Livingstone Luboobi

Livingstone Sserwadda Luboobi (25 ogw'ekkumi n'ebiri mu 1944 – 16 ogw'omusanvu mu 2025) yali munnayuganda omukugu mu kubala era nga muddukanya weby'ensoma. Yafuna diguli mu kubala okuva  mu Yunivasite eMakerere, eya Toronto, n'eya Adelaide, era omulimu gwe ogw’okusoma yagutandikira mu Yunivasite e Makerere  mu myaka gya 1970, gye yali pulofeesa w’okubala ebiramu era n’aweereza ng’omumyuka wa cansala okuva mu 2004 okutuuka mu 2009. Era yaliko n’omusomesa obuyambi mu Nelson Mandelan African Institution of Sayansi ne Tekinologiya wakati wa 2013 ne 2017.

Luboobi yali mukulembeze eyatandikawo ekibiina kya African Society for Biomathematics, ssentebe w’ekibiina kya Ugandan Mathematical Society, era mmemba w’olukiiko lwa Uganda National Council for Science and Technology. Yaliko omulonde munne mu ttendekero lya Uganda National Academy of Sciences . Ebitundu bye yanoonyereza byakwata ku kubala endwadde ezisiigibwa mu buvanjuba bwa Afrika nga Ebola, siriimu, omusujja, omusujja gwa Rift Valley, ne trypanosomiasis .

 Obulamu obuto n’okusoma 
Livingstone Sserwadda Luboobi yazaalibwa nga 25 ogw'ekkumi n'ebiri mu 1944 ku kyalo Mitondo mu Disitulikiti y’e Rakai, mu Uganda, ba Lameka ne Sanyu Serwadda nga bombi balimi.    Luboobi yatandika okusoma pulayimale e Kakooma e Lwanti mu Kooki, nga tannakyuka kugenda mu ssomero lya Matale Primary School e Kalisizo . Oluvannyuma yasomera mu Kako Junior Secondary School okuva mu 1959 okutuuka mu 1960. Wakati wa 1961 ne 1967, yasoma siniya eyookuna ku ssomero lya Ntare e Mbarara . Mu 1965, yeewandiisa mu ssomero lya Makerere College School okusoma siniya eyoomukaaga, mu kusooka essira yaliteeka ku physics, Chemistry, n’okubala. Oluvannyuma yasalawo okukyusa kemisitule n’assaamu okubala okw’emirundi ebiri, era yategeeza nti yeesomesa oluvannyuma lw’okutegeezebwa omukulu w’essomero nti tebaalina musomesa alina ebisaanyizo okusomesa essomo lino. Yafuna As ssatu. 

Luboobi yafuna diguli esooka eya Sayansi mu kubala n’afuna diguli ya First Class Honor okuva mu yunivasite e Makerere mu 1970. Yagenda mu yunivasite y’e Toronto okufuna diguli ye eyookubiri mu kunoonyereza ku mirimu mu 1972. Oluvannyuma yagenda mu Yunivasite y’e Adelaide mu Australia gye yamalira diguli ye eya Ph.D. mu Kubala Okukozesebwa (Okubala Ebiramu) mu 1980.   

 Omulimu 
Luboobi yatikkirwa mu yunivasite e Makerere mu 1970 era omulimu gwe yagutandikira mu mwaka gwe gumu ng’omuyambi ow’enjawulo. Yakuzibwa n’afuulibwa omusomesa mu 1973, n’afuuka omusomesa omukulu mu 1977, n’akuzibwa n’afuulibwa pulofeesa omuyambi mu 1985 n’afuuka pulofeesa omujjuvu mu by’okubala ebiramu mu yunivasite e Makerere mu 1997.  Yaweereza ng’akulira ekitongole ky’okubala okumala omwaka gumu, wakati wa 1990 ne 1991. Yalondebwa ku bwa diini wa ssaayansi okumala ebisanja bibiri, wakati wa 1994 ne 2001. Yaliko omumyuka wa cansala wa yunivasite eno wakati wa 2004 ne 2009 bwe yasikira Polof. John Ssebuwufu   Era yaweereza nga pulofeesa omuyambi mu ttendekero lya Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NMAIST) wakati wa  2013 mu gw'omusanvu ne  2017 ogw'omukaaga. 

Okunoonyereza kwa Livingstone okusinga kwasinga kukwata ku kubala kw’ebiramu mu buvanjuba bwa Afirika ng’essira asinga kulissa ku kubala endwadde ezisaasaana okwali kukwata ku kubala okukoppa endwadde ezisiigibwa nga Ebola, siriimu, omusujja, omusujja gwa Rift Valley, ne trypanosomiasis .  

 Obwammemba n’ebirabo 
Luboobi ye yali pulezidenti w’ekibiina kya African Society for Biomathematics ekyasooka.  Mu 1989, yalondebwa okuba pulezidenti w'ekibiina ekigatta ababala ekya Uganda Mathematical Society.  Era yali mmemba w'olukiiko lwa Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, era nga munnaffe omulonde mu Uganda National Academy of Sciences . 

Luboobi yakwasaganya enkolagana ey’ekiseera ekiwanvu wakati wa yunivasite e Makerere ne Yunivasite y’e Bergen .  Mu 2008, Yunivasite y’e Bergen yamuwa diguli y’obusawo ey’ekitiibwa olw’okutumbula enkolagana y’ensi yonna.  Nga 29 ogw'omukaaga mu 2013, yafuna engule y'obulamu bwe bwonna okuva mu yunivasite e Makerere ng'ejuliza obukulembeze bwe n'emirimu gye egy'okusoma.   Mu mwaka gwe gumu mu kujaguza emyaka 51 egya Uganda, Luboobi yafuna omudaali gwa zaabu mu ggwanga okuva ew'omukulembeze w'eggwanga, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni . 

 Okufa n’omukululo 
Luboobi yazuulibwa n’obulwadde bwa lymphoma era n’afuna obujjanjabi mu ttendekero lya Uganda Cancer Institute. Oluvannyuma yasindikibwa mu ddwaaliro lya Mulago National Referral Hospital, gye yafiira nga 16 ogw'omusanvu mu 2025 nga wayise emyaka etaano bukya mukyala we Ruth Mwandha Luboobi affa mu 2020.   Okuziika kwe kwakolebwa mu St. Francis Chapel, Yunivasite e Makerere , nga 18 ogw'omusanvu mu 2025. Yaleka abaana musanvu okuli Professor Daniel Kibuule ne Dr. Irene Nakiyimba, n’abazzukulu abawerako.  

Okufa kwa Luboobi kwaleetera abasomesa abawerako abamanyiddwa okusiima omuli n’omumyuka wa Cansala wa yunivasite e Makerere, pulofeesa  Barnabas Nawangwe . Nawangwe yayogera ku Luboobi ng’omukulembeze ow’okwolesebwa eyakola kinene mu kukyusa Makerere okufuuka ekitongole ekikulemberwa okunoonyereza. Yategeeza nti Luboobi yayamba nnyo mu kuwandiika enteekateeka ya yunivasite eno ey’okunoonyereza, ekyasobozesa ekitongole kino okufuna ensimbi ezisoba mu 300 ez’okunoonyereza mu mwaka gumu. Enkola nnyingi eza yunivasite eno ez’okunoonyereza mu kiseera kino nazo zisibuka ku nteekateeka ezaakolebwa mu kiseera Luboobi we yabeerera.  

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