Police yesterday tried to arrest Simon Wanyera, former Makerere university chief demonstrator at his graduation day. Five police officers tried to drag Wanyera out of the graduation tent. However, the noise from other graduands deterred police who returned him to his seat. They however opted to deploy three more officers clad in civilian attires to […]
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has lauded the Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe over his strategies towards ensuring discipline in the university. In his remarks at the 69th graduation ceremony on Tuesday January 15, 2019 at Makerere Freedom Square, Museveni promised to render support to the University administration to fight impunity. The president […]
Former Makerere University guild president contestant, Prize Mari Ahimbisibwe is among the candidates in the Uganda National Students Association (UNSA) leadership. The 22 year old ambitious politician looks forward to becoming the new UNSA vice president in the elections due to take place from 9th to 13th January 2019 at Mbarara High School in Mbarara […]
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabus Nawangwe has said all 45 Lecturers who were recently sacked from the University are to refund the salaries. In a press conference at the University, Prof. Nawangwe said the lecturers had not delivered and therefore no cause for a pay.  “All those staff that we continued paying our money and […]
Aaron Ongenge, 20, a third year student at Makerere University Residents was electrocuted at Naguru Police Barracks trying to hung clothes on a wire. Ongenge, son to Assistant Inspector of Police Richard Okello was pronounced dead at Iran-Uganda Friendship hospital in Naguru. According to the Police spokesperson, Emilian Kayima sent his sincere condolences to the […]
Makerere University vice chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has challenged the sacked staff to follow the right University protocol in following up with their case. This comes a day after Parliament through the office of the Speaker on Wednesday received the petition from a section of staff requesting the house to set up a committee to […]
A Makerere University student who was reportedly kidnapped has died just weeks after being released by his captors. Simon Ashaba Faith, 22, a third-year student of Social Sciences and resident of Nkrumah Hall was kidnapped by an unknown gang on November 28 from the Wandegeya campus. The assailants then used his phone to call the […]
The Makerere University Academic Registrar, Alfred Masikye Namoah has invited interested Diploma holders to send in their applications for a government sponsored degree. The admissions will be conducted under the Government Sponsorship Scheme and not to exceed 5% of the intake capacity to the University Degree Programmes for the academic year 2019/2020. Applicants should submit their […]