The culmination of the 9th African Library Project Summit and Librarians training was marked with a dispatch ceremony that saw the flagging off of 23,408 volumes of books to twenty one (21) school and community libraries on the 28th March, 2024.
Gracing the occasion and officiating the flagging off ceremony was the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration, Finance and Development), Professor Donald Siamba, representing the Vice Chancellor, Professor. Isaac Ipara Odeo. Accompanying him was the acting Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Students’ Affairs), Professor Stanley Mutsotso.
Library staff, led by the In-charge, Library Services and Documentation Center, Mr. Samuel Wakahia, were also present to oversee the smooth dispatch of the donated books to the beneficiary schools and community libraries.
Among the benefitting school and community libraries were Brenda Friends Girls Secondary School, Lutacho Secondary School, Mini Library Mayanja, Word of Life Church Community Library, and Kibabii University Children’s Library among 16 other libraries.
