BIRABI ALLAN KENNETH

CURRICULUM VITAE

Nationality: Ugandan.
Date of Birth: 6th Feb. 1961.
Marital Status: Married.
Occupation: Senior Lecturer, Makerere University.
Current Station of Work: Dept. of Architecture, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Academic Qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Architectural Conservation: Conducted in University of

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Lund University, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology, University of Witswatersrand - South Africa, and
Makerere University Kampala, Uganda as the final awarding ground;
2001-2006.

Postgraduate Certificate in Urban Shelter: Design & Development (USDD) conducted by

Housing Development & Management of Lund University, Sweden, 2006.

Postgraduate Certificate, Conservation & Management of Historic Buildings (CMHB),

conducted by Housing Development & Management and Restoration of
Lund University, Sweden and University of Witswatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa; 2004 – 2005.

Master of Philosophy in Architecture [M.Phil. (Arch)]; obtained from the Faculty of Law,
Environment and Social Sciences, School of Architecture, Planning &
Landscape, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; 1997-1999.

Master of Education in Fine Art [M.Ed(FA)]; obtained from the School of Education, Makerere
University Kampala, Uganda; 1992-1993.

Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE); obtained from the School of Education, Makerere
University Kampala, Uganda; 1985/86.

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts [B.A(F.A)], obtained from the Margaret Trowell School of Fine
Arts, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda; 1982 - 1985.
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Working Record:

• Appointed as Teaching Assistant in Oct. 1990 in the Department of Architecture,

Makerere University Kampala, Uganda.

• Appointed to the rank of Full Lecturer in Oct. 1995 in the Department of Architecture,
Makerere University Kampala, Uganda.

• Appointed as a Bi-annual Guest Lecturer from September 2006 at Lund University,

Sweden, on the Conservation & Management of Historic Buildings Program.

• Promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture Makerere

University Kampala, Uganda in May 2010 to date.

Subjects/Courses I have Taught:

Institution Teaching Level of Course Name Year Code Credit.
Status Course Units
Dept. of Architecture, Fulltime Under- Architectural Yr. I ARC 4
Makerere University, Lecturer graduate Design 1202
Kampala, Uganda. Fundamentals:
Basic Design
Architectural Yr I ARC 4
Design 1102
Fundamentals: Fine
Art
Architectural Yr II ARC 4
Design 2102
Fundamentals: Fine
Art
Photography for Yr II ARC 4
Architects 2102
Philosophy for Yr. IV ARC 2
Architects 4206
Research Methods Yr. IV ARC Audited
4204
Dept. of Housing Guest Post- Case Studies in Yr. I CMHB Audited
Development & Lecturer graduate Built Heritage &
Management, Lund Development.
University, Sweden. International Yr. I CMHB Audited
Charters and World
Heritage
Conventions

Abbreviation:
CMHB:- Conservation & Management of Historic Buildings.

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Publications

Birabi, A.K., Mukiibi, S. and Nawangwe, B. (2009). Built Heritage in Uganda. Kampala: US
Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation. [online] URL: http://tech.mak.ac.ug/heritage/

Birabi A. K. (2007). “International urban conservation charters: catalytic or

passive tools of urban conservation practices among developing countries”.
City & Time 3 (2): 4. [online] URL: http://www.ct.ceci-br.org.

Birabi, A.K. (2007). “Caring for the Urban Poor of Kampala, Uganda”, in Grundstrom, K. and
Wong Jere, A.,(eds) (2007). Shelter for the Urban Poor Proposals for Improvements – Inspired
by World Urban Forum III. Lund: Housing Development & Management of Lund
University.pp.257-271. ISBN 978-91-87866-29-6; ISSN 1404-286X; ISRN LUHDM-R—11—
SE. Also online at: www.lth.se/fileadmin/hdm/Report_11-_WUF_III.pdf

Birabi, A.K. (2007). “Architectural Conservation in Uganda: Towards Creating a Supportive

Climate for Built Heritage Conservation The Case of Kampala City”. EDRA VolXXXVIII/No.1
May 30 -June 3, p.4.

