses in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Francis Okello examined tourism in the Queen Elizabeth Conservation area with the aim to determine the economic value of tourism and recreational activities.

✓ Dr. Peter Michael Marin Joy investigated TB medication non-adherence and suboptimal treatment outcomes among patients and community's knowledge, attitude and stigma in Wau, South Sudan.

✓ Dr. Nancy Milton Sati studied salmonella infections in local poultry.

✓ Dr. Dickson Tayebwa investigated free-roaming dogs in Uganda, a major public health challenge.

✓ Dr. Gerald Ziritunda Gerald sought to assess the indigenous knowledge, phytochemistry, efficacy and safety of selected medicinal plants used in the control of chicken helminths in Soroti, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Harriet Aber Odonga examined the health system landscape for child substance use disorder in Mbale, Uganda.

✓ Dr. David Lubogo investigated metabolic syndrome among women aged 15-49 years in Wakiso, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Henry Komakech examined the implications of the repatriation of South Sudanese refugees on health service delivery in three West Nile districts of Uganda.

✓ Dr. Olivia Nakisita investigated maternal health services of adolescent refugees in urban settings in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Samalie Namukose examined the integration of nutrition assessment, counseling and support into the health system and the effect on mother-infant health in Eastern Uganda.

✓ Dr. Moses Ntaro’s research advances innovative approaches to improving community sanitation and public health in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Jimmy Osuret examined behavioral, environmental, and system factors influencing child pedestrian safety.

College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS) 

✓ Dr. Alex Aliga investigated the role of asset and consumption growth, shocks and coping strategies in contributing to poverty traps among Ugandan households.

✓ Dr. Linda Apon Ismene examined the contribution of internal control systems, leadership style and cash flow management behavior in promoting sustainability of SMEs in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Kim Christine Atuhairwe examined health related quality of life, viral load suppression and survival among older persons living with HIV in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Hajira Birungi examined the relationship between entrepreneurial ecosystem pillars and competitive advantage on the performance of manufacturing SMEs in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Bashir Rajab Kagere examined innovation behavior and firm performance in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Clovice Maxwell Kamanyiire investigated the drivers of rural electricity adoption and its subsequent impact on socioeconomic transformation in central Uganda.

✓ Dr. Godfrey Mugisa Masereka examined non-farm household enterprises in Uganda and their effect on Agricultural commercialisation.

✓ Dr. James Mukoki examined the structure of inter-sectoral linkages, the drivers of the services sector growth and unemployment in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Muhanguzi Hillary focused on the methodology for creating composite indicators related to service delivery in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Shamira Najjinda examined the contribution of family support, entrepreneurial resources and entrepreneurial resilience in promoting well-being of women entrepreneurs in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Patrick Edward Ssemanda investigated foreign aid inflow, domestic savings, fungibility and economic growth in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Jordan Paul Ssemwanga investigated the effect of sludge manure, a green technology processed from human waste, on the welfare of rural farm households in central Uganda.

✓ Dr. Musa Sennanda analyzed Islamic financing, transparency, access to finance, and poverty mitigation in countries financed by the Islamic Development Bank.

✓ Dr. Betty Tuhaise Tumuhirwe examined bond market development, government effectiveness, private sector participation, and infrastructure development in Africa.

Makerere University Business School (MUBS)

✓ Dr. Joseph Elasu examined a rigorous and policy relevant analysis of household energy transition in Uganda.

✓ Dr. John Bosco Kakooza investigated risk governance among financial institutions in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Musa Kiggwe investigated the food consumption behavior of the youth in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Tepenence Kuteesa Namutamba examined financial literacy among government sponsored University students.

✓ Dr. Florence Lunkuse examined the role of information literacy among small holder farmers in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Christopher Niel Makanga examined public accountability in municipal local governments.

✓ Dr. Josephine Namugumya examined factors influencing talent management in tertiary institutions in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Agnes Tabala investigated the psychological wellbeing of Ugandan small enterprise employees.

College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT)

✓ Dr. Safiki Ainomugisha studied how conventional micro processing limits the reactivity of supplementary cementitious materials.

