MakerereUniversity administration has threatened to expel over 500 students following Monday’s violent strike in which dozens of students were injured and the Anti-riot Police fired tear gas and life animations to disperse.

The striking students engaged in running battles with the Police and other security detectives protesting MakerereUniversity’s new directive to have 50% of their tuition fees paid before March.

The angry students stormed the University’s main building while waving placards inscribed “we need more time to pay tuition, we are tired of NRM government, Makerere University administration is expired,’’ among other wordings. By the time our reporters left the university police patrol vehicles were patrolling the campus and the policemen were beating whoever they expected to be part of the strike.

But it should also be understood that majority of the students who participated in the strike were from Primary/Secondary schools where they pay more than what they pay at Makerere University and always pay 100% before they report.

Critics and analysts argue that at times the students need to holistically look at some issues before they strike/riot. There are two semesters at MakerereUniversity in a year spread over 4 months.

The police also caused excitement by trying to chase the striking students around the campus and this is what led the strike to progress into full blown riot.

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Lyomoki was ordered to pay 10 million shillings not cash and his sureties will pay 20million shillings not cash.

Dr. Sam Lyomoki addressing journalists at Parliament

He has also been ordered to deposit his passport at court.

Mps Gerald Karuhanga, Barnabas Tinkasimire and Muwanga Kivumbi stood surety for him.

He appeared before chief magistrate Margaret Khainza who charged him with disobedience of the law and failure to attend to a police officer as directed.

The case has been adjourned to the 13th of February 2013.

Lyomoki was arrested after he defied police summons to explain statements he allegedly made related to the death of former Butaleja MP Cerinah Nebanda.

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The teachers want government to allocate 20% of the national budget to the education sector as a special package for the celebrations to mark 50 years of independence.

According to the Chairperson of Uganda National Teachers’ Union, Margaret Rwabushaija, this will help improve the quality of education over the next 50 years.

She says inadequate facilitation and poor remuneration affects the teachers’ morale which in turn impacts negatively on the quality of the graduates.

This she says has a direct effect on the level of the country’s economic development

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Wakiso district has resolved to grab the property of the poor people who have failed to pay ground fees and property tax, David Naluwayiro, the district Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) has said.

According to Naluwayiro, many people in Wakiso have failed to pay ground fees and property tax. He says they have failed to pay these taxes for the last three years.

Naluwayiro says that it’s a must that all land owners and property owners have to pay taxes according to the laws of the land.

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Why Ugandans should not support Bishop Ssentamu to head the Anglican Church even if he is a Ugandan, as long as Bishop Ssentamu believes and even went to extent of removing his dog collar that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has done more and worse crimes against his people and humanity than his family friend President Museven of Ugandanhe deserves on support from us.

I challenge Ssentamu to tell the world one thing that Mugabe has done that Museven and his bush war crooks have not done. If this man Ssentamu is not working for western powers and or has personal vendetta or hatred against Mugabe the person, let me tell Ssentamu that the latest thing Museven has done is forcing poor Ugandans who have continuously refused to vote for him in Kampala out of the city and destroying their businesses.

When Mugabe did it you talked because and after your pay masters in London condemned it the only small difference is that in Uganda it affected black people and more so your tribe-mates the Baganda. In Zimbabwe it also affected white people who are also relatives of your pay masters in UK and the western world- Shame on you Mr. Sentamu to pretend that you love Zimbabweans more than your fellow Ugandans. I think Museven is worse than Mugabe because his crimes moves beyond boarders and countries and many are graving because of him.

Recently the international court of Justice found Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, for arming Sierra Leone’s rebels and pronounced him guilty of aiding and abetting of war crimes or crimes against humanity. But he was acquitted of criminal responsibility and “joint enterpise” the civil war claimed 120,000 lives. What does this require of you Ssentamu where Museven has accepted, confessed & bragged openly to arming, aiding and abetting more than two wars, one in Rwanda claiming over a million lives, another in DR. Congo claiming more than 7 millions and still counting not to talk about the more than 300,000 death in Northern Uganda. Where is fairness & justice in this world if there is any God any where then you should not be God’s messanger.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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The high court is preparing to fix the hearing of the case in which the wife to city lawyer, Enock Barata, is requesting the court to order Kampala socialite, Clare Grace Katima to pay for damages of eloping with her husband. The case is no 15 of 2012 registered at the high court family division.

