Head GGIS Assoc. Prof. Bamutaze Hands Over Office to Assoc. Prof. Mugagga

Assoc. Prof. Yazidhi Bamutaze on 28th June 2019 handed over the instruments of power to Assoc. Prof. Frank Mugagga as Head Department of Department of Geography , Geo informatics and Climatic sciences (GGCS). The handover ceremony was presided over by the Dean, School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Science (SFEGS) Assoc. Prof. Fred Babweteera and witnessed by Makerere University’s internal auditor Mr. Bernnet Magara and staff at the departments Board room at Mountain Resource Center.

Assoc. Prof. Yazidhi Bamutaze officially took over the headship of the department on 20th July 2015 replacing Assoc. Professor Fredrick Ruguma Tumwine who had steered the department through the transformative phases as Makerere university changed from a faculty to a collegiate system.

Whereas his predecessor Dr. Fredrick Tumwine had registered some success, Dr. Bamutaze inherited some challenges including low finances with the department reflected in the college ledger as being in red, lowest profile in the school and college, low visibility and poor brand, low levels of staff rank in the college, poor infrastructure and limited field equipment, lack of strategic framework and direction, inadequate teaching aids and seats in lecture theatres among others.