The Deputy Inspector General of Government Dr. Patricia Achan Okiria has cautioned graduates against indulging in corruption tendencies in order to protect their integrity in the different professional careers they have taken.
“As the Chancellor rightly charged you to face issues like corruption and community responsibility, he believed that passing exams was not the only thing, but that it is an assurance of the best script of values, service, creativity, responsibility, integrity, and professional teamwork” she said.
Dr Okiria made the remarks while addressing grandaunts at the University of Kisubi 10th graduation ceremony of 542 graduates of which 319 were female while 223 were male graduates on Friday.
“So as you tackle the challenges of life, carry yourself with grace, but push through with perseverance. Be pilgrims of integrity, be pilgrims of social responsibility, and I believe that if there’s anything that challenges you, you’ll be able to stand by it” she said.
Dr Okiria urged the graduates to leverage the skills and knowledge they have acquired in research and innovation to contribute to solutions for the country.
“Be the generation that elevates the national conversation about transaction into transformation” she said.
The graduation ceremony kicked off with mass led by Msgr Charles kasibante who urged the graduates to desist from indulging in corruption at work.
Among the awardees was the late Consolate Apio, one of the victims of the October 22, four car crash on the Kampala-Gulu highway that claimed 46 lives who was on her way to make final preparations for graduation was awarded a posthumous Master of Science in clinical and psychological counselling.
The Chancellor University of Kisubi Br Casio Aizire urged the graduates to serve with excellence in their professional life while ensuring that they keep their hands clean of corruption.
“Let the UNIK script be a beacon of hope, showing that quality and ethical service can and must triumph over the corrosion force of corruption that drains our national resources and destroys the quality of public life. Remember, where professionalism ends, impunity begins” he said.
He added, “We commission you today to be anti-corruption agents by virtue of your professionalism, you must reject the cynical notion that success requires compromise”.
The Vice Chancellor Br Dr Deogratias Mugema said the university has moved on to apply for patents to patent its innovations.
“Some of these innovations you have just seen include a solar-powered tricycle and an eco-bike, which have led today’s graduation procession. These innovations are part of the e-mobility revolution happening across the world, and your university is moving along” he said.
