Students of Makerere University holding discussions at the Freedom Square grounds.

The rankings were released by a University Web Ranking 2016 which also indicated that the newly created Universities of Soroti and All Saints’ are among trailing in terms of University ranks in Uganda.

The research that was also carried out among other Universities in Africa, ranked the top 200 Universities, indicating that the first top ten Universities are all found in  South Africa with the University of Cape Town being number one on the continent followed by university of South Africa and university of Pretoria respectively.

In the East African Region however, Nairobi University is ranked as the best because as captured the 14^th position, followed by Makerere University which also scored the 18^th position.

The list shows that Soroti and All Saints universities are trailing in the last positions in Uganda, followed by Uganda Pentecostal University, St. Lawrence University, St. Augustine’s International University and Bishop Stuart University in that order at the bottom.

Besides Makerere and Ndejje as the best Universities in Uganda, the ranking indicates that Mbarara University of science and technology is 3^rd, Uganda Christian University 4^th, Kampala International University 5^th, Kyambogo University 6^th, Uganda Technology and Management Univeristy (UTAMU) 7^th, Uganda Martyrs University 8^th, Victoria University 9^th and International University of East Africa scoring the 10^th position.

Others are Islamic University in Uganda, Gulu University, Mountains of the Moon University, Bugema University, Muni University, Nkumba University, International Health Sciences University, Busitema University, Muteesa 1 Royal University, Livingstone International University, Cavendish University, Busoga University, Kampala University, Kabale University, Kumi University and African Rural University in that descending order.

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The university academic registrar Hussen Kyeyne Lukyamuzi was sacked following accusation of embezzlement while the deputy director of studies Nsozi Francis was accused of raping a female student.

The dismissal was effected by the university director Hussen Kato who asked the two to leave the university premises immediately.

The decision taken by the university director has not been welcomed by the students.

This has forced students to hold a public demonstration at their campus along Ggaba road in Kampala demanding for proof of the two officials’ wrongs.

The university student guild president Bob Muyanja says Nsozi and Lukyamuzi should immediately be restated if proof is not provided.

Efforts to get a comment from the university’s vice chancellor professor Badru Katerega were not successful as he was reported to be out of the country.

By Mugisa Isaac Mathias

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