The celebration to run for four days from tomorrow will see a total of 12,555 students graduate in various disciplines.

The university’s spokesperson RitahNamisango says the anomalies earlier reported about the graduation list have been addressed.

She reveals that following two verifications 500 other Graduands who were missing have been put on the final list.

Meanwhile, Police has released traffic guidelines ahead of Makerere graduation ceremony that kicks off tomorrow.

Vehicles with red VIP stickers will access the university through the main gate and park at Jica and chapel grounds.

University officials will park at the faculty of science and statistics grounds.

Graduands will enter through the Eastern gate and park at Nsibirwa and Nkurumah parking grounds.

Those who want who enter through the Eastern gate will only access the university premises through Wandegeya and Gayaza round about.

Graduands from the northern route are also advised to use Sir Apollo Kaggwa and enter through the western gate.

These will park at the faculty of technology and food science and the chapel grounds.

Police spokesman Kampala metropolitan, IbinSsenkumbi says that traffic officers will be in plenty to guide motorists.

Senkumbi however advises Bodaboda cyclists to avoid using routes near the university.

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Those arrested include FDC’s Kiiza Besigye, City lord mayor Elias Lukwago and his deputy as well as the 4GC coordinator Mathias Mpuuga.

The members of the opposition under the For God and My Country pressure group had lined up several activities for the launch of the walk to freedom campaign including a visit to the new taxi park.

They had also planned to hold a rally at the constitutional square which has been blocked by the police on grounds that it is illegal.

The group says the activities are in commemoration of the country’s golden jubilee.

However the police say no such activities can be allowed to take place at a time when the country is facing serious terror threats.

The city lord Mayor Elias Lukwago was arrested as he attempted to a address a crowd at Namayiba taxi park.

The police fired teargas to disperse the crowd before whisking Lukwago way to the central police station.

Earlier Lukwago had been arrested and placed under preventive arrest at his home in Wakaliga but he eluded the police and managed to proceed to Namayiba taxi park.

Forum for Democratic Change leader Dr. Kiiza Besigye was arrested from Kisenyi as made his way to the new taxi park.

Besigye too, had earlier eluded police from his home in Kasangati where officers had been deployed to reportedly prevent him from leaving his house.

The 4GC coordinator Matthias Mpuuga was also arrested this morning at his home in Lungujja and later taken to Kiira Road Police station where he was held briefly and later released without charge.

The protests to have now spread to Masaka district where the residents are protesting the arrest of their member of parliament

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The former Ugandan boxer based in US returned to Uganda a few years back and promised to enrich all local boxers by connecting them to rich US promoters like Don King.

He also promised to build a multimillion US dollar boxing academy in Entebbe sub district. Many people doubted whether he had all the money needed to run a boxing academy.

Today afternoon our informers got a surprise of the day when he was seen running after a taxi in Old Taxi Park and we wondered whether the former international boxer is still rich.

By James Okello

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