✓ Dr. David Martin Amitu developed innovative mechanisms to enhance radio resource management and scheduling.

✓ Dr. Jude Zziwa Byansi developed and validated a school - level sanitation management framework and a DSS to strengthen the operation and maintenance of sanitation facilities.

✓ Dr. Ronald Jjagwe developed a model framework integrating strategies for commercializing technological innovations at firm, market, and policy levels in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Derrick Kajjoba assessed the thermal comfort, air quality and energy performance of naturally ventilated residential buildings in Kampala city.

✓ Dr. Henry Kiwumulo Fenekansi addressed the critical challenge of poor leukemia treatment outcomes in low and middle income countries.

✓ Dr. Sheila Mugala Ndoboli analyzed the performance of an aerial assisted cellular network.

✓ Dr. Sophia Nagujja examined a tenure arrangement for refugees on customary land.

✓ Dr. Catherine Namuga's study focused on improving the gauze dressing using nano materials to help wounds heal faster.

✓ Dr. Ronald Sekaya’s study addresses the crisis of providing basic services in growing sub- Saharan African towns.

✓ Dr. Jeffy Briton Ssemuddu addressed advancing safety and sustainability through occupational, safety, health and environment integration in Uganda's cement manufacturing industry.

✓ Dr. Godfrey Mario Wangi developed zeolite based nanocomposite materials for removing toxic metals and disinfecting water.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS)

✓ Dr. Milcah Abasabyona investigated how Uganda’s National ID system influences perceptions of citizenship, belonging, and personhood among marginalized ghetto youths in Kamwokya and Bwaise slums.

✓ Dr. Samuel Albert Mjandwa investigated the archaeology of megalithic culture in Tanzania’s Lake Eyasi basin.

✓ Dr. Deogratias Arinaitwe Rugyendo explored the evolution, adoption, and contribution of electronic newspapers in the Ugandan press.

✓ Dr. Priscilla Asiimire examined the history of adult education at Makerere University between 1953-2006.

✓ Dr. Emmanuel Aturinde Tumwerinde examined whether women's participation in peace operations regenders military relations.

✓ Dr. Boniface Martial Ayebare analyzed the use of project based learning in teaching French in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Edith Birungi Mwebaze explored decision making dynamics in the use of female sterilization among women living with HIV/Aids in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Martin Buhamizo analyzed Uganda’s bureaucracies of national identification and citizen certification in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Clare Cheromoi examined the evolution of political corruption in Uganda between 1962-2017.

✓ Dr. Patricia Chipangura Magodyo examined rethinking knowledge production in materiality at the Zimbabwe museum of human sciences.

✓ Dr. Alene Kassaw Fentie investigated the divergent motivations, interests, and strategies of the Tigray People's Liberation Front in Ethiopia.

✓ Dr. Esther Ali Munira Gimono studied sexual and reproductive health rights of deaf women and girls in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Agatha Kafuko’s study explores the complex recovery journey of 40 adult female survivors of war related childhood sexual abuse during the LRA conflict in Northern Uganda.

✓ Dr. Morris Kipuru Matembu examined the relationship between background characteristics, individual institutional experiences and academic achievements among undergraduate students at UHEI.

✓ Dr. Christine Tricia Kulabako explored social aspects in the management of human brucellosis in Nakasongola District.

✓ Dr. Sophie Lakot Oyat’s study interrogated the notion of urbanity from Uganda's written poetry anthologies between the 1960s and 2020.

✓ Dr. Anatoli Lwassampijja examined the historical relationship between the Catholic church and the Ugandan state from the eve to present.

✓ Dr. Jacinta Matheka examined Abdulrazak Gurnah's reimagining of the aftermath of the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution.

✓ Dr. Lillian Mbabazi examined the changing form, applications, and performance contexts for Bakiga storytelling 1930-2009.

✓ Dr. Pamela Mbabazi Byakwaga examined how Bakiga immigrants in Rubirizi District utilize Kizino Dance-musicking to negotiate their ethnic identity.

✓ Dr. Joseph Mukasa examined the responses of land occupants on Buwekula blocks 99 and 103 in Mubende District.

✓ Dr. Irene Esther Mutuzo investigated why the national Human Capital Management Systems in Uganda remain underutilized.

