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Brutality: Uganda police shoots university students in legs

    At least 18 students from Makerere University who were arrested on Monday this week during a students’ strike over tuition fees were sent to Luzira Upper Prison until next week. Among the students sent Luzira include Makerere University Councilor Bernard Luyiga, who on Tuesday collapsed from a Police Cell in Kampala. The suspects […]

UN-HABITAT announces Internships for Undergraduates

UN-HABITAT Internships: UN-HABITAT is the United Nations agency for human settlements, mandated to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. UN-HABITAT offers internships in Nairobi, Kenya for undergraduate and graduate university students. The internships have a duration of three to six months and are on […]

Professor Venansious Baryamureba escapes being thrown in trench by students

Makerere University Acting vice Chancellor Prof. Venansious Baryamureba escaped being thrown in a trench by angry university students from Nsibirwa hall of residence. The students were demonstrating over poor sanitation in their toilets and internship money. When they went to demand for an explanation why the toilets could not be fixed and why they could […]

Makerere University students again demonstrate over money

Makerere University students have violently demonstrated on the roads around their institution of learning because they have not been paid their faculty allowances and internship allowance. The demonstration made the police to heavily deploy at all the gates of Makerere University, schools, colleges and offices for fear that the rioting students would burn them. The […]

Makerere University students move to impeach councilor Luyiga

Less than two months after the Lord Mayor ofKampala, Erias Lukwago appointed Kawempe Male councilor, Sulaiman Kidandala as his deputy; problems have sparked off for councilor Bernard Luyiga fromMakerereUniversity. The students say that on Wednesday this week when Lukwago was addressing a meeting of councilors, Bernard Luyiga’s body guard attempted to sassinate Lukwago.  It should […]

Makerere University students to sue prof. Baryamureba

The students of MakerereUniversity have demanded the Vice Chancellor of  Makerere University, prof. Venancious Baryamureba and his deputies to vacate their respective offices alleging that they are acting illegally. The public standing orders provides that a public officer will act in an acting capacity for only six months of which the Vice chancelor and his […]