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Dr.Kakuba Christian

Dr.Kakuba Christian

Managing Director( Chrisbert Consult (U) Ltd)

Capability Statement

Not only do I have field experience in research, monitoring and evaluation, I have also had good experience in data management and analysis. I have worked as a Quantitative Specialist on projects for World Vision-Ireland, Africa 2000 Network, Uganda Red Cross Society, Oxfam GB-Uganda and World Vision-Uganda. Besides I have been a Consultant for Uganda National Expanded Program in the area of child immunisation and other child survival interventions, KURET (Kenya-Uganda- Rwanda and Ethiopia Together) in the area of child labour, ICEIDA (The Icelandic International Development Agency) in the area of WASH, World Vision-Ireland and Save the Children Uganda in the area of Infant and Maternal health, CARITAS-Switzerland in the area of Land Advocacy and Management, Uganda Red Cross Society in the area of agricultural statistics, Mott McDonald-UK and African Capacity Building Foundation-Harare.

I have 16 years’ experience in the area of translation between French and English. I have worked as head of translation teams at various conferences and translated highly technical documents like the Memorial of the DRC filed against Uganda on issues related to the violation of the territorial integrity of the Congo. I am also a trainer for AWARD (African Women in Agricultural Research and Development) in the area of scientific and project proposal writing. I have an M.A in French, an M.A in Population and Development, a Certificate in Impact Evaluation and a PhD in Sociodemography from Université de Paris Descartes (Paris V), Paris, France.

I have additional skills in management and leadership for large projects; proposal writing, report writing and data management.

Bio

Email
chrisbert08@gmail.com
Yahoo
herbert_ngonzi@yahoo.co.uk
Phone
+256 393 249 731
+256 702 647 989
Address
P.O. BOX 3145, KAMPALA

Career Development Chronology

Makerere University School of Statistics and Applied Economics
Jan, 2015 to date

Lecturer of Graduate students in

i. Urban & Rural Development

ii. Population Trends Interrelationships & Policies

iii. Computer Techniques –STATA

iv. Research methods

Lecturer to undergraduates in

i. Demography of Uganda

Research Supervisor of Graduate Students’ Research Projects Internal Examiner of Graduate Students’ Research Projects
Managing Director Chrisbert Consult (U) Ltd P.O Box 11109, Kampala
June 2008 to date

i. Report writing

ii. Overseeing project proposal writing

iii. Strategic planning

iv. Public relations

v. Quality control for all activities

vi. Identifying opportunities

Makerere University School of Statistics and Applied economics
1996 to date
Lecturer of French to Bachelor of Statistics Students
Makerere University School of Statistics and Applied economics
2006- 2011
Lecturer of Population and Development theories to Graduate Students
Makerere University School of Statistics and Applied economics
2006 – to date
Research Supervisor to undergraduates of Bsc. in Population Studies, Bsc. in Quantitative Economics and Bsc. in Business Statistics

Education Background

Institution Duration Award
University of Connecticut/Makerere University 2017 Certificate in Rigorous Techniques of Impact Evaluation
PhD in Sociodemography
Université Paris Descartes/ Institut
National d’EtudesDémographiques(INED)/
Centre Population et Développement (CEPED)
2011-2014 PhD in Sociodemography
Summa cum laude
Makerere University, School of Statistics and
Applied Economics
2002-2006 MA in Population & Development (CGPA 4.42)
Institute of Statistics and Applied
Economics & Institute of Public Health
(Makerere University)
2005 Certificate in Monitoring & Evaluation
Makerere University, Institute of Languages 1994-1999 Master of Arts in French
Makerere University 1991-1995 Bachelor of Arts (French & Political Science)-Upper Second
Kitabi Seminary, Bushenyi 1989-1991 U.A.C.E. Certificate
Kitabi Seminary, Bushenyi 1985-1988 U.C.E. Certificate

Membership

1. Member of Association Internationale des démographes de Langue Française (AIDELF)

2. Union for African Population Studies

3. Member of Demographers without Borders

4. Research Associate, Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques, Paris France

5. Research Associate, Centre Population et Développent, Paris France

6. Part of the Network “Famille et scolarisation en Afrique”

7. Part of the Network “Institut français de Recherche en Afrique-IFRA”

8. Part of the Network “Privatisation in Education Research Initiative”

9. Part of the Network “PEAS -Promoting equality in African Schools”

Publications

Kakuba Christian, Abel Nzabona, John Bosco Asiimwe, Richard Tuyiragize, and John Mushomi (2021). “Who Accesses Secondary Schooling in Uganda; Was the Universal Secondary Education Policy Ubiquitously Effective?” International Journal of Educational Development 83:102370. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102370.