✓ Dr. Winfred Naamara conducted a study to understand social support for family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in the greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Julian Namiyingo examined the representations of women's agency in selected contemporary African women writers' fiction.

✓ Dr. Moureen Nanteza examined the use of Luganda among speakers of other indigenous languages in the multilingual settings of Mbale and Gulu cities.

✓ Dr. Heather Ndlovu examined the complex nature of archiving the documentary heritage of the nationalist movements in Zimbabwe 1961-2024.

✓ Dr. Nelson Nsereko examined the development and morphosyntax of the Kiswahili variety spoken in Uganda.

✓ Dr. Paskari Odoi examined experiences of Bilharzia illness among school children along the shores of Lake Albert.

✓ Dr. Bob Denis Odongo analyzed access to livelihood assets, adaptive strategies and livelihood outcomes among refugees in Bidibidi Settlement - Uganda.

✓ Dr. Ivan Okello Odongo examined the role of selected micro aspects and macro context induced factors in determining turnover intention amongst primary school teachers in Lira city.

✓ Dr. Emmy Rwomushana examined how gender relations are represented in Runyankore-Rukiga marriage songs.

✓ Dr. Alex Ssebaana examined the impact of railway employment on workers' identity, family life and labour mobility in Jinja, Uganda 1912-1990.

✓ Dr. Juliet Ssematimba examined the patterns and trends of indigenous salt making technology at Kibiro Salt Gardens in Southwestern Uganda, 1894-1997.

✓ Dr. Florence Turyomurugyendo documented experiences of adult survivors of child sexual abuse in Luuka District, Uganda.

✓ Dr. Denis Tushabomwe examined the impact of agricultural market liberalization on gender relations in Uganda's small holder crop value chains.

✓ Dr. Abius Tushemerirwe explores the pedagogical value of Latin American songs in Spanish language learning  through a qualitative, comparative study.  

✓ Dr. Peter Womber Kwame analyzed the leadership ethics of Peisistratus of Athens using the transformational leadership theory and Aristotlian-Thomist common good ethics.

✓ Dr. Zihove Tendai explored the dynamics surrounding archaeological heritage and the building of national identity through the great Zimbabwe world heritage site.

Institute of Gender and Development Studies (IGDS)

✓ Dr. Helina Befekadu Bekele examined collaboration between the Meta District

Agriculture and Resource Management Office and Care Ethiopia under the GROW project,

with a focus on women farmers’ empowerment in Oromia, Ethiopia. The analysis shows persistent social norms and institutional barriers which restrict women’s participation

in agriculture.

✓ Dr. Zephaniah Kyalisiima researched the effects of farmers’ access to utilization and

repayment of agricultural credit on household gender relations in Luwero and Nakasongola districts, finding that group-based loans with flexible repayment terms were feasible for both men and women. Complementary support through financial literacy training, tractor access, and gender sensitization workshops substantially enhanced outcomes. 

✓ Dr. Ali Abdo Yousef Samah examined the reintegration of women prisoners

in Yemen through a gender sensitive lens, highlighting the compounded barriers created by

148 conflict, institutional collapse, and entrenched patriarchal norms. The findings reveal a major gap between women’s complex needs and existing support programs, which rely on limited, short-term vocational training with little market value.

✓ Dr. Lillian Tukahirwa assessed women’s participation and empowerment in the Livestock Vaccine distribution, delivery, and use (Livestock Vaccine Value Chain - LVVC) in Sembabule District. 

✓ Dr Olive Lomokol’s thesis examines the historical and political making of the “Karamoja Problem” in Uganda. 

✓ Dr. Mackenzie Ukpi Mbasughun’s research focuses on the development of a decolonial

memory web as a conceptual framework grounded in archive, narrative, space, and performance metaphors to demonstrate decolonial memory work as a necessary tool for assessing the nature of consciousness as a network in post-colonial societies. 

✓ Dr. Elias Stanley’s research examines discourses surrounding the University Theatre for

Development Movement in “postsocialist” Tanzania, foregrounding how it engages, deconstructs, and reworks dominant narratives of nation-building.