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Prof. Sarah Ssali named Makerere first deputy vice chancellor

Makerere University Chancellor, Dr Crispus Kiyonga, has appointed Prof Sarah Ssali as First Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs).
Prof. Sarah Ssali
Prof. Sarah Ssali

Makerere University Chancellor, Dr Crispus Kiyonga, has appointed Prof. Sarah Ssali as First Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs).

Vice-Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe said the Chancellor made the appointment on the recommendation of the Council and the Senate.

He posted on X: “Prof Ssali becomes the second woman to hold this position in Makerere’s one hundred years. Please join me in congratulating her on a well-deserved appointment.”

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According to her Wikipedia entry, Sarah N. Ssali (born 1971) is a Ugandan social scientist, researcher, and academic administrator.

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She was an associate professor and, until this appointment, dean of the School of Gender Studies at Makerere University, Uganda’s oldest and largest public university.

She graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences. She earned a Master of Arts in Gender Studies from Makerere in 1999, and later a Doctor of Philosophy in International Health Studies from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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