Makerere University has won the bid to host the African Regional World health summit, the very first on the African continent. The university Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has confirmed the development on his social media pages expressing his gratitude towards achieving such an honor. “The M8 Alliance has announced Makerere as the winner of […]
Makerere University has expelled two of its staff members from the School of Health Sciences for allegedly forging marks and smuggling unqualified students onto the 2017 graduation list. Those dismissed are; the deputy registrar of the College of Health Sciences, Ms Fatuma Nakatudde, and the college’s senior administrative assistant, Mr Paul Apunyo. The dean of […]
Makerere University has entered a partnership with the Institute of Public Safety Research (IPSR), Tsinghua University, Beijing China. Tsinghua is China’s leading University recently ranked twenty second globally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019. The Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe on behalf of Makerere University and by Assoc. […]
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni officiated the launch of the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre on Saturday to pay accolade to former Tanzania president Julius Nyerere. While delivering an inaugural lecture at the launch of the center at Makerere University, president Museveni commended Mwalimu Julius Nyerere for his vital role in the liberation of […]
Makerere University has urged lecturers to publicly declare their love relationships with students to enable the institution extend appropriate aid in case of any conflict and also to check cases of prevalent sexual harassment at the campus. The Deputy Director of Research and Graduate Studies, Prof David Owiny while addressing lecturers at the graduate students supervisors […]
Makerere University‘s teaching and non-teaching staff are planning to stage another strike over failure of the University to remit their allowances. These staff allege that last month, a total sum of Shs360m allowances was paid to only the top officials in the University management. Daily monitor reported that a source, who preferred anonymity because he […]
Three Makerere University Students have been today charged with trespassing at the University’s main premises, taking part in unlawful assembly by Buganda Road Chief Magistrate in Kampala. Frank Bwambale, David Musiri and Roy Rugumayo appeared before Grade one magistrate Joan Ketty Acaa on Wednesday to have the charges formally read to them. They however denied […]
Leading opposition party in Uganda, The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leadership has vowed to meet Makerere University’s top administrators over the 15% tuition increment that has caused chaos in the University. Speaking to journalists on Monday at their headquarters in Najjanakumbi, the party president Mr Patrick Oboi Amuriat said that the decision to increase […]