Birabi, A.K. (2007) “Opinion”, in Namugoji. E. (2007) “Dr. Kenneth Birabi's Heart for Old
Buildings” New Vision June 3rd, Vol. 14, No. 22, p.22. At:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706040777.html posted on the web on web 4 June 2007.

Birabi, A.K. (2007) “Special Report”, in Kasyate, S. (2007) “Uganda’s Lost Heritage” Sunday
Monitor No. 098, April 8th , pp.12-13.

Kamuhangire, E.R., Birabi, A.K., Kigongo, R. and Mwanja Nkaale, R. (2007). Research
programme on the thatched roofs Kasubi Tombs, Uganda World Heritage Site. Paris/Kampala:
UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

Birabi, A.K. (2007). “ Improving the Environment – Allan Birabi” in Commonwealth

Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (2007) 48th Annual Report to the Secretary of
State for International Development for the year ending 30 September 2007. London:
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, p.17.

Birabi, A.K. (2006). “The Urgency of Adopting Lessons of Kenya’s Coastal Town of Lamu to
the Urban Immovable Cultural Heritage Management Regime of Old Kampala”, in Africa 2009
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(2006) Sustainable Management of Cultural Heritage Places. Italy: ICCROM, CRATerre-
ENSAG, Ecole du Patrimoine African, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and Centre for
Heritage Development in Africa. pp.109-110. [online] URL:
http://www.africa2009.net/common/papers/2006/ts-ethiopia06.pdf

Birabi, A.K., (2006). “New Building Services Systems in Kampala’s Built Heritage:
Complementary or Conflicting Integrals”, in Mwakali, J. A. and Taban-Wani, G. (eds.) (2006),
Advances in Engineering and Technology, Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, pp. 655-670. ISBN: 0-080-
45312-0.

Birabi, A.K. (2002). “Luwero Triangle”, in Picton, J., Loder, R., and Court, E. (eds)(2002).
Action and Vision: Painting and Sculpture in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda from 1980 An
Exhibition Devised by Rochdale Art Gallery and the Triangle Arts Trust. London: The Triangle
Arts Trust, Rochdale Art Gallery, and Ford Foundation. pp.74-75.

Birabi, A.K., in World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, and CRATerre-EAG (2000). Nomination of
Properties for Inclusion on the World Heritage List. Rome: WHC, ICCROM & CRATerre-EAG.
Also at online at: http://www.google.com/search?
hl=en&source=hp&q=nomination+of+properties+for+inclusion+on+the+world+heritage+list+K
asubi+Tombs+Uganda+may+2000&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&aq=f&oq=&aqi

Birabi, A.K. (2000). “Traditional Architecture and Related Arts-Crafts in Eastern Uganda”, in
Tickodri-Togboa, S.S., Higenyi, J.K.D, Musaazi, M.K. Ngirane- Katashaya, G., Nalubega, M.
and Birabi, A.K.,(eds) (2000). Proceedings of the First Bi-Annual Conference of the Faculty of
Technology Makerere University. Kampala: Faculty of Technology Makerere University. pp.9-
12. ISBN 9970-812-00-9.

Birabi, A.K. (1999). “Pedagogy and Curriculum Development in Fine Art and Architecture
Programmes”. In University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1999). School of Architecture, Planning
and Landscape Postgraduate Studies Prospectus. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Frank Peters Colour
Printers.

I participated in the development of the Special 226-page UN (2000) Strategies to Combat

Homelessness. Nairobi: Habitat, ISBN 92-1-131458-5, while based at the University of
Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Exhibitions:

• Participated in ‘Art that Survives Uganda’, an art exhibition of work by Makerere

Community of Artists made before, during and after Amin’s regime. Held at the Africa
Center, Covent Garden, London. 1985.

