General Assignments

1. March 2007 to date
   
   Member, National Citizenship and Immigration Board
2. March 2007 to date
   
   Chairman of Council, Namasagali University
3. Nov 2006 to date
   
   Member of the Board, Ubuntunet Alliance, an organisation of African Research and Education Networks
4. July 2006 to Dec 2006:
   
   Chair of the National Task Team defining policy, design, implementation and operations for the National Data Transmission Backbone and E-government Infrastructure, Uganda
5. June 2006 to date:
   
   Member of the ICT Advisory Board for the Association of African Universities
6. July 2006 – June 2007
   
   District Governor, Rotary District 9200 ( Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania)
7. Sept 05 – Jan 06:
   
   Chaired the Task Team that developed the new Telecommunications Sector Policy for Uganda (see also www.ucc.co.ug )
8. March 2005 to Date:
   
   NetTel@Africa Director. NetTel is a capacity building network for ICT policy makers and regulators in Africa. See www.nettelafrica.org
   
9. Dec 2003
   
   Chair, Senate Ad Hoc Committee of Senate that developed Senate proposals fro streamlining of the Vice Chancellor search process
   
10. 6 – 18 October 2002
    
    Head of the Uganda Delegation to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference (Plenipot 2002), Marrakesh, Morocco. Issues dealt with included global policy and regulatory issues as well as ITU treaty matters.
11. Dec 2001 to May 2007
    
    Chair, Uganda Development Gateway (UDG) Working Group, later elected Chairman of the Board of Directors. The UDG is an Internet portal for information on sustainable development and poverty reduction – offering a common space for dialogue and exchange of experience, knowledge, ideas, tools, information, data and other resources. Role played: co-ordinator, guiding the stakeholders workshop to converge on agreed issues; preparation of the grant proposal; overall management of the planning process at policy level. ( Supported by an infoDevgrant)
12. May 2000 to May 2005
    
    Member, Electricity Regulatory Authority, Uganda. One of a part-time policy board of 5 people that meets monthly to review regulatory policy, deal with licensing issues, and monitor progress in achieving sector policy objectives
13. April 2000 to date
    
    Coordinator, ICT Projects for Makerere University. Spearheaded the formulation of the Makerere University ICT Policy and Master Plan. Currently charged with policy management, implementation of ICT services and systems, and information resource management. (See http://www.makict.ac.ug/)
14. August 1998 to Jan 2005
    
    Commissioner, Uganda Communications Commission. One of a part-time policy board of 7 people that reviews regulatory policy, deals with licensing issues, and monitors progress in achieving sector policy objectives. A major focus was rural communications development.
15. Nov 1998
    
    Deputy Head of Uganda Delegation to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (Plenipot '98), Minneapolis, USA. Issues dealt with included global policy and regulatory issues.
16. May 2000
    
    Head of Uganda Delegation to the World Radiocommunication Conference, Istanbul, Turkey
17. June 1998 to June 2001
    
    Member, Mbarara University of Science and Technology Appointments Board
18. Nov. '98 to Mar.'99
    
    Chairman, Task Force on the merger of Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo, Institute of Teacher Education, Kyambogo and Uganda National Institute for Special Education to form a University. This Task Force produced a report that has been the basis for the formation of Kyambogo University.
19. August 1998
    
    Technical Advisor to a Ministerial Delegation to U.S.A in negotiations for an Institute of Technology
20. 1996

    Member of the Task Team for the Establishment of Busoga University, and later a member of the first Board of Directors

21. 1995 - to 2000

    Member of the Senate Appeals Committee, Makerere University

22. 1994 - to 2000

    Member of the Senate Science Committee

23. 1993 – 1995

    Member of the Senate Higher Degrees Committee

24. May 1992

    Member, Committee of Inquiry set up by Cabinet Directive to Investigate the fire at Owen Falls Power Station and related matters

25. April 1992

    Member, University Appointments Board Committee of Inquiry into the Dept of Social Work and Social Administration

26. April 1991

    Member of the Committee of Inquiry into the Makerere University School of Education (for the Makerere University Appointments Board)

27. November 1990

    Chaired the Technical Committee of Inquiry into the nationwide blackout ( Uganda) of 24 Nov 1990 (for the Minister of Energy)

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Selected Consultancies/Studies/Research

1. May 2007 to date
   
   Supporting the development of an ICT Policy and Master Plan for Haramaya University, Addis Ababa (funded by Sida).
2. Jan - May 2006
   
   Capacity building consultant under ATOS Origin, developing training material and delivering training related to ICT and application to development for World Bank Task Team Leaders
3. May 2003 to Feb 2007
   
   Lead Consultant under Atos Consulting for Component 1e, Capacity Building for ICT Policy Makers and Regulators, under the DFID and Sida funded project, Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (Atos Consulting and DFID won the Innovation Category award for this project at the MCA Awards, 2007, UK).
   
