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Isaac Kigongo-Bukenya
Isaac Kigongo-Bukenya (15th May 1945 - 20th May 2021) was a Ugandan Information Scientist and academic. He was the first Ugandan to obtain a PhD in Library and Information Science. He was a Professor of Information Science at Makerere University where he was Dean and Director at the East African School of Library and Information Science. He later became the Vice-Chancellor of Muteesa I Royal University.

Background and Early life
Kigongo-Bukenya was born on 15th May 1945 at Sakabusolo, Mpigi District in Central Uganda.He graduated with a PhD from the University of Wales.

Professional Career
Kigongo-Bukenya started out as a teacher in Namutamba, Mityana District in1964. He later joined the Uganda Public Libraries Board as a Library Assistant.He was promoted through the ranks until the rank of Deputy director. In 1984 he joined Makerere University as an Assistant Lecturer at the East African School of Library and Information Science. He was promoted to full professorship in 2005. Upon retirement from Makerere University, he was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Muteesa I Royal University in 2011.

Interests
Besides being an academician, Kigongo-Bukenya was a CAF commissioner. In 2017, he was appointed chairman of the the Sports Appeals Committee of the Buganda government. .

Publications
Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M. (2003). Towards a viable curriculum: A comparative study of curricula at the East African School of Library and Information Science and the departments of Library and Information Studies of the Universities of Wales, Botswana, and Capetown. Education for Information, 21(2-3), 113-148.

Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M.N. (2004). The Directory of Library and Information Science Education Institutions in the Eastern, Central and Southern African Region (DLISEI-ECSA). Makerere University.

Okello-Obura, C., & Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M. N. (2011). Library and information science education and training in Uganda: trends, challenges, and the way forward. Education Research International, 2011. 