TSchool (MUBS) development
programme was started in the
mid 1990's as the numbers of students
increased from about 200 to over 1000.
There was an urgent need for staff
development, since by that time the
institute had a Master's degree
programme in Business Administration.
As a result, all the teaching assistants
t h a t t h e i n s t i t u t e h a d w e r e
recommended to undertake this
programme depending on the year they
joined. Hence, by 1998 when MUBS was
created, the staffing issue at the
master's level was under control.
The school then decided to start
standalone degrees in Finance and
A c c o u n t i n g , M a r k e t i n g ,
Entrepreneurship and Leadership with
a view to developing staff in those areas
and the programme did very well and as
of today, the school has capacity to
handle about 95% of its master's
programmes requirements although it
is unable to pursue degrees in realestate
where it takes the staff to
Nairobi.
Today the school is comfortable in as far
as putting its staff through master's
programmes since they are run
internally.
The institute, however, realised then
that it also had a major deficiency at the
doctoral level.
At Makerere University, most of the
staff pursuing doctoral programmes
were funded by scholarships from
abroad. Some of the major donors are
the Germany government, GIZ, Japan,
the Commonwealth Association of
Universities and others like India.
However, it was very difficult to secure
a scholarship for the staff in MUBS
therefore the institute decided to start
a homegrown programme and invited
various academicians including Prof
Munene, the late Prof Ahianzu from
Nigeria, Prof Francis Kibera, Prof Peter
Kubonyo and Prof Leticia Otasuria from
Dar-es-salaam University, all who were
key in the commencement of the
doctoral programmes. The first
graduates were Prof Ntayi, Prof
Bakunda and Prof Ssejaaka, and the