• Staged a Solo art exhibition entitled ‘Exhibition 1993’ at the Makerere Art Gallery, Kampala
from 13th to 24th April 1993 to promote cultural tourism in Uganda.

• Participated in the Art Africa Group Exhibition on the occasion of 7th Pan African Congress;
3rd – 8th April 1994 at the International Conference Center, Kampala.

• Staged a solo Photo exhibition of historic buildings of Uganda at the launching of the website
documenting and illuminating those very historic structures at Uganda Museum, Kampala on
30th June 2009.

Unpublished Special Production(s)

Birabi. A.K., Nawangwe, B., Niwagaba, C., and Otine, C. (2006). A Review of Political, Social,
Economic, and Technological (PEST) Attributes Affecting Makerere University with Emphasis
on Technological and ICT Aspects to Inform Formulation of the University’s Strategic Plan
2007/8-2017/18. Kampala: Special Report submitted to the Planning Unit, Makerere University.

Birabi, A.K., Mwakali, J., Ntale, H.K., and Sebbit, A. (2002). Situation Analysis: Human Rights,
Peace and Ethics Integration in the Faculty of Technology Degree Programs. Kampala: Makerere
University Interdisciplinary Teaching of Human Rights Peace and Ethics Project – ITHPEP.

Local and Regional Conferences/Workshops

• Participated in Writer’s Workshop of Heifer Project International for Development of Zero-

Grazing Training Materials held in Kampala, Uganda; I was in-charge of graphic content
and/or illustrations; 18th - 23rd May 1992.

• 5th March 1993: Guest Speaker in the documentary on art in Uganda in the ‘Professionals’
magazine of Uganda Television.

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• Appointed to Uganda National Primary Teacher Education Subject Writing Panel for Design
and Technology for In-Service Teachers’ Distance Education modules in 1995.

• Participated in Uganda National Artists’ Nine-day residential Workshop on ‘Professional

development’ at Namasagali College, Uganda sponsored by the British Council. Dec. 1996.

• Participated in the Regional Conference of Schools of Architecture of Eastern Africa held in

the Faculty of Forestry, Makerere University. 28th – 29th Jan 2000.

• Delegate in the Faculty Planning Group of the Faculty of Technology, Makerere University
in the Faculty’s residential Strategic Planning Retreat at Mandela Sports Hotel, Kampala. 19th
– 21st May 2000.

• Presented a Paper entitled The Architectural Career to secondary school scholars and
teachers Conference held at Muljibhai Madhivani College-Wairaka, Uganda on the occasion
of the Annual Careers Day on 2nd July 2000.

• Attended the Makerere University Planning & Development Logical Framework Matrix
Workshop Training at Hotel Equatoria, Kampala; 18th August 2000.

• Guest Speaker, Uganda Today Magazine of Uganda Television on the relationship

between Art and Architecture in Uganda on 2nd October 2000.

• Elected Permanent Organizing Secretary to Bi-Annual Faculty of Technology Conferences,

and organizes the first conference is the series:- Creating Capacity for Sustainable
Development through Technological Knowledge held on 23rd Nov. 2000.

• 20th Nov. 2000: Participant in ‘Uganda Today’ Magazine of the Uganda Television,
presenting a prologue of the First Faculty of Technology Conference of 23rd Nov. 2000.

• 23rd Nov. 2000: presented a Paper entitled Traditional Architecture and Related Arts-Crafts
in Eastern Uganda at the First Faculty of Technology Conference; Creating Capacity for
Sustainable Development through Technological Knowledge at Grand Imperial Hotel,
Kampala, Uganda. (See list of publications).

• Attended the Makerere University-wide Communication Skills Consultation Conference on

18th January 2001 at St. Augustine Students Center, Makerere.

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• Attended the Makerere University Capacity Building Program for Decentralized Districts
Information on 17th February 2001 at the International Conference Center Kampala.

