Prof. Sarah Ssali named Makerere first deputy vice chancellor
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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.”
I have the pleasure to inform all stakeholders and friends of Makerere University that, on the recommendation of Council and the Senate, the Chancellor, Dr. Crispus Kiyonga has appointed Prof. Sarah Ssali as the First Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) of Makerere… pic.twitter.com/pW9RAV2hC3
— Barnabas Nawangwe (@ProfNawangwe) September 22, 2025
According to her Wikipedia entry, Sarah N. Ssali (born 1971) is a Ugandan social scientist, researcher, and academic administrator.
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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