{"id":1531,"date":"2025-11-18T02:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2025-11-18T02:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:53:27","slug":"busitema-university-gets-new-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/busitema-university-gets-new-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Busitema University Gets New Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Busitema University has officially received a new Chancellor, following the appointment of <strong>Eng. Dr. Badru Kiggundu<\/strong> by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confirmation was announced by the Chairperson of the Busitema University Council, Prof. William Bazeyo, who thanked the President for entrusting the institution with a seasoned leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs the Chair of Busitema University Council, I would like to thank His Excellency for appointing the 3rd University Chancellor of the University, Eng. Dr. Badru Kiggundu,\u201d Prof. Bazeyo stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He extended appreciation to the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni, for her support throughout the appointment process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI also sincerely appreciate and thank Maama for supporting this process. I wish to welcome and congratulate our new Chancellor, Eng. Dr. Kiggundu,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eng. Dr. Kiggundu, a veteran engineer and former chairperson of the Electoral Commission, brings decades of public service experience and leadership to the institution. His appointment is expected to strengthen the university\u2019s governance and strategic direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Busitema University, a public institution established in 2007, focuses heavily on science, engineering, agriculture, and technology programmes, serving as one of Uganda&#8217;s key centres for applied sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1.png 680w, https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busitema University has officially received a new Chancellor, following the appointment of Eng. Dr. Badru Kiggundu by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The confirmation was announced by the Chairperson of the Busitema University Council, Prof. William Bazeyo, who thanked the President for entrusting the institution with a seasoned leader. \u201cAs the Chair of Busitema University Council, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-connect"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1534,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions\/1534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}