Mark Wamai

Web Management for Public Relations @Makerere, Content development @MakerereNews

[Mark Wamai @wammark]

Prayer knows no politics for us Christians.

[Kenneth E. Hagin @BroHaginDaily]

We are supposed to pray for our government--for those who are in authority--from the national level down to the local level. #intercede #prayer https://t.co/Z52lZOlRZg

[Amos Wekesa @wekesa_amos]

BUSINESS INTRODUCTIONS

@WasswaEmma_ and @Uganda_Expozed

On Monday, I call up @WasswaEmma_ and I tell him, I wanted him at 7am exactly at the ministry of foreign affairs for a meeting I was attending. I was there at 6.30am and my host had arrived at 6am with his team.

Ofcourse my desire was to introduce them to the PS of foreign affairs Hon @Tybisa since they have been pushing online some of the work done by foreign affairs abroad.

The thing I love about @WasswaEmma_ and @Uganda_Expozed isn’t just about the hard work alone, introducing them means introducing other 50 young people to opportunities.

Am sure many of you my readers don’t how these 2 young men support a big number of influencers. They share whatever little they get plus they get work done.

They have changed lives of many other young people and some of those young people come and tell me. And when I see an opportunity, I endorse them because they will deliver plus impact others!

Anyways, when @WasswaEmma_ and @Uganda_Expozed came late which is unusual, I gave them a tough lecture about life and how it operates. Interestingly, they didn’t take it personal, they learnt something.

Everyday I wake up, I pursue opportunities like I have never achieved anything in my life. I push as though it’s my first encounter with opportunities. I keep time regardless of how it turns out.

Some days we win, on other days we learn( others call it failure). I will still introduce them since they saw their mistake and for the sake of the bigger they represent.

I have written about their late coming because they chose to write about it themselves first. Many young people think others are lucky and they aren’t because they haven’t appreciated the principles of real life.

Some people say Amos, you are lucky, I most times smile and simply walk away since they won’t understand it if am to explain. Blessed yes, it’s the works that the good lord has blessed.

[Godfrey Mayende @Mayende5]

Join me in celebrating the award I received yesterday from Makerere University. This recognition energizes me to work even harder, knowing that my leadership is appreciative and attentive to the work we do. I am truly grateful for the support and encouragement.

[Makerere University @Makerere]

The February 2026 edition of Mak News Magazine celebrates Makerere University's enduring legacy of excellence, innovation, and impact!

This Edition highlights how @Makerere tackles global challenges through groundbreaking work—like the Healthy Soy Initiative fighting child malnutrition amid climate change, IoT-powered agriculture by Team Green Minds, and women-empowering fish processing tech.

Health advances shine too: the new Early Intervention Psychiatry Services Clinic @MakerereHosp strengthens mental health support, while the hospital evolves into a true centre of excellence.

The spotlight? Our historic 76th Graduation Ceremony (24–27 Feb)! Over 9,200 graduands—including 213 PhDs—crossed the stage. Highlights include best in Humanities and Best Overall students Ms. Sarah Aloyo and Ms. Dorothy Nakato (CGPA 4.93) from @OfficialMUBS, Esther Ziribaggwa as overall best Science student (CGPA 4.77) @MakCAES, and inspiring addresses urging ethical service, accountability, purpose-driven knowledge, and entrepreneurship.

From improved global rankings to strategic partnerships (Mastercard Foundation, new US Studies Centre), Makerere continues shaping leaders who serve humanity.

Read the full issue and join the celebration of knowledge that transforms lives!
https://t.co/gW3MfiqlUg

#MakNews #Mak76thGrad #InnovationForImpact #AcademicExcellence

[Makerere University CEES @MaKCEES]

#Mak76thGrad
Degree: Master of Instructional Design and Technology @MakCEES.

Congratulations to @Makerere staff namely Mark Wamai and Sunday Seezi, who graduated with a Master of Instructional Design and Technology on 24th Feb 2026. @MakerereNews,
@MakerereCHUSS, @Mayende5

[Mark Wamai @wammark]

Thank you Dr. @Mayende5. Wouldn't have made it without the wonderful faculty of @IODeLMak & @MaKCEES

[Godfrey Mayende @Mayende5]

My students graduated on Tuesday, 24th February 2026, with a Master of Instructional Design and Technology. I am proud of you. @IODeLMak @MaKCEES

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

CHICAGO KING 👑

🇺🇬’s @jacobkiplimo2 wins the @ChiMarathon with the 10th fastest time in history - 2:02:23 🥵

In just his 2nd ever marathon, he becomes the 7th fastest man of all time in the marathon and claims his first @WMMajors title 🥇

[Call Me Kulubya @CallMeKulubya]

Still on the biggest timber house in Uganda.