The family division of the high court is located at crusader house in Kampala. This case was filed by Barata himself after his official wife questioned why he had left his home for a woman who is like Uganda’s city animal Bad Black.

When the man was questioned by his wife, he left his home near Lubowa on Entebbe road and went to stay somewhere, reportedly with Grace Clare Katima. The man then filed a divorce case. In retaliation, the wife also filed a counter case at the same court accusing Clare of eloping with her husband. So very soon the case will be fixed and the pals to Clare whom she reportedly grabbed their lovers have ganged up with Barata’s wife to testify against her. The source in court confirmed that they have already received a list of over 10 women who knows Clare very well right from Makerere University who also complained that she eloped their husbands.

One of her old friends whom they were with at Makerere told our snoops that Clare right from her university days has been eloping with her friends’ husbands and many times she uses juju to win their hearts.

This old friend of Clare says that she has already vowed to testify against her if the court fixes the case. This old friend also says that while they were there at Makerere, Clare grabbed her man and made her fail her marriage.

This media house has been writing about this gal before. Mid last year, Katima reportedly disorganized the marriage of Kasami and Kasami divorced his wife after only three months of marriage. So Katima’s friends tell us that after breaking down Kasami’s marriage she is now at Barata’s.

Ms Clare no body is trailing you but it is only your acts which do attract our snoops in the field to follow you up.

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We have been told that of recent there has been staff exodus at the daily monitor over little pay. So the nation group of companies has come out to curb the exodus. In a period of less than two weeks three editors at the daily monitor resigned their posts.

The editors who resigned were of Full woman magazine, Eunice of health and Lindah of Homes quit.

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A source in the finance ministry tells our news desk that 4 billion shillings have been put aside to do the work.

The former workers of the NRM secretariat have been complaining that the government had failed to p[ay their terminal benefits and arrears amounting to Five billion shillings.

A highly placed source in the finance ministry has told this journalist that the staff of the defunct NRM secretariat spread throughout the country is to receive the benefits in December this year.

Some of the former staff members to be paid according on the list are Kirunda Kivejinja, Zam Nalugya, Ofwono Opondo, Ikuya Magode, and Henry Matsiko among others.

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Study Subject(s): Law
Course Level: Research
Scholarship Provider: The Center for the Study of Law and Society
Scholarship can be taken at: USA

Eligibility:
1. Applicants normally must possess a Ph.D. or J.D. (or foreign equivalent).
2. Applicants must submit a full curriculum vitae.
3. Applicants must submit a letter describing their proposed program of research or study, specifying the time period they wish to be in residence at the Center. Applicants must pursue a program of research or study which is of mutual interest to faculty members at the Center for the Study of Law and Society.
4. Applicants must indicate their source of funding while visiting Berkeley, e.g. sabbatical pay, scholarship, government funding, personal funds, etc. Unfortunately, the Center cannot offer stipends or other financial assistance. Monthly minimum requirements for foreign exchange scholars are: $1600 per month for the J-1 scholar, $500 per month for the J-2 spouse, $200 per month for each J-2 child.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes

Scholarship Description: The Center for the Study of Law and Society invites applications for visiting scholars for 2011-2012. The Center fosters empirical research and theoretical analysis concerning legal institutions, legal processes, legal change, and the social consequences of law. Closely linked to the School of Law, CSLS creates a multidisciplinary milieu with a faculty of distinguished socio-legal scholars in sociology of law, political science, criminal justice studies, law and economics, legal history, law and psychology, and legal and social philosophy, along with visiting socio-legal scholars from the United States and around the world.

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Scholarship Application Deadline: November 14, 2011

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