• Organized the First Faculty of Technology Consultative Workshop on Applied Research that
took place on 1st June 2001 at Makerere University.

• Presented a Paper entitled Managing Staff/Student Relationships at the First Course

Design and Curriculum Review Retreat of Architecture Academics held at Ranch on the
Lake Hotel, Kampala on 18th August 2001.

• Attended another Workshop of Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC) Project on
Evaluation of Interdisciplinarity Teaching of Human Rights. Peace and Ethics of Makerere
University held at Ridar Hotel, Seeta, Mukono, Uganda, from 18th to 20th September, 2001.

• Presented a Paper entitled The Interdisciplinarity of Architecture at the Interdisciplinarity:

The Challengers of Curriculum Integration in the University Conference under auspices of
the Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC) Project on Interdisciplinarity Teaching of
Human Rights. Peace and Ethics held at Muyenga Club, Kampala, from 4 th to 5th September
2001.

• Attended the PhD Cross-Cutting Research Methods Course Design at Makerere Institute of
Psychology sponsored by SIDA/Sarec and conducted by Makerere University and the
University of Goteborg, Sweden in Nov. 2001.

• Organised the Consultative Conference for engineers, Surveyors and architects on

Interdisciplinary Teaching of Human Rights, Peace and Ethics held in the Faculty of
Technology, Makerere University on 25th January 2002.

• Attended the Regional Seminar on Technology Transfer from Universities to Small and
Medium Scale Enterprises in Africa at Nile Resort Hotel, Jinja, Uganda, from 10 th to 12th
February 2002. At the Seminar, I was elected Secretary for Group B that focused on
organization of universities and small/medium scale enterprises for effective technology
Transfer

• Paid an academic visit to Norwegian University of Science & technology on the subject of
appraisal of academic aspects of built heritage conservation & management, in Trondheim
City, Norway from 11th to 18th may 2004.

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• Presented a Paper titled: The Urgency of Adopting Lessons of Kenya’s Coastal Town of
Lamu to the Urban Immovable Cultural Heritage Management Regime of Old Kampala at
the Africa 2009 7th Regional Thematic Seminar ‘Sustainable Management of Cultural
Heritage Places, held from 24th to 27th October 2006 at Gondar, Ethiopia. (See list of
publications).

International Conferences

• Participated in Conference titled ‘The Italian System and Developing Countries: New
Openings in Cultural Heritage and Culture Counts – Financing Resources and the Economics
of Culture in Sustainable Development’, in Florence, Italy, October 1999.

• Participated in the International Conference on Urbanization and Challenges of the 21st

Century held at the International Conference Center, Kampala sponsored by the Architects
Registration Board of Uganda and the Architecture Institute of Uganda, from 2nd to 3rd Dec.
1999.

• Attended the 3rd Annual International Conference on Urbanization and Development on 14th
Dec. 2000 at the International Conference Center Kampala.

• Appointed member of the Planning Committee of the International Workshop on Capacity

Building and Institutional Development in Eastern Africa for Built Heritage Conservation
which took place in Uganda in December/January 2001/2002. The Workshop drew
conservators from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Djibouti under auspices of
UNESCO and the World Heritage Center (WHC).

• Participated in World urban Forum III in Vancouver, Canada from 19th to 23rd June 2006. At
the Forum, I participated as a rapporteur for Swedish International Development Agency
(SIDA) and presented a paper to the SIDA World Urban Forum cocas titled: The Urban
Shelter Situation Analysis in Uganda: Case Study – Kampala City. (See list of publications).

• Presented a Paper titled: New Building Services Systems in Kampala’s Built Heritage:
Complementary or Conflicting Integrals? At the 1st International Conference on Advances in
Engineering and Technology (AET 2006) from 16th to 19th July 2006 in Entebbe Botanical
Beach Hotel. (See list of publications).