I tried all angles of my camera to bring it out but still I couldn’t.

This building costed less than you think, I am still calculating all the costs and I will share soon.

A wooden house with a modern kitchen, yes you need this chimney in your open plan concept.

What do you think?

[Call Me Kulubya @CallMeKulubya]

Successfully handed over to its owner.

This is the biggest timber house in Uganda.

Its size is almost 200 sqm.

Its deck spans for about 100 sqm.

Was built in record time of 90 days.

Please place your order for such homes today👏

[Amos Wekesa @wekesa_amos]

Rwenzori Marathon Core Team

I want to introduce to you our core team of @RwenzoriMarathn composed of 8 competent people.

During the marathon week, we work with 150 people directly and more indirectly( associated organizations).

The first lot of 4 @CMasiga , @mbjorgum , @Fssozi and @melissamboha

[Dr. Kasenene @drkasenene]

My advice to young people

1. Respect your parents
2. Get married young - from 21yrs
3. Have children early - from 21 yrs
4. Have many children - 5-6+
5. Learn your mother tongue
6. Maintain your culture
7. Avoid junk food
8. Exercise regularly
9. Be grateful
10. Put God first

[Barnabas Nawangwe @ProfNawangwe]

This morning I commissioned the electric retro-fitted motorcycles at the workshop of M/s REDVERS, the wonderful start-up that retro-fits diesel engine motorcycles with electric batteries. The initiative by Mr. Daniel Senkungu and his colleagues saves a boda-boda rider UGX 25,000 everyday. With 2 million boda-boda riders in Kampala alone, this project could help save an estimated total of UGX 50 billion for the vibrant boda-boda industry and spur economic growth in Uganda. I have congratulated my colleagues from Makerere University who are supporting the start-up and committed to continue working with the start-up to improve battery efficiency and increase the local content. CONGRATULATIONS, REDVERS!

[Makerere Endowment Fund @MakEndowmentFnd]

The latest edition of #TheLegacy newsletter is out!

In this issue:
🔹 Mrs. @Allen_Kagina reflects on her remarkable public service journey
🔹 We profile @Makerere’s youngest PhD in Mathematics
🔹 Plus, exciting scholarship opportunities

🔗 https://t.co/quLfcqlYIY

[Buregyeya Apollo, PhD @ApolloBuregyeya]

Lwera, DeepTech, UIRI & the Uganda We Must Build
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I spent a whole day with the future.

Yesterday, 15th April 2025, it was soldering quietly in Namanve. I toured two places that are on the course to save Uganda from the curse of importing toothpicks forever. The DeepTech Centre of Excellence and UIRI, Namanve are a revival mission.

Let me tell you, these are not places you pass by and ask for used Japan. These are labs. Quiet. Focused. Forging. Soldering. Printing. Calibrating. I’ll be technical, today.

At DeepTech, I met a circuit board printer called the NeoDen K1830. You should see this machine and how it arranges microchips like a tailor fixing buttons on a made-in-Ugandan cotton shirt for M7. No noise. No drama. Just precise, silent work. They call it “surface-mount technology.” For now, I’ll call it a nation’s hope on a motherboard.

I saw Ugandan engineers uploading firmware, running diagnostics, even prototyping hair dryers. Not things for exhibitions, but things that actually work. Next to them at UIRI, it was the same energy. Calm, brilliant people doing serious work in food tech, packaging, and machines.

But they are too few. The people who know how to build this country are outnumbered by the people out here implementing fake works on our city infrastructure.

Maybe it’s time we station my university engineering students there. Or deploy a UPDF Engineering Brigade. Not to pass time or guard gates, but to learn. Let students test curiosity with soldering rods. Let soldiers swap guns for goggles. Because future wars will be fought in labs and factories, not bushes.

And, let’s talk markets. Markets. Markets. Markets.

You see, it’s one thing to invent. It’s another thing to sell what have invented. And the safest way is to invent what people are already buying, for the start, at least. Before you cast a kettle, cast a Spider-Man toy. Why? Because every Ugandan household buys it three times a year for their children. That’s not rocket science. That’s pure market data.

Innovation must be guided by market intelligence, not just courage and cash. Otherwise, we’ll keep making things that gather dust while Chinese warehouses keep laughing.

