By Walakira on March 14, 2014
Latest Uganda News
The academic registra MakerereUniversity, Alfred Masikye has announced that the special university entry exams for admission to diploma in library, information studies, diploma in records and archives management and diploma in music, dance and drama will be held on May 3rd, 2014. Masikye says that application forms for those intending to sit […]
By Walakira on March 14, 2014
Latest Uganda News
The Academic Registrar of Makerere University, Alfred Masikye Namoah has told MakerereUniversity students that access for online registration has opened and that one can register from any computer where there is internet connectivity. Masikye says registration is for students who have paid university dues as per MakerereUniversity fees policy. The deadline of paying […]
By editor1 on March 10, 2014
Arts/Humanities Scholarships, Health
The Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) of Makerere University, Uganda organizes the Eastern Africa Training School on Law, Human Rights and HIV /AIDS in Kampala, Uganda. Funded by OSIEA, the two-week training school to build the capacity of African lawyers in the technical and judicial aspects of Law, Human Rights and HIV /AIDS […]
By Walakira on February 21, 2014
General, Latest Uganda News
Makerere University Sciences lecturers are demanding 342 million shillinbgs as teaching arrears. The university has not paid them since 2012 academic year. The MakerereUniversity spokesperson for science college, Maria Roselyn says that the university these days is financially constrained. “Our university can’t raise the whole amount the lecturers demand but the institution has agreed […]
By Walakira on February 7, 2014
Latest Uganda News
It sounds weird but it is true. MakerereUniversity female students are regularly raped in lecture rooms, corridors and in bathrooms. The University police station’s chief and chief security officer, Mr Jackson Mucunguzi confirms that university girls are often raped though many of them do not want to report. He says at least five girls […]
By editor1 on February 5, 2014
Arts/Humanities Scholarships, East Africa Scholarships, Health, Undergraduate Scholarships
The Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) of Makerere University, Uganda organizes the Eastern Africa Training School on Law, Human Rights and HIV /AIDS in Kampala, Uganda. Funded by OSIEA, the two-week training school to build the capacity of African lawyers in the technical and judicial aspects of Law, Human Rights and HIV /AIDS […]
By Walakira on January 28, 2014
Latest Uganda News
Makerere University has apologized to students who have missed the institution’s 64th graduation ceremony that started on Tuesday. About 12,616 students of Makerere University will receive diplomas, degrees and master degrees in the university’s 64th graduation ceremony. Makerere University publicist Ritah Namisango says the students who have satisfied the requirements for graduation, and for […]
By Walakira on November 20, 2013
Latest Uganda News
The lecturers at Makerere University are not happy with the colonial laws being practiced by Uganda government. They ask why is it that only a handful of professions are represented on Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). It is a bizarre. They say it seems affirmative action is turning nonsense. Gerald Walulya, one of the […]
By Walakira on February 18, 2013
Degrees, Makerere University, right, Walakira Nyanzi
Education, Latest Uganda News
Makerere University Students who are involved in demonstrations protesting against the new tuition fees policy have a point. It is imperative to note that although these striking students are fighting physically for a cause, it is known inside the crevasse of their hearts that they are battling for their parents, guardians, brothers, sisters […]
By Walakira on February 18, 2013
Makerere University, politicians, strike, tuition
Education, Latest Uganda News
Police on Monday fired teargas and shot bullets into Makerere University striking students. This was the second time Makerere University students went on strike, protesting against a policy which requires them to pay over 60% of their tuition fees in the first week of the semester. According to the administration of Makerere University, the […]