Nkumba University’s Class of 2025 will be conferred with degrees on 25th October 2025. Among the graduands is Salim Alhaj Saleh, for whom the ceremony will mark more than the completion of an academic journey. For him, it is the fulfillment of a deeply personal dream, one rooted in service, leadership, and a vision of a hunger-free South Sudan, his motherland.
Speaking after picking his Graduation Regalia, the former Guild Prime Minister reflected on how his journey began with a simple conviction. “I borrowed a leaf from Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I have a dream’,” he said, his voice steady but emotional. “I promised myself to contribute to my country’s development through what I call ‘The dream that ought to replicate the realities’. I dream that my compatriots will one day live in a nation where no one goes to bed hungry, because a hungry man is an angry man.”
