Victoria University has welcomed President Museveni’s appointment of Dr Stephen R. Isabaliija as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.
In an official congratulatory message from the university, Isabaliija who was once the vice chancellor to the university was appointed yesterday to replace Kabagambe Kaliisa in the Energy Ministry, he was applauded for his dedicated service towards the education sector in Uganda.
“As a university that runs a department of Petroleum and Energy Studies, we wish to applaud his appointment and also re-echo his message. That education promotes active participants in transforming societies and we believe he will make a great contribution to the Energy sector as he has done in the past.” The statement read.
Dr. Isabaliija holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and has been consulting for the last eleven (11) years with Private and Public institutions in Change Management, Project Management, Financial Management and Policy Analysis. He has worked with donor funded projects in NGO and Government institutions for the last 15 years.
He is a Policy Analyst, Finance and Project Management Specialist with Post Graduate training and field experience in specialized Financial management and project management skills in Donor (USAID, DANIDA, SIDA, AusAID CORDAID, EU, ADB, WORLD BANK, and DFID) and government accounting in areas of budgeting, value for money audits Project accounting, contract accounting and management, treasury management, credit management project management and evaluations, financial manual writing and Policy analysis.
