He then left teaching and worked as a court clerk at the Courthouse in Bushenyi Municipality, "for a few years".
[2] His long tenure in Uganda's education arena includes service as Deputy Director of Kabale National Teachers’ College, and as the Principal of Kakoba National Teachers’ College (today Bishop Stuart University).
[4] Previously, in 2004, Karooro served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Bishop Stuart University.
[5] In an interview with a Ugandan newspaper, The Observer (Uganda), Dr. Karooro was most proud of three achievements, as of January 2011: (a) the creation of a syllabus for the Diploma in Primary Education, (b) the transformation of Kakoba National Teacher's College into Bishop Stuart University, a process in which he was intimately involved and (c) the creation of the syllabus for the Diploma in Kiswahili.
[2] In August 2017, Professor Emmanuel Karooro was named the Vice Chancellor of Ibanda University.