Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has suspended hearing of cases in which three students were suspended for participating in the strike against fees increment. The students are Dhabona Job- Bachelor of Community Psychology, Mutatina Seiz- Bachelor of Commerce and Frank Bwambale pursuing a Bachelor of Journalism and Communication. …
Read More »From LRA jungle to Mak: A former child soldier’s graduation ordeal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen years ago, Samuel Obedgiu was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army. At only 11 years, he was a child soldier, with nothing ahead of him but a future filled with darkness and hopelessness. Born January 14, 1995, at St Joseph Hospital Kitgum Mission …
Read More »Janet asks MAK to investigate low female student numbers pursuing Masters and PhDs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni has tasked Makerere University officials to investigate why few women graduated this year at the postgraduate level. While the university had more women graduating on the overall, fewer women are graduating at higher levels of …
Read More »Makerere secures 15,000 graduation gowns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has secured 15,000 graduation gowns for the 70th graduation ceremony. Addressing the students on the first of the four days of graduation held on Tuesday, the Vice-Chancellor of Makerere University Prof Barnabas Nawangwe said that the university was able to procure all …
Read More »Makerere students issue ultimatum for issuance of graduation gowns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University students guild has given the university management an ultimatum of the close of business today, to ensure all graduating students receive their gowns, or they block the graduation ceremony. The 70th graduation ceremony which is scheduled to start on Tuesday, January 14 …
Read More »Mak don applauds Uganda’s oil laws
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University, University law Don, Joe Oloka Onyango has given Uganda’s oil management laws a thumbs up for distributing powers to different agencies charged with managing the country’s oil revenues, a move that could deter maladministration. Reviewing Uganda’s oil legal regime for a chapter in …
Read More »First Rotary Peace centre in Africa opened at Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first Rotary Peace Centre in Africa has opened at Makerere University. Under the new Peace Centre which is to be hosted by the Makerere’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rotary and Makerere University will start offering a postgraduate certificate program to peace …
Read More »We’re disappointed over importation of gowns –Prof. Nawangwe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has expressed disappointment over the importation of graduation gowns from China. On Wednesday, URN broke a story quoting Makerere University officials confirm that they had secured 7,000 out of the more than 13,000 gowns required for the …
Read More »Makerere secures 7000 graduation gowns from China
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has finally secured 7,000 graduation gowns, out of the more than 13,000 required for the 70th graduation ceremonies scheduled for next week. The arrival of the consignment was confirmed by the Academic Registrar Alfred Masikye Namoah in a report to the Ceremonies …
Read More »Makerere University officials on the spot over non-disclosure of investments
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Top Makerere University officials are on spot for allegedly refusing to disclose information regarding the institution’s investment deals to auditors. The Audit Committee of Council headed by Counsel Kiryowa Kiwanuka has asked that the matters regarding the non-disclosures by the officials be forwarded to …
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