Kiiza David Maclaren

WHY PROFESSIONALISM IS IMPORTANT TO AN ENGINEER?   Turning one’s potential ability into reality cuts across all professions globally, however, in Uganda’s particular scenario professionalism is emphasized only by both educational and regulatory professional institutions but in reality, less attention towards professionalism is evident in all industries. I would like to specifically tackle the engineering profession which in the most recent days has gained or attracted the highest degree of public criticism due to failures either in what their product outputs are or focusing on the rampart collapsing city building structures in the capital Kampala and other newly created cities like Fort-Portal, Mbarara, Jinja, Mbale etc. Professional practices of civil engineering are in most cases ignored by the technical tradesmen and they always forge their way out. One would ask what exactly is the importance and relevance of Professionalism to an engineer. Engineering being a great field, a lo