NEWS– President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Ministry of Education to investigate why his earlier communication to open Mbarara University of Science and Technology Branch at Uganda Martyrs Institute Nyarushanje in Rubabo County in Rukungiri District was never honored.
In a strongly written letter to the Minister of Education and Sports Mrs Janet Kataha Museveni dated January 30th 2024, President Museveni said that he has of recent seen letters about the issue in his office written by Minister of Security Jim Muhwezi, Ministry of Education and Sports Ms Ketty Lamaro and Mugisha Fredrick Kalorero about the matter.
The President acknowledges that he made the pledge many years ago when he visited Nyarushanje to look into the possibility of turning Uganda Martyrs Technical Institute Nyarushanje into the Faculty of Science and Technology of Mbarara University but wondered why it was not documented and followed up.
“I do not remember how the matter initially came up, however, it is true that in my public response I remember saying that we could look into the possibility of converting the Technical School into the Faculty of Engineering of Mbarara University since it’s the original mandate of promoting as many of the science disciplines as possible,” President Museveni letter reads in parts.
In the letter which this Website has seen a copy, President Museveni noted that Mbarara University is now providing courses of medicine, science education, computer science and others, and therefore it should add engineering and Uganda Martyrs Technical Institute Nyarushanje ahould be the nucleus for it.
“What’s amazing, however, is that those public meetings are covered by staff from the Principal Private Secretary Office of State House. How would such information get lost?”, The President wondered.
The President has now directed the Principal Private Secretary to make a forensic investigation and find out which staff was on duty at the time the discussion was made and what happened to the records regarding what had been verbally discussed and not put in writing.
Uganda Martyrs Technical Institute Nyarushanje is located in Nyarushanje Subcounty in Rubabo County in Rukungiri District and when President Museveni visited it in 2005, he had urged the Ministry to ensure that a Faculty of Engineering and Technology be opened there to facilitate the training of engineers as a Branch of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST).
Here below is President Museveni letter to Minister of Education and Sports Ms Janet Museveni about the claims of opening Uganda Martyrs Technical Institute Nyarushanje as a Branch of Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
The letter is copied to the Vice President, the Prime Minister, the Minister for Security, the Members of Parliament from Kigezi Sub Region and Principal Private Secretary to the President.


