Kampala-Presidential Advisor on Resident District Commissioners, Muhammad Mbabaali Muyanja has said his diploma in Information Communications Technology from Mountains of the Moon University is genuine.
Mbabaali, who has been dragged to Court by a voter in his Bukoto South constituency, refutes claims that he did not acquire the said diploma because at the stated time he was a student at Makerere University.
“I know I have had issues in the past, but this time I will sue whoever is coming up with useless claims that the papers I have a not authentic” Mbabaali told Eagle Online, adding: “I am currently a student at Makerere University pursuing a Bachelors degree and this can be ascertained with records from Makerere.”
In 2011 Mr Mbabaali won the Bukoto South constituency elections and was later named State Minister for Investment. However, Mbabaali was thrown out of Parliament by Court after his challenger, Democratic Party (DP) Secretary General Matia Nsubuga, filed a case citing his lack of academic qualifications to become an MP.
Documents obtained by Eagle Online dated August 2014, indicate that Mr Mbabali is registered as a student at Makerere (university) and his registration number is 12/U/24261/EVE while his student number is 214023821 and he is attached to Livingstone Hall.
“I write to offer you a place at Makerere University for the academic year 2014/2015 for a programme of study leading to the following: Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences) subjects: POS, SWA, and SOC as a privately sponsored student” reads part of the admission letter written by Mr Alfred Masikye Namoah, the Academic Registrar at Makerere University.
According to documents, Mbabaali was admitted to Makerere after he sat and passed the mature entry exams held on December 2013.
“This is to certify that Muyanja Mbabali sat and successfully passed the university mature age entry scheme examination held on Dec 14, 2013 for entry into the following programme (Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences),” the document adds.