• Presented a Paper titled: International Urban Conservation Charters: Catalytic or Passive

Tools of Urban Conservation Practices among Developing Countries? at the 5th International

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 Seminar on Urban Conservation in the City of Recife, Brazil from 19th to 21st November
2007. (see list of publications).

• Presented a Paper titled: Mitigating Threats to Local Knowledge Embedded in Earthen

Architecture: The Case of Preserving African Architectural Semiotics at the TERRA 2008
10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural
Heritage held in Bamako, Mali from 1st to 5th February 2008.

Participated in the Start-Up Conference of the Agreed Doctoral Research Cooperation

between Sweden/SIDA and Uganda/Makerere University (SIDA Decision No. 2010
-000418) held onboard Tallink Cruise Ship between Stockholm and Tallin from 22nd to 26the
June 2010. I was a rapporteur during the conference.

Presented a paper titled: Merging Indigenous African and Western Knowledge Systems:
Implications for Architectural Education in East Africa at the First East Africa Regional
Conference on Architecture at the School of Built Environment University of Nairobi, Kenya
from 25th to 26th August 2010.

Monetary Awards for International Conferences

Awarding Body Amount Purpose Conference/Paper Title & Venue Year
Norwegian Council of The International Workshop on Urban 2nd - 3rd
Universities' $1,000 Attend and Monuments Conservation sponsored Dec.
Committee for Dev. by the National Museum of Kenya held at 1999
Research and National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.
Education (NUFU)
The Italian System and Developing
Italian Ministry of Countries: New Openings in Cultural 3rd - 8th
Foreign Affairs $3,000 Attend Heritage and Culture Counts – Financing Oct.
Resources and the Economics of Culture 1999
in Sustainable Development
A Paper: ‘Integrated Architectural 12th-13th
Education: The Case for Increased Sep.
NUFU $1,000 Present Interaction between the Architecture 1996
a Paper School and Practitioners’ at the Africa
Union of Architects Council Meeting and
Seminar in Kampala, Uganda
Presented the Paper ‘Recapturing the
Lost African Architectural Identity’ at the 3rd – 7th
NUFU $4,000 Present All Africa Conference on Education for April
a Paper Architecture, Urban Design and 1995
Environmental Planning in Africa at Cape
Town University, South Africa
SIDA SEK Present World Urban Forum III, in Vancouver, June
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 4,000 a Canada. Presented a paper titled: The 19-23,
Paper Urban Shelter Situation Analysis in 2006
Uganda: Case Study – Kampala City.
Africa 2009 $2000 Present The Africa 2009 7th Regional Thematic Oct 24-
a Paper Conference: ‘Sustainable Management of 27,
Cultural Heritage Places, held from at 2006
Gondar, Ethiopia. I presented a Paper
titled: The Urgency of Adopting Lessons
of Kenya’s Coastal Town of Lamu to the
Urban Immovable Cultural Heritage
Management Regime of Old Kampala
Africa 2009 with the $3000 Present TERRA 2008 10th International Feb.
International Center a Paper Conference on the Study and 1-5,
for the Study of the Conservation of Earthen Architectural 2008.
Preservation & Heritage, in Bamako, Mali. Presented a
Restoration of Cultural paper titled: Mitigating threats to local
Property (ICCROM), Knowledge embedded in earthen
and the International architecture: The Case of Preserving
Council on African Architectural Semiotics.
Monuments and Sites
(ICOMOS)

Sabbaticals
Executed a mini Sabbatical as guest lecturer in Research Methods and as a researcher on the
topic: Towards Illumination of Indigenous Socio-Cultural and Ethnographic Knowledge Systems
Latent in African Earthen Architecture and Mitigation of their Vulnerability at the School of
Architecture & Design, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam from 6th January 2010 and 5th February
2010. The Sabbatical was sponsored by the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern
and Southern Africa (OSSREA) based in Addis Ababa.

