By Nelson Bahati October, 25th 2019 Makerere University communications manager Dr. Mohammed Kigundu Musoke on 25th October 2019 attributed the strike at Makerere university to a political mission for students. In an interview with Kigundu, he said that Makerere University students are having their own political issues there pushing through the means of strikes to […]
On the 21st September 2017, Makerere students went on strike as a move to join the rest of other Ugandans that wanted to exhibit their dissatisfaction on the anticipated presentation of the age limit bill on the floor of Parliament. It was an endorsement of a nationwide K`ogikwatako (literally meaning Dare touch it) campaign that […]
Students at Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery started a sit-down strike yesterday 7th May. The student nurses and midwives refused to attend classes and instead sat on the floor with posters reading “Mulago fails to pay electricity bills”. The nursing students protested against poor sanitation and being in a blackout for a long period. […]