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In a bid to prepare a befitting send-off for one of its renowned alumnus, Makerere University, has mooted plans to immortalise Grace Wilson Igaga Mutekanga.

Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, the university vice chancellor, said the proposal to honour Mutekanga for his service to East Africa’s pioneer and premier university, would be made to the university council in the coming days.

“The late Igaga Mutekanga is one of the best embodiments of excellence that Makerere can produce. Apart from being a lecturer here, he came up with the anthem of the university. Mutekanga embodies the values that Makerere espouses. We train people to be future leaders and to love their university,” Prof Nawangwe said.

Mutekanga, who passed away at the Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago, last Friday after a long battle with cancer, curved his name into the annals of Makerere’s history when he composed its anthem, The Great Makerere, in 1986, during his tenure as head of the Department of Performing Arts and Film.

Born on June 29, 1940, in Bugabula, Kamuli District in Busoga, Mutekanga’s education journey spans Naminage Primary School in Kamuli, Busoga College Mwiri, Makerere College School, and then Kyambogo National Teachers’ College for his training as a music teacher. It’s here that his musical genius first came to light.

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