Graduate Students’ Academic Affairs

• Appointed in February 2008 as Makerere University’s Faculty of Technology Doctoral
Committee Member for examination process of Ms. Lilian Namuganyi. Ms. Namuganyi
presented her doctoral research proposal titled ‘Urban Spatial Experiences: Selected Cases
from Kampala’ on 19th February 2008 to the committee.

• Appointed as in February 2009 as Makerere University’s Faculty of Technology Doctoral

Committee Member for examination process of Ms. Solome Kweyunga. Ms. Kweyunga
presented her doctoral research proposal titled ‘The Conflict between Tradition and
Modernity in the Domestic Urban Kitchen Design’ on 3rd February 2009 to the Committee.

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• Appointed in February 2009 to Makerere University’s Faculty of Technology Viva Voce
Examination Panel for Mr. Godfrey Mwesiga. The said candidate defended his dissertation
titled ‘Effects of Land Tenure on Physical Planning in Uganda: A Case of Kampala City’ in
partial fulfillment for award of the degree of Master of Phy. Planning, Makerere University.

• Appointed as member of Examiners Panel for the Viva Voce for Mr. Jjuko Elias Yasin
for his Masters Dissertation titled: “Acceptance of Physical Planning in the Provision of
Infrastructure for Social Services”. The Viva Voce was held on 30th July 2009 in the Faculty
of Technology Boardroom.

• Appointed in April 2009 to the bench of nineteen International Jurors of the final round of
the 2009 International Graduate Students’ Architectural Design Competition for a prison
under the theme ‘Prisoned: Architecture of Incarceration’. Organized by the Socio Design
Foundation, 1699 Boulder St. Denver, Colorado 303.482.2354, USA, participants were asked
to develop a philosophy on what they feel imprisonment is or should be, and create an
architectural design to express that philosophy. My related profile is on the following
electronic data bases [online] URL:

http://www.sociodesignfoundation.org/2009compallanbirabi.html,
http://www.sociodesignfoundation.org/2009compjurors.html, and
http://www.sociodesignfoundation.org/2009compallanbirabipick.html

\ External Academic Fellowships Held:

a) The European Development Fund (EDF) Graduate Scholarship Award (1996) tenable at
University College London, UK. Under the Award, I paid an academic visit to the Bartlett
School of Graduate Studies, University College London and completed the following Program:
 a self Audit and Professional Development Review to bench mark my teaching
skills and competencies;
 a series of interviews with senior staff at Schools of Architecture in London and
in the provinces, including The Bartlett, UCL, The Slade Art School, The University
of North London, The Royal College of Art, The Architectural Association School of
Architecture, The Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture, Kingston University, The

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 University of Greenwich, The University of Cambridge, The University of Brighton
and the University of Central England at Birmingham;
 a review of relevant literature relating to the dependence of architectural
education on the arts and social sciences;
 a training and self-instruction to update computer skills with specific reference to
graphic and fine art related programs;

b) The European Development Fund (EDF) two-year Graduate Fellowship Award (1997-
1999) tenable at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. The Award enabled me to read the
M.Phil Arch. program.

c) The Norwegian Council of Universities' Committee for Development Research and

Education (NUFU) Doctoral Fellowship Award (2001-2006) tenable at Makerere University,
Kampala, Uganda and in collaboration with Norwegian university of Science & Technology
from 2001 to 2006.

d) The Commonwealth Split-Site One-Year Doctoral Scholarship tenable in the United

Kingdom from Jan. 2004 to Jan 2005. The Scholarship transpired at the University of Newcastle
Upon Tyne, UK.

e) The Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) International Training Award

for ‘Conservation & Management of Historic Buildings’ tenable at Architectural Restoration
and Housing Development, Lund University and the University of Witswatersrand, South Africa
between 13/10/04 to 11/3/05.

f) The Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) International Training Award

for Urban Shelter: Design & Development, tenable at Lund University, Sweden, 2006.

g) The Fulbright Senior African Researchers Fellowship 2008-09 tenable at Arkansas State
University from 1st September 2008 to 30th November 2008. The Fellowship mandated me to
explore course design and curriculum development for built heritage conservation &
Management education adaptable to developing countries. During the Fellowship I also
presented two public lectures: (1) The Power of Cultural Semiotics in the Built Environment:
Case Study – Africa; and (2) The Context of Built Heritage Conservation Education in the
United States of America.