Nzabona, Abel, Richard Tuyiragize, John Bosco Asiimwe, Christian Kakuba, and Peter Kisaakye (2021) “Urban Household Energy Use: Analyzing Correlates of Charcoal and Firewood Consumption in Kampala City, Uganda” edited by P. R. Factor Litvak. Journal of Environmental and Public Health 2021:5904201. doi: 10.1155/2021/5904201.

Kakuba Christian (2015). Access to Secondary Schooling by the Youth in Uganda; Have inequalities been eclipsed? In V. Golaz & C. Thibon (éd.) Enfants et jeunes hors les liens en Afrique de l’Est (p. 205‑218). IFRA-KARTHALA

KAKUBA Christian, NANKINGA J. Olivia, MUSHOMI John et GOLAZ Valérie (2019).Analyse des métadonnées et des indicateurs relatifs aux enfants hors l’école et à l’(an)alphabétisme. Le cas de l’Ouganda,Québec, Observatoire démographique et statistique de l’espace francophone, Université Laval, Note de recherche de l’ODSEF, 61 p. a paper on metadata analysis and measurement challenges about out of school children and illiteracy in Uganda.

Nzabona, A., Asiimwe, J. B., Kakuba, C., Tuyiragize, R., & Mushomi, J. (2019). Correlates of youth internal migration and employment in Uganda. African Population Studies, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.11564/33-1-1347

Nzabona, A., Asiimwe, J. B., Tuyiragize, R., Kakuba, C., Mushomi, J., & Maniragaba, F. (2019). Factors associated with tobacco-smoking in Uganda’s leading tobacco-growing regions.African Population Studies. 33(2) https://doi.org/10.11564/33-2-1383

KAKUBA Christian, NANKINGA J. Olivia, MUSHOMI John et GOLAZ Valérie (2019). Measuring illiteracy in Uganda, Lessons from Census and Survey data, a policy brief published by INED, the National Institute of Demographic Studies-France under the auspices of DEMOSTAF Project.

NANKINGA J. Olivia, KAKUBA Christian, MUSHOMI John & GOLAZ Valérie (2019). Data on Out-of-school Children in Uganda, a policy brief published by INED, the National Institute of Demographic Studies-France under the auspices of DEMOSTAF Project.

Kakuba, C., Golaz, V., Nankinga, O., & Mushomi, J. (2020). Measuring illiteracy in Uganda over the Past Decades: A Reflection on available National Demographic Data and Indicators. In G. Rutaremwa (Ed.), Discourse on Uganda’s Demography; Scholarly Works to commemorate the 8th African Population Conference in Uganda, 2019. Fountain Publishers.

Nankinga, O., Kakuba, C., Golaz, V., & Mushomi, J. (2020). Out-of-school Children in Uganda over the Past Decades: A Reflection on available National Demographic Data and Indicators. In G. Rutaremwa (Ed.), Discourse on Uganda’s Demography ; Scholarly Works to commemorate the 8th African Population Conference in Uganda, 2019. Fountain Publishers.

Country Experience

I have attended courses, lived and worked in
Uganda,
Kenya,
Rwanda,
Zimbabwe,
Burundi,
Madagascar,
Tanzania,
Mauritania,
Burkina Faso,
Ivory Coast,
Scotland (UK),
Niger,
Chad,
Switzerland,
Germany and France.

Languages

I have attended courses, lived and worked in
English – Very Good;
French – Very Good;
German –Good;
Luganda – Good;
Runyakole – Very Good (mother tongue);
Latin – Good

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