James P. M. Ntozi

James Patrick Manyenye Ntozi was an Ugandan retired academic and farmer. He worked as a researcher in demographics and statistics at Makerere University in Uganda, with his main research projects focusing on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, fertility, census-taking, and aging and the life cycle. A medical demographer and statistician by training, his areas of expertise include gauging needs assessment, conducting evaluations, and creating baseline studies. In 1971, Ntozi earned his bachelor of science degree in Economics and Statistics from the Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics at Makerere University. Ntozi earned his master's degree at the institute in 1973. He gained his PhD in Medical Demography in 1977 from the University of London. Ntozi also attended Bishop School Mukono, Busoga College Mwiri, where he met Uganda's current Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, and Oxford University.

Makerere University Ntozi served multiple roles at Makerere University from 1979 until his forced retirement in 2016, including lecturer, head of department, dean, member of the university senate, and ambassador of the university. Prime Minister of Uganda Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda praised Ntozi for his research, claiming that it helped shape Uganda's policy. The two men had been friends for 51 years at this point, since they had met at Busoga College Mwiri.

Ntozi received a plaque at the ceremony from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), presented by its Executive Director Ben Paul Mungyereza. The plaque was given in appreciation of his work at Makerere University and his support of UBOS. Prime Minister Rugunda gave Ntozi the plaque. The report "Demography and Economic Growth in Uganda" was presented with a strategy of increased urbanization to boost economic stimulus and slow down population growth. He dismissed attempts by other researchers to make development plans for Uganda since the last census occurred in 2002. Makerere had been failing to pay retirement benefits unless taken to court, so MURBS had been filing cases against the university since 2008.