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The document summarizes the applicant's experience as a leader in various roles within the Soroti Catholic Diocese in Uganda since 2018, including as an assistant parish priest and director of development programs. As a leader, he has administered sacraments, provided pastoral care, mentored staff, and linked development programs to the diocese. He is pursuing an MBA to enhance his skills in financial management, business development, and administration for his roles managing development projects. He chose Uganda Martyrs University for its small class sizes and weekend program that fits with his work.

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Personal Statement

The document summarizes the applicant's experience as a leader in various roles within the Soroti Catholic Diocese in Uganda since 2018, including as an assistant parish priest and director of development programs. As a leader, he has administered sacraments, provided pastoral care, mentored staff, and linked development programs to the diocese. He is pursuing an MBA to enhance his skills in financial management, business development, and administration for his roles managing development projects. He chose Uganda Martyrs University for its small class sizes and weekend program that fits with his work.

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1. Have you been a leader, a volunteer or engaged in community services?

Yes, I have been a leader serving in various capacities since 2018 in Soroti
Catholic Diocese in the positions of; Assistant Parish priest at St. Andrew’s
Catholic Parish Obalanga, Assistant Director of Caritas/Justice and Peace
Commission, Assistant Director Eneku Training Village, Director of the Soroti
Catholic Diocesan farm and Assistant Parish Priest at St. Patrick’s Catholic
Parish-Madera.
2. Please describe your most important contributions as a leader
As an assistant parish priest at both St. Andrew’s and St. Patrick’s Catholic
parishes, I administered the church's seven sacraments: Baptism,
Confirmation, Confession, Holy Communion, Marriage, Holy Orders, and
Anointing of the sick. I also visited the sick and gave them courage and hope in
life besides anointing, oversaw education programs in the schools and
institutions attached to the Catholic Church that included; St. Benedict Girls
Secondary school, Madera Complex secondary and Primary schools, and
generally provided pastoral care to the parishioners in the respective parishes.
As a director of the Catholic Diocese development Programmes (Caritas/Justice
and Peace Commission, Eneku training Village and Diocesan farm), I mentored
the human resources, ensured proper management of the assets, fundraised
for the development arms of the Diocese and linked the development arm of the
Diocese to Catholic Diocese of Soroti.
3. Please describe your educational and professional goals and aspirations
The role of Assistant Director of Caritas and Justice and peace Commission of
Soroti, Director Eneku Training Village and the Director of the Diocesan farm
call for daily interactions with the human resources, financial analysis and
reporting, business development and general administration. This therefore
implies that I ought to have knowledge on business management, human
resources management and administration in general. Its upon this
background that I am indebted to pursue a master’s in Business
Administration so as to enable me meet the day today financial challenges,
match the human resources dynamics and the general administration of the
projects I am assigned to manage.
4. Please describe how this scholarship will help you attain your goals
This scholarship will enable me attain a Master’s in Business Administration
which will go a long way in enhancing my skills, knowledge and capacities in
financial management, business development and administration. This will add
value to me since there are several core areas covered within an MBA program,
including Human Resource, Statistics, Technology and Information Systems,
Economics, and Finance.
5. Why did you choose this academic institution and course of study?
As a priest and an assigned Manager, I need vertical expertise in the technical
aspects of management and business development. To succeed as a priest
inclined to management, I need a holistic view of business and management
that Uganda Martyrs University is in a better position to provide this unto me.
In addition, UMU’s small classes provide an intimate environment to exchange
ideas and build meaningful relationships with my classmates. UMU’s MBA
programme at Mbale Campus favors my academic pursuance, assigned tasks
and pastoral work since it’s a programme run on weekend.
I chose MBA as my course of study because it will build me professionally to
efficiently conduct my assigned duties in the Catholic Diocese of Soroti
especially inline with financial management, business development and the day
today administration of the assigned projects
6. Please describe any key achievements (academic, professional,
congregational, etc).
Academically, so far, my highest attainment is ---------- of --------- specializing
in ----------. I am also currently pursuing a post graduate Diploma in Project
Planning and Management in Uganda Management Institute which has come
to a standstill due to COVID 19 pandemic.
Professionally, I am an ordained Catholic Priest who since ordination has been
active in pastoral work and delivering the seven sacraments to the people of
God a long side evangelism, mission work and preaching the Gospel.
Congregationally, I belong to the congregation of Diocesan Priest of Soroti
Catholic Dioceses previously attached to St. Andrew’s catholic Parish Obalanga
as an assistant parish priest and currently posted to St. Patrick’s Parish
Madera as an assistant Parish Priest.
7. What are your greatest strength and weaknesses?
Strength

 Willingness to Professionally, academically and socially learn especially in


today’s dynamic environment
 Sharing and living among people which enables me understand their socio-
economic challenges
 Spirituality coupled with humility, forgiveness, gratitude, kindness, hope,
love, and keenness.

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