In the third quarter of last financial year, (March this year), the students of Makerere University staged a strike over their unpaid internship cash.

The Police was heavily deployed to quell the strike. The police under the instructions of its inspector general, Kale Kayihura commanded beat students and one of the victims was a first year Computer Science student Nevis Namazzi.

Ms Namazzi was found in her room D18 at Douglas Villa Hostel in Kikoni. Her knee was shattered and her laptop, phone and other property were severely damaged reportedly by men in Uganda police uniform.

Until now she is lame and moving on clutches. Ms Namazzi says she met Kayihura twice who pledged to pay for her property and medical bills.

But up to date, Kayihura is tossing her around with unbecoming promises. However, Namazzi has registered her case through the Students Advocacy Forum (SAFO) to help her get justice.

SAFO is now calling upon human rights agencies and students to join them as they go with Namazzi in solidarity for a sit down hunger strike at the police Head Quarters on Friday 28th September 2012.

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Francis Xavier Kigeni, a 3^rd year student of Social Sciences reportedly jumped to his death on Monday as the police and army battled other Uganda protesters against the rising cost of living.

The Spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police, Ibin Ssenkumbi told journalists that Higenyi was due for an exam on Monday but didn’t appear, which prompted his friends to mount a search for him.

On searching, Kigeni was found dead having thrown himself from the top floor of his hall of residence, Baskon. Senkumbi says Kigeni left a suicide note indicating that he had decided to end his life because he cannot afford to meet his basic necessities and that his life was hopeless.

Kigeni is alleged to have stated in the suicide note that he had tried to innovate ways to meet his basic life needs, but he is no longer hopeful of being able to meet his needs.

Kigeni was staying in the same room with his tow brothers. One of the brothers, Emmanuel Kisadha told police that Kigeni was acting strange in recent times.

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