{"id":113072,"date":"2025-10-25T19:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=113072"},"modified":"2025-10-25T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:12:07","slug":"museveni-appoints-prof-nyeko-new-chancellor-of-mbarara-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/museveni-appoints-prof-nyeko-new-chancellor-of-mbarara-university","title":{"rendered":"Museveni Appoints Prof Nyeko New Chancellor of Mbarara University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Museveni has appointed Prof Jack Pen-Mogi Nyeko as the new Chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The appointment was confirmed in a letter signed by the President on 17 October 2025, and the tenure will run for a period of four years.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Nyeko, aged 77, succeeds Prof Charles Mark Olweny, who has served as Chancellor of MUST since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn exercise of the powers vested in the President by section 30 (1) of the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act and acting on the recommendation of the University Council, I Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, do hereby appoint Prof. Jack Pen-Mogi Nyeko, chancellor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology for a period of four (4) years with effect from the date of assumption of duty.\u201d Museveni&#8217;s letter reads in part.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Nyeko was born in northern Uganda on 12 May 1948.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from Makerere University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>In 1981, he obtained a Master of Science degree from the University of Nairobi, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Makerere University in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>His area of specialisation is molecular parasitology.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Nyeko\u2019s appointment marks a new chapter in the leadership of Mbarara University, one of Uganda\u2019s leading institutions in science and technology education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Uganda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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