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    UCU economically empowers women in the community.

    The Standard EditorBy The Standard EditorMarch 25, 2024Updated:March 25, 2024 Feature No Comments4 Mins Read
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    By Aulah Najjuuka 

    Rose Babirye Kakaire dispels the commonly held notion that universities employ only the highly educated as she goes about her chores of cleaning offices at Uganda Christian university .  Expressing gratitude to UCU  for employing people from all walks of life  she says that it is untrue  that universities only employ people that “have had so much education.

    She feels empowered by her cleaning  job because she has something to show off for it. “I have been able to save money,  have also been able to help my husband take our kids to school and take care of my family and hopefully mid this year, I will be able to purchase a piece of land,”  she says.

    When Rose and her family moved to Mukono in 2016  she never imagined  that that would be the beginning of a blissful employment journey  at Uganda Christian University (UCU).

     The  29-year old mother of three  started her employment in UCU  in 2017 which was interrupted by   the COVID-19 pandemic that drove the whole country into a lockdown.

    During lockdown Rose was worried  about  retaining her job  as most employers were cutting off employees because of the negative economic effects that the pandemic caused. She kept praying about it until the government permitted educational institutions to start operating again in March of 2021.

    Rose  eventually returned to UCU where she was  not only  retained, but was promoted to office attendant  handling  three departments, namely;  The Standard newsroom , Office of Church Relations and Research , and Innovations and Partners.

    Rose remembers that in 2016 when she had first moved to Mukono, she used to admire people who   worked for UCU  and  she decided to  apply for a job at the institution. “They didn’t even have any opening and neither had they put up any advert looking for workers but I prayed to God who told me that there lay my chances and so I walked through the main gate to ask for a job,”  she  remarked.

    She says that one of the reasons that inspired her to take on her first cleaning job at UCU is because of the religious aspect of the University , she knew she was going to be treated with humaneness in addition to enjoying the conducive and quiet environment. She grew to love the job however small it was and believed that God had better plans for her in the future.

    Rose B Kakaire cleaning at one of her work stations at UCU

    “I liked the flexibility that came with the job because it was next to home and the nursery school where  I took my daughter. I walk to work  and arrive  on time which saves me so much money that would have  been  spent on transport.”

    She adds that  working at UCU has benefited her in so many ways as she started a ground-nuts business which she serves staff at breakfast time.  She has been able to meet people that she now considers family and can count on them . “God blessed me with a baby girl during the pandemic and I can say that when I bring her here , I never have to worry because everyone treats her like their own, they  always keep her safe even when I’m busy working.”

    She adds that in spite of  bringing  her child along to her workplace  she knows when it’s time to work and when it’s time to attend to her child.  As a working mum,  she is able to bond with her daughter something that isn’t very common to most young mothers that work full time.

    Rose’s morning starts  with taking  her two children to school . Then she gets to work by 7am and begins by cleaning and organising The Office of Church Relations, then  the  Communications Office and lastly The Standard newsroom. 

    Rose  says that young women should try to emulate God ‘s words in whatever they do, never look down upon jobs because everyone  has to start somewhere and also make sure they are hardworking because no one will respect you if you live a life of dependency, she affirms. 

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