The catchment area for the university is the Ateker Region, which encompasses the Karamoja Sub-Region and Teso Region in Uganda, the Turkana of the Turkana Province of the Republic of Kenya, and the Toposa of the Western Equatorial Province of the Republic of South Sudan, constituting potential students for our programs.
Available data from the Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports indicates that the Karamoja Sub-Region alone has 34 Secondary Schools which produce students at S.4 and S.6 levels every year. The students from these schools should be able to enroll in the different academic programs that will be offered by the university. Moreover, given that this is a proposed Public University, students should be able to come from the entire country.
Kotido Roman Catholic Diocese together with the Catholic Lawyers Society International, working jointly with the Government of the Republic of Uganda, is spearheading the establishment of Karamoja Peace and Technology University.
The main campus of this University is Christ the King Catholic Parish, Losilang, Kotido Municipality, Kotido District, Karamoja Sub-region in North Eastern Uganda, East Africa.
The strategic objective of this University is to foster peace and sustainable development in the Sub-Region of Karamoja, the Ateker Region, and the Great Lakes Region in general.
The founders of Karamoja Peace and Technology University are firmly convinced and they very strongly believe that working with all stakeholders, this university will trigger accelerated socio- economic transformation and integral human development for the people in the SubRegion of Karamoja, Ateker Region, the Great Lakes Region and Africa in general.
Karamoja Peace and Technology University was conceived in 2014 and was launched on 29th April 2023 at the Headquarters of the Uganda Episcopal Conference at St. Augustine’s Institute Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda during Catholic Lawyers Society International cerebration of the Red Mass presided over by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Emeritus Giuseppe Filippi MCCJ. Its foundation stone was laid on Friday 28th July 2023 at Christ the King Catholic Parish, Losilang, Kotido Municipality in Uganda.
On both occasions, the Chief Guest was His Excellency Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda, represented by Her Excellency Maj. Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, Woman Member of Parliament for Katakwi District and the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda.
His Excellency Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda, is the Founding Chancellor and Visitor of the University while Her Excellency Maj. Jessica Rose Epel Alupo MP, the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda is the Founding Deputy Chancellor and Chief Promoter of the University.
The University is a catalyst for mindset change and transformation at all levels of Karamoja Sub Region, Ateker Region, and will enhance the accelerated socio- economic development of Karamoja and Uganda as a country, the Great Lakes Region, and Africa in general.
Justification
Karamoja Peace and Technology University aims to be a catalyst for changing mindsets and transforming the Karamoja sub region and Ateker region, thereby fostering accelerated socioeconomic development not only in Karamoja and Uganda but also in the wider Great Lakes Region and the African continent.
The University’s approach entails integrating formal education, peace education, science and technology, human rights, and psychosocial support to empower the Ateker communities and the entire region affected by cattle rustling and insecurity.
Guided by the philosophy of getting all persons of school-going age, the street and displaced children, child mothers, the Karachunas, former warriors and warriors in the Greater Ateker Region to go to school, leaving no one behind, presidential education for peace scholarship program for Karamoja and Ateker stands as a cornerstone initiative of the University. It is poised to play a pivotal role in peace building thereby enhancing the human resources capacity in the region.
The University has potential to create over two thousand jobs every year within the University structure and out of the University structures to help the Government of Uganda to resolve the question of unemployment within Karamoja and Ateker Region.
