Ugandan president appoints former ambassador to China as chancellor of top university


KAMPALA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has appointed the country's former ambassador to China as the new chancellor of Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in the East African country.

Museveni named Crispus Kiyonga, former envoy posted to Beijing from 2016 to 2021, as the titular head of Makerere University in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Barnabas Nawangwe, vice chancellor of the university, said in a statement on Saturday.

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