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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The outgoing Rector of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), Dr Ahmed Kaweesa Ssengendo, has asked government to restrain Mbale City Council from encroaching on its 218 acres of land.<\/p>\n

The university says the land was donated by the government for the institution\u2019s expansion in 1996.<\/p>\n

Dr Ssengendo said while developing a master plan for the land, they found that part of it had been taken away by the city council for the construction of a railway line and a ridge road.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process of developing a master plan ended last month and it\u2019s now awaiting approval but when we looked at Mbale master plan, we recognised that someone had taken away part of our land, wanting to put a railway line and ridge road,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr Ssengendo said the university plans to establish a faculty of engineering and technology and other facilities on the land.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you continue with that plan, its means, we cannot continue any further. Therefore, we request that facilities should be put outside the university land,\u201d he said. Dr Ssengendo, who has been the university rector for the past 15 years, made the remarks during the handover ceremony to the new rector, Associate Prof Ismail Simbwa Gyagenda. The function took place at the university\u2019s main campus in Mbale at the weekend.<\/p>\n

But Mr Mutwalibi Zandya, the acting city mayor, said they will cooperate with the university on the land ownership for the good of Mbale and Bugisu at large. \u201cWe value the presence of this university because many of our sons and daughters are now graduates which would not have been possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prof Gyagenda has been the vice rector in-charge of academics. Dr Sengendo was also recently appointed as the assistant secretary-general of economic affairs of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).<\/p>\n

He urged the new administration led by Prof Gyagenda to work as a team to take the university to greater heights.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. The outgoing Rector of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), Dr Ahmed Kaweesa Ssengendo, has asked government to restrain Mbale City Council from encroaching on its 218 acres of land. The university says the land was donated by the government for the institution\u2019s expansion in 1996. 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