4. Oct – Dec 2006
   
   Evaluation of Sida/SAREC support to University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for Sida (part of a team led by Prof Johann Mouton)
5. May/June 2006
   
   Evaluation of Leland Initiative support projects in Lesotho, (under Computer Frontiers Inc, for USAID)
6. 2004 to date
   
   Lead Researcher for the Research ICT Africa! research node in Uganda – see www.researchictafrica.net
7. April 2005 to March 2006
   
   Consultant to the Association of African Universities: ICT Initiative under AAU for African Academic and Research Institutions (focusing on the bandwidth challenge)
8. May 2003 – Nov 2003
   
   Lead consultant (initial nomination by Makerere University) for Component 1e of the DFID and Sida/SAREC funded initiative: Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa. Component 1e is aimed at Capacity building for ICT policy makers and regulators. The consultancy required the formulation of a strategy and work plan for implementing the component. Makerere University has subsequently been identified to host this component.
9. Dec 2002 – Feb 2003
   
   Formulation of an ICT Policy and Master Plan for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda, supported by the United Nations Development Programme, Uganda.
10. March 2002 – October 2002
    
    ICT Readiness survey for the government of Uganda: Base study and evaluation preparatory to the award of consultancy for the formulation of an ICT Policy and Master Plan for Government as an enterprise.
11. 2000
    
    Lead Consultant for the Proposed Optical Fibre backbone for Makerere University (Funded by ADB). Role: overall project planning and management. This project has been completed on time and within cost (Infrastructure value USD 1 million)
12. April 2000 – August 2001
    
    Leland Project Manager, working as counterpart to Computer Frontiers Inc. in the establishment of a wireless backbone and internal ISP for Makerere University (USAID, EDDI). (Project value $1 million for infrastructure and consultancy services)
13. 1998
    
    Consultant to Bank of Uganda in setting up a modern nationwide vehicular radio communication network (Infrastructure value $300,000)
14. 1998 – 2000
    
    Project Manager under Technology Consults for the World Bank funded Rehabilitation of Soroti Hospital
15. 1997 – 1998
    
    Civil Works Expert for the European Union Funded Partial Rehabilitation of the National College of Business Studies, Institute of Teacher Education Kyambogo, and Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo.
16. Apr 1996 – June 1996
    
    Communications Consultant to the Interim Electoral Commission.
17. 1994 – 2000
    
    Rainfall Characterisation and Ku Band Propagation Measurements (Part of an ITU and EU sponsored international consortium)
18. 1993 – 1996
    
    Principal Consultant (under Technology Consults Ltd.) supervising the Installation of a Nationwide Radio Telecommunication Network for the Uganda Revenue Authority.
19. 1993
    
    Project Coordinator (under Technology Consults Ltd.) under the UNIDO sponsored project: "Building Endogenous Capacity in Science and Technology".
20. 1992 – to date
    
    Propagation studies for Uganda; financed by Uganda Government through Makerere University (initial stage). Also funded by the Government of Italy and the Uganda Communications Commission.
21. 1992
    
    Consultant on the Energy Sector (under Technology Consults Ltd.) under the UNIDO sponsored project: "Building Endogenous Capacity in Science and Technology".

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Employment Record

Has been employed by Makerere University since March 1975, conducting research, instruction, and management, and rising through the academic levels to the current level of Associate Professor (Telecommunications).

Management levels in the university have included Head, Department of Electrical Engineering; Associate Dean, Faculty of Technology; and now Ag. Director, Directorate for ICT Support.
The Faculty has a consulting arm, Technology Consults Ltd (see http://www.teco.co.ug/ ) through which academic staff practice, and for which I was a part-time Manager for 7 years during its formative stages, seeing its income grow from shs 2million to more than shs 500million at the time of stepping down.

1. 2001 – to date Director, Directorate for ICT Support, Makerere University (ICT Policy and Master Plan establishment; Implementation of ICT Services and Systems)
2. 1997 - 1999 : Associate Dean, Faculty of Technology
3. 1993 - 2000 : Financial Director, Technology Consults Ltd. (Consulting arm of the Faculty of Technology)
4. 1993 - 1998 : Business Manager (Part-time), Technology Consults Ltd. (Consulting Company of the Faculty of Technology)
5. 1990 - 1993 : Head, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Makerere University
6. 2001 – to date: Associate Professor (Telecommunications), Makerere University
7. 1985 - 2001 : Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Makerere University
8. 1979 - 1985 : Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Makerere University
9. 1975 - 1977 : Tutorial Fellow, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Makerere University