Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff at Makerere University have started a fundraising drive for the welfare and legal costs of the suspended academic staff association chairperson, Dr Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi. Associate Professor Edward Nector Mwavu, the interim leader of the Makerere University Academic Staff Association –MUASA says that …
Read More »Mak Appointments Board Revises Kamunyu’s Suspension
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Appointments Board has revised its ruling against the Academic Staff Association (MUASA) leader, Dr Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi. While the Board’s initial ruling on Monday was to suspend Kamunyu for six months without pay, the revised ruling considers half pay for the staff …
Read More »Mak appointments board suspends Kamunyu for 6 months without pay
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Appointments Board has agreed to suspend Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi, the Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) chairperson for six (6) months without pay, The committee probing the earlier suspension of Dr. Kamunyu and the five counts brought against him by the University …
Read More »Makerere extends semester amidst student protests
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has extended this semester for one more week to compensate for lost time during the February staff strike. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, communicated the decision “All exams have been moved to start on Saturday 4th May, 2019,” he said. He …
Read More »Makerere University lifts MUASA boss suspension
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The suspension of Dr Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi, the chairperson of Makerere University Academic Staff Association –MUASA has been lifted. This follows a consent judgement before High Court Judge Justice Lydia Mugambe on Wednesday. Dr Kamunyu had sued Makerere University and the Vice-chancellor Prof. Barnabas …
Read More »Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi: I cannot kneel before man
`My biggest fear is if the unlawful suspension sets a precedent that is allowed to undermine the association and rights of workers’ INTERVIEW | AGNES E NANTABA | Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi (PhD) is the chairperson of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA). He is also the Publicity Secretary for the …
Read More »Mak woes blamed on University council, management
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Staff Associations of Makerere University have blamed Makerere University disputes over the fusion between University council and management. The staff associations; Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), Makerere Administrative Staff Association (MASA) and the National Union of Education Institutions (NUEI) were on …
Read More »Mak staff appeals tribunal composition causes two month’s stalemate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Staff Appeals Tribunal has not had any business for the last two months since it isn’t fully constituted. This follows the expiry of the term of office of the former University council led by Eng. Dr. Charles Wana- Etyem on December …
Read More »Speaker Kadaga meets Prof. Nawangwe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has met the Makerere University Vice-chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe. The closed-door meeting between the two and a few other Parliament officials took place on Friday at the Speaker’s boardroom. When asked by URN in a telephone interview about the …
Read More »Makerere University council quashes probe on suspended staff
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An emergency meeting of the Makerere University Council, a supreme governing organ of the University has rejected the committees established to investigate matters arising out of staff suspensions over conflict of interest. The meeting directed that the probe committees halt their operations and hand over …
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