Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public University Joint Admissions Board (Pujab) has recovered electronic application forms for over 103,000 senior six leavers that went missing two weeks ago. The Board experienced a technical glitch which led to the crashing of the servers and eventually losing all the students data. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has come out to streamline human resource. In recent years, Makerere has faced a series of human resource-related challenges and clashes most of which have failed to be addressed internally and have ended up in courts of law. This …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Dr. Andrew Bashaija has directed Makerere University to pay Shillings 115 million as salary arrears and emolument to Associate Professor Charles Niwagaba. The directive stems from an application filled by Prof. Niwagaba challenging his suspension from the University for alleged failure to submit student’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Makerere University has arrested more than 70 youth found allegedly loitering at the main campus. They were picked from different parts of the university following a two-day operation, according to Jude Masingano Eliphaz, the officer in charge of operations at the main …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Makerere University has asked officers of the Uganda Police Force to start arresting individuals accessing and idling around the main campus. Professor William Bazeyo, the acting Deputy Vice Chancellor (Finance and Administration) made the stern warning and announcement to all staff …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Makerere University Research fellow, Dr. Stella Nyanzi says she will not rest until she is allowed back at Uganda’s highest institution of learning. She is one of the 45 Makerere University employees who were laid off by the Appointments Board in December 2018. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University vice-chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has ordered Observer newspaper columnist Yusuf Serunkuma Kajura to desist from making ‘malicious attacks’ on officers of the university in the media and on other social platforms. In a letter dated March 10 written to Serunkuma who is also …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stephen Tumutegyereize, a former Makerere University lecturer who was dismissed with disgrace is seeking to overturn the decision citing unfair termination of his contract. Tumutegyereize is among 45 Makerere university employees who were sacked in December 2018 by the University Appointments Board. The decision to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University is in a dilemma to find money to pay 121 staff whose salary arrears have accumulated to Shillings 14.6 billion in the past one year. The affected include 73 administrative staff recruited by the University Appointments Board in 2018 but are not …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Council has set a precedent, contradicting its own earlier provisions for the appointment of Principals of constituent Colleges. Recently, the search committee dropped several professors in the College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) on grounds of lack of proof for a PhD. Previously, one would …
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