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Former state security official named as New Peking University leader

Former head of the national spy agency’s Beijing branch, is named to lead one of China’s top universities, underscoring a drive to tighten Communist Party power over academia and other sectors not under its direct control. Peking University said in a statement that new party secretary Qiu Shuiping hopes the school can “seize the opportunities in […]

Makerere University to issue transcripts to students before graduation

Makerere University to issue transcripts to students before graduation

Makerere University has initiated a new routine to issue out transcripts to gruaduads  before the graduation ceremony. This, according to the University, will take into effect this 69th graduation ceremony. The management has therefore commenced the printing of the transcripts for the students who will graduate in January 2019. In an interview with Daily Monitor, […]

Hunt for Sharon murderers extended to Uganda

Hunt for Sharon murderers extended to Uganda

Investigators on the second year Rongo University student, Sharon Otieno murder have moved to Uganda and Tanzania to hunt down more three suspects. Police reports that the suspects directly participated in the brutal mutilation of the seven months pregnant mother. “It is true we have extended the search to Uganda and Tanzania,” Mr George Kinoti, […]

Parliament questions MUBS Principlal Prof. Wasswa Balunywa over lost University land

Parliament questions MUBS Principlal Prof. Wasswa Balunywa over lost University land

Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Principal, Professor Wasswa Balunywa: COURTESY PHOTO Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Principal, Professor Wasswa Balunywa has faced the Public Accounts Committee-PAC to answer questions on how the University lost a big chant of land. The Auditor General, John Muwanga‘s report for the financial year 2016/2017 indicates over 12 acres of the […]

Kenyan student suspected murderer, governor Okoth Obado granted bail

Governor Okoth Obado, a prime suspect in the Rongo University student, Sharon Otieno murder, has been granted bail of  Kenyan Shillings 5 million cash. The governor was also the boyfriend to the deceased and the baby daddy to Sharon’s seven months pregnancy. The county chief is also expected to pay two sureties of a similar […]

East and Central Africa first female graduate dies

East and Central Africa first female graduate dies

Dr Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro, the first woman to graduate at university level in East and Central Africa has died. Dr Nyendwoha graduated from Oxford University with a BA (Hon) in History in 1954. She has been battling several illnesses since the beginning of this year and died on Monday while being taken to Mengo hospital. […]

Museveni fires six in Education ministry over fraud

Museveni fires six in Education ministry over fraud

President Yoweri Museveni has sacked six senior government officials in the Ministry of Education and Sports due to fraud. The directive also provides for the dismissal of the Contracts Committee of the ministry of Education due to “mishandling of the process for procuring furniture for selected primary schools in Uganda under the Ministry of Education […]

2,143 Graduate from Ndejje University

Over 2,143 students graduated at the Ndejje University 19th graduation ceremony that was organised on October 12, 2018 at the University main campus in Luweero. The graduates were awarded with diploma,degree, post graduate diploma and masters degree in various courses. According to the University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eriabu Lugujjo, as a result of the university main streaming, of […]

YMCA student Brian Isiko finally granted bail on a cash bond of one million

YMCA student Brian Isiko finally granted bail on a cash bond of one million

YMCA student Brian Isiko was on Thursday granted bail on a cash bond of Shs1 million by the Buganda Road Court grade one magistrate Stellah Amabilis pending the hearing of the case. Isiko is accused of sending love messages to to Kabarole district woman MP Sylvia Rwaboogo who termed them as being against her life […]

Museveni launches Mwalimu Nyerere Leadership Centre at Makerere university

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 […]