Remigius Ziraba Bukenya

Background

Bukenya, Remigius Ziraba was born on November 25, 1953 in Masaka, Buganda, Uganda. Son of Peter Batobewa Matovu and Pelagia Ndagire.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Makerere University, Uganda, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Makerere University, Uganda, 1993. Master of Science, University Ghana, 1980.

Career

Special assistant botany, Makerere U., 1977-1979; lecturer in botany, Makerere U., 1981-1986; senior lecturer in botany, Makerere U., 1986-1996; associate professor botany, Makerere U., since 1996; head department botany, Makerere U., since 1994; teaching assistant botany, U. Ghana, 1979-1980.

Achievements

• Remigius Ziraba Bukenya has been listed as a noteworthy biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coordinator The Uganda Group of the African Network of Ethnobotany/Ethnoecology, since 1997. Member Association Taxonomic Study Flora of Tropical Africa, International Biometric Society, New York Academy of Sciences, International Society Ethnobiology.

Interests

• Playing chess, music, travel.

Connections

Married Mary Nampijja Bukenya (August 1988). Children: Anne, Christine, Ronald.

Father:

Peter Batobewa Matovu

Mother:

Pelagia Ndagire

Spouse:

Mary Nampijja Bukenya

child:

Christine Bukenya

child:

Anne Bukenya

child:

Ronald Bukenya