By Isaac Naboth Niwagaba
apearlnews.com
The Vice Chancellor Kabale Univesrirty Prof. Joy Kwesiga has appealed to Kabale District Local Government for more land to accomodate the establishment of more faciltities in various academic Units.
Prof. Kwesiga was on Tuesday speaking at a ceremony to launch distribution of the Liquid detergent made at the University by the Department of Chemistry in the faculty of Science.
She said that after being taken over by Government about 6 years ago, Kabale University has been widening its coverage in different academic fields, and the progress requires operational space which is not enough at the moment.
In 2001, Kabale district council donated 52 acres of land to enable the university start, however since 2007, demands for more land have been falling on deaf ears even after the University Council wrote to the Ministry of Education asking for intervention.
Today, Prof. Kwesiga explained that they needed land to accomodate a teaching hospital, demonstration farm for agriculture, construction of Hostels for University Staff, among others.
She also noted that through an interministerial forum, they had agreed that the Kabale District Council gives kabale University 70 acres out the remaining 90 acres of unoccupied land at Kikungiri hill in Southern Division Kabale Municipality, but the District Council had not yet passed a resolution to implement the agreement.
The Vice Chairperson Kabale District, Miria Akankwasa Tugume who was the Chief Guest at the ceremony pledged support to the University by sharing about their need with the District Executive Committee.
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Meanwhile, Ms Akankwasa applauded the Department of Science at Kabale University for being innovative by producing the liquid detergent. Named Kabsafe, the detergent was packed in one to ten litre jerrycans and it would be distributed freely to health facilities, government institutions, Market Places among others, as an act of Social Cooperate Responsibility.
The first beneficiaries of the liquid detergent project were Ndorwa Government Prison, and the Principal officer Samuel Okule received the donation on behalf of the prison. Samuel said the detergent would be a supplement to the cleaning materials provided by government to control COVID-19.
By the time of filing this story, distribution of the liquid detergent had kicked off. The Kabale University Public Relations Officer Sempugu Joseph Godfrey said that 7000 liters had been produced and it would be distributed to all Hospitals in Kigezi region, Religious Institutions, Market places, Banks, Parastatal bodies of Government, and the villages around the University.
