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A Ugandan, Mathias Kiwanuka, is Playing in the 2012 NFL Super Bowl, For the Giants as a LineBacker
January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment
By SAM BORDEN, NYTIMES ~ EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Mathias Kiwanuka says he does not remember how old he was when he first found out his grandfather had been assassinated. He struggles to remember the point at which he realized the true meaning of his own last name. He is not certain when he became aware of [...]
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Dr. Muniini K. Mulera, a Ugandan, is a Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist in Canada
December 15, 2011 | 5 Comments
Dr. Muniini K. Mulera ~ Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist, Toronto, Canada Background Dr. Mulera, a native of Kahondo ka Byamarembo, Kigezi graduated from Makerere University, Kampala, with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in March 1977. He received internship training at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala under the supervision of Dr. Veronica Cotter, Dr. Miriam Duggan [...]
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Dr. Ivan Edwards, a Ugandan, is a Major in the US Air Force, Serving as a Flight surgeon
October 31, 2011 | 43 Comments
Maj (Dr). Ivan Edwards was born in Uganda, and speaks fondly of his motherland. He says that he is proud to have set foot in the USA, and given the tools to become a doctor and a senior military officer. He shares his sentiments of an underlying “racial bias” in a country in which he [...]
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Ugandan-born Dr. John Sentamu, as Archbishop of York, is the UK’s first black archbishop
October 22, 2011 | 5 Comments
Dr John Sentamu is the UK’s first black archbishop and the Church of England’s second most senior clergyman. His appointment as the Archbishop of York in June 2005 was a breakthrough in the history of the Church of England. He was hailed as Downing Street’s favourite Anglican bishop and praised for his plain speaking, energy [...]
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Derreck Kayongo, a Ugandan is CNN HERO, TOP 10 2011, Global Soap Project CEO
October 14, 2011 | 3 Comments
Derreck Kayongo’s journey from child refugee to fearless visionary is filled with moments of inspiration (along with the benefits of good, old-fashioned sweat equity) that make him one of the most popular – and authentic – speakers on the circuit today. From Africa to Atlanta with nothing but a dream and tenacity, Kayongo beat the [...]
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Justice Julia Sebutinde, University of Edinburgh Honorary Degree Recipient
June 21, 2011 | 2 Comments
Justice Julia Sebutinde graduated from Makerere University in Uganda in 1977. In 1978 she obtained the Diploma in Legal Practice from the Kampala Law Development Centre. Later that year she started work in Uganda’s Ministry of Justice where she rose to the level of Principal State Attorney/Principal Legislative Counsel. In 1991 she graduated with an [...]
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Professor Samuel B. Mukasa, a Ugandan, Named New CEPS Dean, University of New Hampshire
June 20, 2011 | 3 Comments
Professor Samuel B. Mukasa, chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan, has been named the new dean of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS). A 1977 graduate of UNH, Mukasa has been at U-M since 1989 and was appointed department chair in 2007. He holds a Ph.D. in [...]
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Rose Nanyonga, An Anti-Child Sacrifice Advocate and Ambassador for the Poor
June 04, 2011 | 2 Comments
In 1989, as a young girl, Rose Nanyonga was forced to leave her family’s village in Uganda. She was alone and, as a female in Uganda without family protection, she had little hope. At the root of her forced departure was a conflict between Rose’s practicing of the Christian faith and her family’s desire for [...]
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Dr. Frederick Balagadde, Ph.D., is Co-Inventor of Microfluidic Device
April 26, 2011 | 15 Comments
Dr. Frederick Balagadde, a Ugandan National, is working on a microfluidics technology that could revolutionize bioscience the way microchips transformed computing. This easily portable technology has, among numerous applications, the potential to become a powerful tool in the effort to combat infectious disease in the Third World, a cause dear to Balagadde’s heart. About Dr. [...]
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Ugandan National, LTC Joseph D’costa, A US Army Commander of 1st Battalion, 378th Infantry Regiment
April 12, 2011 | 13 Comments
FORT BENNING, Georgia | As a boy growing up in Uganda, Joseph D’costa became inspired by America’s role in World War II and told his teacher he wanted to go to the U.S. Military Academy someday. “She laughed at me for my dream of going to West Point, telling me it would be impossible because [...]
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Rachel N. MAYANJA is UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser
April 08, 2011 | 6 Comments
Ugandan National Ms. Rachel Mayanja, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women since November 2004, is a long-serving career international civil servant with vast experience in normative, policy and operational work of the United Nations including peace-building, peace-keeping and inter-agency collaboration. Ms. Mayanja’s career with the UN started in the Women’s [...]
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Ugandan Lukiah Mulumba, US Air Force Officer at rank of Captain
April 07, 2011 | 86 Comments
When high school sweethearts Lukiah Nakabembe and Abdullah Mulumba moved to the US and started a life together, neither knew of any sickle cell disease sufferers in their families. The sickle cell is an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of haemoglobin. Unknown to the Mulumbas, they were [...]
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NASA’s 1st Black Mission-Control Flight Director is UGANDAN
April 06, 2011 | 13 Comments
The first African-American to lead Mission Control is working shifts as a flight director for the International Space Station. Kwatsi Alibaruho completed more than 700 hours of training and began active duty in August. Since the beginning of America’s space program,only 58 people have directed human space flight missions. The flight director class of 2005 [...]
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NAACP Image Award Nominee, Ugandan Musician, Omega Bugembe Okello
April 06, 2011 | 1 Comment
Not only does this East African Diva burst on the world music scene with a unique name, but she also blazons into the industry with a fantastic new sound. Omega Bugembe Okello, who just goes by the name Omega, is blessed with a powerful vocal range and the international ability of singing in various languages [...]
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Ugandan Journalist, Shaka Ssali, Host of VOA’s Straight Talk Africa
April 06, 2011 | 4 Comments
Shaka, a Ugandan born American journalist, holds a doctorate in cross cultural communication and history from UCLA in California. He is a former Ford Foundation Fellow and has received numerous honors, including a United Nations Peacekeeping Special Achievement Award in International Journalism. Other awards include VOA’s Best Journalist Award and Kigezi College Butobere’s first ever [...]
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