Then I saw this startup headed my by former student. A black sign, glowing with confidence: Lwera Electronics & Semiconductors. The revolution has a name. A Ugandan name. It’s not Samsung. It’s not Bosch. It’s Lwera. And that gave me joy, substantial joy.

To the teams at Lwera Electronics, Innovex Uganda Ltd, the trainers, engineers, and believers: I saw your work. I saw your motivation. I saw your excellence. And your sacrifice.

Ugandans shall return, not just to admire, but to verify. Because this is public investment. And accountability is love.

The future is not somewhere abroad.
It is right here. In Namanve. Being printed. Quietly. Carefully. Patriotically.

[Mark Wamai @wammark]

"We should be true first to ourselves, and then to our families, the church, and any group we might be a part of. Truth and trustworthiness will be most valuable commodities in these times of increasing chaos and confusion..." #Truth #Trust

[Rick Joyner @IamRickJoyner]

Word for the Week 📖✨

In a world that is falling into increasing deception, we must be resolved to love the truth and to tell the truth without compromise.

#RickJoyner #devotiontime
To read more, click the link below:
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[Gladys Atto @AttoGladys]

2 weeks ago, we operated on a patient who had only one eye that was pricked by a thorn. The other eye had gotten damaged from childhood.

I was happy for him when vision in his only eye was restored. However, 3 weeks later, he came back for review and the iris had popped out.🤦🏿‍♀️. I was devastated.

Any strenuous activity in the early days after eye surgery can be disastrous. As for him, it was severe cough. That coughing was enough to bring the iris out.

We took him back for surgery yesterday but that it was a tough one. Apparently, the vitreous was also coming out.

So, What I thought was going to be simple repositioning of the iris turned out into a one hour surgery of not only cutting vitreous but fighting with the iris that for some reason wanted to continue staying outside.

The problem with eye surgery, unlike general surgery is that you’re on your own. The hustle is entirely yours.The assistant can’t help you. He or she can only pass instruments and find out if you’re okay😂

Anyways, after all the struggle, he was seeing excellent this morning. Miracles still happen and I don’t doubt it one bit.
Because , because……the struggle I had with that iris yesterday, only God knows.

[Gladys Atto @AttoGladys]

Remember how I said my patients are now walking in by themselves? Well, today we operated on one young man from Amudat who could not see in both eyes.

For those who don’t know, Amudat is one of the 9 districts of Karamoja, approx 130km from Moroto.

As I was quickly checking up with my patients on the line as I usually do before entering theatre, I came to one young man but as I checked his eyes we couldn’t communicate because he only spoke Pokot and Kiswahili.

So, I looked around for a possible translator and that’s when a young man standing behind me said, “I’m his attendant. I can translate for you.” The attendant is his neighbor at home. He used his own money to bring him for surgery.

Here’s the story: His neighbor noticed that the he (the patient) was living alone and was always indoors with no one to support him. So, he thought that if his vision is restored, he’ll be able to support himself independently. Wonderful thought, right? That’s how he ended up in the hospital.

This world has lovely people, amazing people. They make me forget about all the rubbish going on in this country.

Anyways, the young man has had surgery. I’m looking forward to seeing his smile tomorrow.

To be continued….

[Makerere Endowment Fund @MakEndowmentFnd]

Last week, President @KagutaMuseveni announced plans to ban the sale of shelled groundnuts in Uganda due to cancer-causing aflatoxins.

Inspiringly, a group of Makerere University students have designed a device to detect aflatoxin contamination.

Link: https://t.co/7gLaY0SkkY

[Isaac Kiiza Tibasiima 🇺🇬 @ITibasiima]

In 2021, when I first met these folks, I didn't envisage this day. And for Daniel, 2nd from the right, congratulations upon that First Class degree in Language and Literature Education. And to @OlumaEzekiel and @aiso_elly, welcome aboard. To you all, Go Make @Makerere proud!

[Makerere University @Makerere]

Welcome to Day 1 of the 75th Graduation Ceremony #Mak75thGrad where candidates from following the Colleges will receive their awards:

College of Computing and Information Sciences (@MakCoCIS)
College of Education and External Studies (@MakCEES)
College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Bio-security (CoVAB)
School of Law (@MakerereLaw)

Follow Live Proceedings on:

@Zoom:
https://t.co/gJEGUPFjz8

@YouTube:
https://t.co/epsqsz36xL

Detailed Schedule:
https://t.co/hjfMiFdM0I

[Makerere University College of Natural Sciences @MakCoNAS]

Meet Mubiru Enock Joel: Makerere University’s Top Performing Science Student of the Year
Details at: https://t.co/S1uP1ucmoD