Kigumba Petroleum Institute , also referred to as Uganda Petroleum Institute or as Uganda Petroleum Institute, Kigumba (UPIK) , is a government-owned , national center for training, research and consultancy in the field of petroleum exploration, recovery, refinement and responsible utilization in Uganda .
15-605: The institute is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the town of Kigumba , off of the Kigumba – Karuma Road, in Kiryandongo District , Western Uganda . This location lies approximately 41 kilometres (25 mi), by road, northeast of Masindi , the nearest large town in the sub-region . Uganda Petroleum Institute is located approximately 203 kilometres (126 mi), by road, northwest of Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of
30-891: A diploma in Project Planning and management, from Business Skills Trust, an affiliate of Uganda National Chamber of Commerce (2006-2008). • Karubanga has a Bachelor's Degree in Development Studies from Bugema University (2008-2011). Since 2013 to date, he has been an adjunct lecturer at Bugema University. • He has worked as a consultant and promoter with Kigumba agribusiness Promotional Centre from 2013 to date. • Karubanga served with Masindi and Kiryandongo district Local Government as General Secretary youth council Kibanda County, acting district chairperson, councillor, council speaker (May 2008-2011 and LC3 Chairperson Kigumba Town Council (2011-2016). •He served as NRM secretary for Publicity for Kiryandongo district (2010-2015). •He
45-539: A motion in Parliament to recognise the Maragoli as a Ugandan tribe. He went to Kizibu primary school where he completed his primary education (1973-1979). Karubanga joined Kibanda SS for S1 and 2 (1980-1981) before completing his O' Level at Kabalega SS in 1983. • He did his A' Level at Muntuyera High School, Kitunga- Ntungamo district (1984-1986). • He was a teacher at Kibanda SS and Kigumba SS (1986-1998). • He has
60-547: A town in Kiryandongo District , northwestern Uganda . It is one of the urban centers in the district. The other urban centres in Kiryandongo District include: (a) Karuma b) Kiryandongo (c) Bweyale and (d) Masindi Port . Kigumba is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi), by road, northeast of Masindi (pop. 110,500 in 2020), the nearest large city. This location lies approximately 200 kilometres (124 mi), by road, north-northwest of Kampala ,
75-669: A vocational school to a fully-fledged International University. Financial assistance to the tune of US$ 8 million (UGX:20 billion), will be sought from the World Bank and Irish Aid , to achieve this goal. In November 2011, the Uganda Government began the process of elevating the Institute to University status. In 2014, the institute introduced five new internationally recognized programs to graduate "highly qualified and specialized" technicians needed by oil companies across
90-610: Is a Ugandan politician born on October, 15, 1963 in Kabukye Cell Ward B, Kigumba Town Council, Kiryandongo district is the current Kibanda South County member of parliament and was formerly the Kigumba Town council mayor. He served as the speaker of the Masindi District Council and later when Kiryandong district was created, became the first Kigumba Town Council mayor in 2008. He introduced
105-520: Is a busy transit point. Established in the 1950s, the town is home to about 100 Ugandan and Kenyan ethnicities. In 2009, the town attained Municipal council status. The municipality consists of the following neighborhoods: (a) Old Kigumba (b) Naguru (c) Kigaragara (d) Kitwanga, the CBD (e) Kihura I (f) Kihura II and (g) Kabukye. Most of the developments are in the Kitwanga neighborhood. Here one can find
120-594: Is the Town Council , composed of 12 elected councilors. The technical staff of the municipality is headed by the town clerk , Mr. Akugizibwe Gabriel under whom there are several municipal departments. As of August 2014, the LC III chairman of the Town Council is Mr. Karubanga Jacob Ateenyi and the town clerk is Mr. Akugizibwe Gabriel The census in 2002 enumerated the population at 8,439 people. In 2014,
135-808: The Ugandan government . The Institute occupies premises that formerly housed, Uganda Cooperative College , which has now relocated to the Eastern Ugandan town of Tororo . KPI has now been elevated to University status. Kigumba Central Market is the largest fresh-food market in town. Stanbic Bank (Uganda) Limited , the largest commercial bank in Uganda , by assets and branches, maintains a branch in Kigumba. 01°48′54″N 32°00′36″E / 1.81500°N 32.01000°E / 1.81500; 32.01000 Karubanga Jacob Karubanga Jacob Atenyi
150-470: The capital and largest city in Uganda. Kigumba lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi), by road, south of Kiryandongo, where the district headquarters are located. The coordinates of the town are:01 48 54N, 32 00 36E (Latitude:1.8150; Longitude:32.0100). Kigumba lies at the location where the highway from Kampala to Gulu through Kibangya and Rwekunye joins the highway from Masindi to Gulu . It
165-401: The Institute's campus are: 01°50'34.0"N, 32°01'09.0"E (Latitude:1.842778; Longitude:32.019167). The institute was established in 2009 and admitted the first batch of students in 2010, with the objective of training personnel in petroleum-related skills, at certificate, diploma and undergraduate levels. In 2011, increased budgetary allocations were made towards the elevation of the institute from
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#1732801180963180-465: The district headquarters in Bweyale . Masindi , the largest town in the sub-region , lies approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi), by road, to the southwest of Kigumba. The district headquarters at Kiryandongo , are located approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi), north of Kigumba. Located within the town itself is Kigumba Petroleum Institute (KPI), a tertiary institution of education belonging to
195-794: The national population census and household survey put the population of Kigumba at 18,625. In July 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimated the midyear population of the town at 22,000. The population agency calculated that the population of the town had increased at an average annual rate of 2.98 percent, between 2014 and 2020. Many women in the town engage in such activities as farming, road-side groceries, market vending, restaurants, hair care, and health care clinics. Men are mainly engaged in wholesale and retail merchandising, taxi driving and boda boda ( motorcycle and bicycle ) for-hire transportation. Increasingly, residents of Kigumba Town are employed in salaried and non-salaried positions at
210-491: The town council offices, financial institutions, factories, restaurants and most bars. The booming trade, has also attracted Indian , Chinese and South Sudanese traders, who have established businesses, including food processing plants. The political head of the town is the LC III Chairperson who is elected to a five-year term by universal adult suffrage across the six wards . The supreme policy-making organ
225-455: The world. The new plan proposes wide ranging overhaul of the curriculum and the introduction of five new diploma courses in oil studies. The institute also plans to work in close collaboration with the Ugandan oil industry to graduate over 220 students annually by the year 2019, up from 54 in 2014. As of November 2019, the institute offers three diploma courses: Kigumba Kigumba is
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