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 Research Grants
Awarding Body Amount Purpose Title of Project Year
Commonwealth £600 Research A Survey of the Contemporary Context of 2004
Scholarship Architectural Conservation in UK
Commission
Rockefeller $5,000 Feasibility Cultural Resource Management in Uganda: 2001
Foundation Study Initiative to Decentralize Uganda Museum for
Enhanced Local Sustainable Economic
Development of Emerging Districts
European Union £1,200 Research (i) A Survey of Selected Schools of Architecture in 1997
UK;
(ii) Fieldwork participant towards building the 1999/
publication: Strategies to Combat Homelessness 2000
ISBN 92-1-131458-5
Cooperatione $10,000 Research Traditional Architecture and Related Arts-Crafts in 1995
Italiana Eastern Uganda
Rockefeller The review of Political, Social, Economic, and
Foundation & Technological (PEST) Attributes affecting 2006
Makerere $5,703 Research Makerere University (Co-authoured with Dr. B.
University Nawangwe, Mr. C. Otine and Mr. C. Nuwagaba).
United States $23,200 Research To document and illuminate the country-wide 2007
Ambassador’s surviving historic built heritage of Uganda (I was
Fund for Cultural the research team leader. Others included Assoc.
Preservation Prof. B. Nawangwe and Dr. S. Mukiibi.
Award of 2006
Organization for $17,546.10 Research Towards Illumination of Indigenous Socio-Cultural 2008
Social Science and Ethnographic Knowledge Systems Latent in
Research in African Earthen Architecture and Mitigation of
Eastern & their Vulnerability.
Southern Africa
(OSSREA)

Membership to Professional Bodies:

• Former member of the Education Committee of the Uganda Society of Architects.

• Vice Chairperson, Historic Buildings Conservation Trust of Uganda.
• Uganda Society. (Uganda Society works to promote and preserve Uganda’s literary,
scientific and cultural heritage in all of its diversity. It is one of Africa’s leading academic
societies with a respected multi-disciplinary tradition. Comprised of men, women and
institutions from Uganda and many other countries, the Uganda Society is also a lively
mixture of scholars, diplomats, students and professionals).
• Uganda Artists Association.
• Uganda National Committee for Nomination of Kasubi Tombs to World Heritage List.
• Kenya Society for Nature Conservation.
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Special Assignments

• March 2000: Appointed as a member of the Uganda National Committee for the
Nomination of Kasubi Tombs on the World Heritage list so as to prepare the technical file for
nomination of the said property, co-sponsored by the World Heritage Center (Paris) and
UNESCO. Kasubi Tombs are now a World Heritage Site inscribed on the List on 16 th
December 2001.

• Elected as President of Lund University International ‘Conservation & Management of

Historic Buildings 2004/05 program’ Alumni, in September 2004 at Lund University, Lund
City, Sweden.
• Appointed by the Dean, Faculty of Technology and the School of Graduate Studies in April
2007 to research, process and provide ‘Baseline Data on the Faculty of Technology to Inform
Makerere University Research Policy and the Intellectual Property Rights Management
Policy’. The Data was presented to the Director, School of Graduate Studies for onward
transmission to Senate.

Membership to Makerere University Committees or Equivalent

• Appointed in January 2008 as a member of the Shed Construction Sub-Committee of

Makerere University’s Senate Ceremonies Committee.

• Appointed in February 2008 as a Representative in Makerere University Private Sector

Forum (MUPSF) activities.

• Appointed in March 2008 to the post of Makerere University’s Faculty of Technology Public
Relations Officer.

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