WILLIAM KITUUKA BIOGRAPHY

William Kituuka Kiwanuka was born to the Late Besuel Kiwanuka and Penina Nabumba Kiwanuka who were at Namutamba Demonstration School (Mubende district then), on October 12, 1959.  Kituuka was delivered by a birth attendant who was well known for her services at Matugga in current Wakiso district.  He was fourth born, after the Late Isaac Kambagira, Rebecca Nakiboneka, and the Late Debora Namusoke in that order.

Kituuka had his first appreciation of reading and writing at home at Kasaka when his father the Late Besuel Kiwanuka was Headmaster of Kasaka Primary School.  This was around 1965.

In 1966, the Late Besuel Kiwanuka was transferred back to Namutamba, this time as a teacher at the then Namutamba Teachers’ College.  Kituuka started his Primary one at Namutamba Demonstration School the same year.

In 1967, the Late Besuel Kiwanuka went to Makerere University for upgrading.  The family then transferred to Ssisa Sub – county (Gayaza Village) in the then Mpigi district where there is the family residence.  This change negatively affected Kituuka’s studies as he was enrolled at Ssisa Primary School when there was no Primary two that particular year!  Early 1968, the family transferred back to Namutamba Teachers’ College and Kituuka joined Primary three, having lost a whole year of what should have been covered in Primary two.  Kituuka was registered in Primary four, and in that class, Mr. Matembe who was the Science teacher helped Kituuka appreciate gardening and a lot of practical gardening was being done at School.  At that time, all the family members who were schooling at Namutamba could go back home for lunch as it was not a big distance.

In 1971, the Late Besuel Kiwanuka had further studies to do at Makerere University, which prompted him to transfer the family back to Ssisa.  This time, Kituuka’s late father managed to get places for him and his sister Rebecca at Kitende Primary School which is a number of Miles from the Ssisa residence.  There was an opportunity for free transport in the mornings offered by Mr. Lutakome of Lutaba who could take Kituuka and Rebecca early each morning up to Kajjansi trading centre, where Lutakome used to pick a teacher for his school every morning before he (Lutakome) proceeded to work at Entebbe Government Printery.  For the whole of 1971, transport to school was free by the services of Lutakome, though the two used to foot back from school.  Unfortunately, there was only one teacher for the Primary 5 class and a number of subjects were not taught as would have been required!

In 1972, the Late Kiwanuka transferred his family back to Namutamba Teachers’ College, and it was a challenge for Kituuka to cope up given that a lot of what should have been taught was actually not taught and he was generally behind and it was not easy catching up with others over what had been lost as he studied Primary Six at Namutamba Demonstration School. He was however passed primary six and was promoted to Primary seven at the same school.  Though Kituuka had tried his level best to cover what had been lost in the course of 1971 when at Kitende, he was finally not able to get a first grade, instead he was in 2^nd grade and the option was to repeat.  Kituuka did not lose courage, he fought on.  It so happened that someone has called to Namutamba from Mubende district and announced that the best 10 students from the district were to get bursaries.  When the results of 1973 were released, Kituuka had emerged the best at Namutamba Demonstration School!  And, fortunately, he managed to be among the 10 best in the district, which qualified him for a bursary during his secondary school.

Kituuka had put St. Mary’s College Kisubi as his 1^st choice.  He was admitted to the school where he spent 4 years of Ordinary level up to 1977 and belonged to Lourdel House.  He was fortunate to be admitted back to the same school for higher studies, 1978 – 1979.  At the time, all Higher School students were catered for by their districts so there was no tuition fees paid.  One fortunate thing while still at secondary was that Kituuka was given opportunity to read his books in holiday, and this greatly contributed to excelling at studies.

Kituuka was admitted to Makerere University in 1980, where he ended up with an Honours degree in Economics/ Rural Economy.  At Makerere University, he belonged to Mitchell Hall.  He completed his degree in 1983 and graduated in January 1984.  While a student at Makerere, he used to teach and most of the teaching was at Kawotto Saviours Primary School – Kajjansi Trading Centre.

The 1^st employment Kituuka got in 1983 was at the then Standard Bank as a clerk.  He worked for 3 months and resigned as the salary was really little given the same scale with S. 4 leavers.  Shortly after wards, he got in touch with the Late Bakka of Namutamba Tea Estate who induced him to go and help the Namutamba Community revive Namutamba Secondary School.  Kituuka agreed and was there for one term as Headmaster.  He left Namutamba Secondary School and joined Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB) as a Trainee Accountant in 1984.  He was posted to UCB Jinja Main where he was up to early 1987.  In 1987, he got a transfer to the then UCB Kampala Savings, which later was changed to UCB Nkrumah Road Branch.  He resigned as Accountant in 1988 and joined Nile Bank.

In 1988 Kituuka joined Nile Bank and was in charge of Administration.  At some point in time, he was in charge of administration as well as Cash and Corporate Account.  He left the Nile Bank in 1991.

From 1992 to 2001, Kituuka was involved in Journalism and Publishing.  He started Career Tips Magazine and was its editor.  The magazine focused on Career Guidance and Counseling.  He performed as a freelance journalist for a number of news papers including, the new vision; the defunct the Crusader; the defunct the Market Place and Finance and Trade news papers.  He was one time editor of the Enterprise Magazine of the then Makerere University Commerce Association.

Kituuka was proprietor of Kajjansi College.  The school was started in 1989 and in 1991 when it had reached Secondary three; it was handed over to Rebecca Nsangi who eventually became Headmistress of the school after it relocated to Lweza under the name Kajjansi progressive. 

Kituuka got involved in the formation of Makerere University Private Students’ Parents’ Association (MUPRISPA) as one of the founding members with the objective of helping address the plight of privately sponsored students at the University.  As a MUPRISA member, Kituuka was involved in the drafting the Educational Loan Scheme, hence came up with “A Comprehensive feasible and Sustainable Educational Loan Scheme in Uganda,” as well as “Identifying Clientile for the Educational Loan Scheme and Loan recovery measures.”  The organization was able to get the University better address odds that inflicted the privately sponsored students.

Kituuka has been involved in Career Guidance literature publication.  Among the schools were Uganda Martyrs S. S Namugongo in 2002; Trinity College Nabingo in June 2003 and St. Joseph Naggalama in 2004.

Kituuka was involved in the promotion of Moringa oleifera enterprise in Uganda to the extent of publishing a booklet by the name: The Miracle Tree (Compiled Notes on Moringa oleifera).

Kituuka was involved in a number of Consultancy Services including for the Mothers’ Union for Namirembe Diocese; wrote the project proposal for Namulanda Technical Institute.    

From 2005, Kituuka got involved in the preparation of St. Mary’s College Kisubi (SMACK) Centenary Celebrations which were held in 2006.  He was editor of the SMACK Centenary Magazine.  He mobilized the Old Boys of the school for the function.  He wrote the History of SMACK from 1906 – 2006.  He made a number of Publications under the Morning Star Magazine, a publication by the Old Boys of SMACK.

He has been an advocate for Good Governance hence the registration of Good Governance Practice as a Community Based Organization in Wakiso.  He was able to make a number of blogs on the Internet responding to a number of issues of Governance nature and general information of benefit to the public.