Poor quality graduates? Blame it on lack of training in practical skills

The executive director and principal investigator of Makerere University’s Kiira Motors Project Stevens Tickodri-Togboa. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU

The first production of the Kiira EV car is expected in 2019, more than eight years after it was designed. Does it worry you that the passing of time could render the technology obsolete?

These days the production for things like cars is not done fully in one factory or plant. What happens is that I as an engineer design the car – define the engine, its capacity, weight etc. — then get specialists to make it as per my specifications. The engine will then be brought to my factory and fitted into the car.