Fortunate Ahimbisibwe
5 January 2009
Kampala — MAKERERE University Council has started searching for a new vice-chancellor to replace Prof. Livingstone Luboobi whose contract expires on May 31.
The Council last month approved the new guidelines for the appointment of the top management of the university, including the two deputy vice-chancellors whose contracts end on September 31.
The guidelines allow non-members of staff at Makerere University to compete for the top jobs. According to the guidelines, the vice-chancellor should not be more than 60 years at the time of appointment.
This means that Luboobi, at 64, will not be eligible for another term. The deputy vice-chancellor for finance and administration, Prof. David Bakibinga will also not be eligible for another term in office because the guidelines require a candidate with an MBA and ACCA as an essential requirement.
Bakibinga holds a PhD in law. A source said the Council meets next week to select the vice-chancellor search committee. The university in July last year set up a six-member adhoc committee to review the guidelines.
The search committee will recommend only three candidates for each post to the Senate before the Senate ranks the candidates for recommendation to the Council.
The university has gone through turbulent times under the current administration with four strikes staged by the academic staff association.
In March this year, the academic staff, under their umbrella organisation wrote to the Council recommending that Luboobi, Bakibinga, the University Secretary, Sam Akorimo and the Bursar, Ben Byambabazi be dismissed over alleged financial mismanagement and incompetence.
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