2.0 LOCATION & ADDRESS OF THE INSTITUTE
The Uganda Management Institute commonly referred to as UMI is located on plots 44 - 52 Jinja Road – about 2.5 km from the City Centre just before Jinja Road Police Station.
3.0 ORGANISATION OF THE INSTITUTE
The Institute is headed by the Director General and assisted by the two Directors one in charge of Programs and Student Affairs, and the other in charge of Finance, in addition to Heads of Division. Each of the courses of the Institute is managed by a specific Division but the immediate contact person is the Course Manager. At UMI we operate as a team and participants can be assisted at any level. However, the following officers are of particular interest to participants.
(i) Receptionist - For general information on UMI programmes
and activities.
(ii) Course Manager - Overall liaison with the Institute Management;
(iii) Assistant Registrar(s) - For all Student Records;
(iv) Cashier - For all payments;
(v) Warden - For accommodation, security and general
welfare;
(vi) Nurse - For first aid treatment and counselling;
4.0 ACCIDENTS ON JINJA ROAD
Jinja Road has two lanes leading to the City Centre and one lane for outgoing traffic. You are advised to be very careful when crossing the lanes because there have been a number of fatal accidents in the recent past. You have to be sure which direction the traffic is flowing before crossing any of the lanes.
5.0 SECURITY
UMI is mostly a secure place but we recommend vigilance and information sharing where you detect problems. Valuables should never be left unattended.
6.0 ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE
Always observe academic discipline especially by regular attendance and timely submission of assignments. We keep a register of attendance in compliance with Academic Regulations.
7.0 ACCOMMODATION
With a total of 148 beds, our single rooms were designed to suit the basic requirement of participants.
8.0 CANTEEN AND BAR
There is a canteen behind the Kitchen in which items of necessity like soap, toothpaste, slippers, vaseline. are available for sale. The Canteen also sells a variety of drinks. There is also a Bar and Lounge below the Dining Hall. The Bar sells drinks while the Lounge is used for indoor games and at times for meals.
9.0 RECREATION
Extra curricular activities for participants after 5.00 p m during weekdays and throughout the day during weekends and public holidays are catered for by provision of indoor games (Chess, Scrabble, Monopoly, Draft and Darts) in the UMI Club. Outdoor games on the other hand are Badminton, Volleyball and Table Tennis which you can get from the Custodian.
Other areas for recreation outside the Institute include: Lugogo Indoor Stadium (Jinja Road) Golf Club (Yusuf Lule Road former Kitante Road) and BMK Health Club (Wampewo Avenue) all of which are within a walking distance from the Institute.
10.0 PLACES OF WORSHIP
A variety of places of worship are situated within a range of (2 - 5 kms) from the Institute. They include:
10.1 Church of Uganda
All Saints Cathedral - Nakasero, Kampala
St Peters Church - Naguru, Nakawa
10.2 Roman Catholic Church
Christ the King Church - Kimathi Avenue, Kampala
City Centre
10.3 Seventh Day Adventist Church - Kireka
10.4 Other Christian Churches
Deliverance Church - Nakasero, Kampala
Kampala Pentecostal Church - Bombo Road, Kampala
10.5 Moslems
Kibuli Mosque - Kibuli
Old Kampala Mosque - Namirembe Road
Nakasero Mosque - Entebbe Road
11.0 HEALTH MATTERS
UMI has a Clinic run by a full time Nurse who provides first aid and basic treatment. Major treatments are referred to hospitals.
Participants with chronic medical cases/problems e.g diabetes, chronic ulcers, high blood pressure etc should notify the Nurse as soon as they report for effective management. This is extremely important for your own good.
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