Over 1,200 Ndejje graduands urged on integrity, righteousness

LUWERO - Ndejje University has passed out a total of 1,294 students, urging them to walk in righteousness and integrity to shine in the labour market.

The cohort of graduands from six faculties who were passed out during the university's 27th graduation ceremony on Friday, October 10, 2025, included two PHD graduands, while 10 of the graduands were first-class achievers.

During the function, the Chancellor of the Church of Uganda-founded university, Bishop Hannington Mutebi, urged the graduands always to choose what is right.

Mutebi said the current generation is marked by moral decay, social degeneration and distorted values, all of which the graduands can avoid by always shunning what is wrong, however tempting it may be.

"Ours is a generation marked by moral decay, social degeneration and distorted values, but you can choose to shine like bright stars by walking in righteousness and integrity," he said at the ceremony whose theme was: Getting saved from this crooked generation.

During the function, held at the university's main campus in Ndejje, Luwero District, the university administration unveiled new machinery in the mechanical engineering workshop, including a heavy-duty lathe machine and a universal tensile testing machine.

Mutebi hailed the university administration for the numerous institutional achievements, including the accreditation of new programmes like the Bachelor of Laws, the acquisition of a new computer laboratory at the Kampala campus and the establishment of a science computer laboratory.

The chief guest at the ceremony, who is also the bishop of COU Namirembe Diocese, Moses Banja, thanked Ndejje University administration for continuing to emphasise integrity as a core value.

"Graduates who exhibit integrity and Christian character are not only highly sought after, but are also much needed in today's society where truth and honesty are often compromised," Banja said.

Banja congratulated Ndejje administration upon the accreditation of its faculty of law and also commended ongoing efforts to establish the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery program.

Ndejje vice-chancellor Prof. Olivia Nassaka Banja said the Bachelor of Law programme was accredited in April this year, and the pioneer cohort of the programme was progressing very well.

Nassaka said curriculum development and accreditation had remained a priority. She said in addition to law, there were also other newly accredited programmes in the areas of health sciences, engineering and data science.

Nassaka also said assurance systems were being strengthened through regular faculty engagements and national quality networks.

She said the new mechanical engineering workshop's state-of-the-art machines, which were launched that day, would provide the students with hands-on training and machining and material testing, bringing theory to practical engineering practice.

Nassaka also outlined other achievements by both the university as an entity, by individual staff members, individual faculties and individual students, both at national and international levels. 

For example, Nassaka said the faculty of engineering and survey featured among the top awardees for its ingenuity and impact when it showcased its innovative fuel project of converting plastic into fuel at the 11th UNESCO Africa engineering week that was held last month.

Nassaka also hailed Roice Bwambale Kalengyo, a staff member who was honoured as an African research Laureate on September 11, this year. 

The highlights of the day included: speeches, entertainments and exhibitions by students, and awarding of prizes to the best performing students.