Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three teenage students heading to Ndejje SS to get their recently released Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results have perished in a car crash. A fourth is in intensive care at Mulago. The four students, one of who was reportedly driving the Toyata Brevis, …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Mukono High Court Judge Margret Mutonyi Wednesday ordered Uganda Christian University to pay 20 million shillings to two law students it unlawfully expelled two years back. Simon Ssemuwemba and Yasin Ssentumbwe dragged the university to Court in April 2016, accusing the University of expelling them …
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THIS WEEK: Medical students want exams cancelled Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As government and striking doctors failed to reach an agreement to end industrial action, students studying medicine at Makerere University on Nov.20 asked that the semester be ended because they were not having lectures anymore. During a meeting …
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THIS WEEK: KIU students in nasty accident Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six students of Kampala International University (KIU) on Nov.04 perished in a road accident along Kampala – Gulu highway in Nakasongola. Other students who all belonged to Banyarwanda students association sustained serious injuries when a commuter taxi they …
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Buganda Road Court on Friday granted bail to four Makerere University students who had been jailed for participating in a unlawful assembly. Chief Magistrate Jamson Karemani released Paul Kato, Edmond Mugabi, Crispus Wasswa and Ronald Ainebyona on a non-cash bond of sh5 million each. They spent one month on remand …
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NBS: The Makerere University Convocation has broken its silence on the alleged sexual harassment of female students by the academic staff saying it is an aspect of negligence of the university policies. These have given the university one week to pronounce it’s self on the different sex related cases that …
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By Ronald Musoke Prof. Nelson Sewankambo, the President of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) talked to Ronald Musoke about why the way science is taught in secondary school needs to change. Why do we continue seeing high failure rates in core science subjects 10 years since the government …
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The recently released Makerere University Private Admissions list has revealed that out of the 136 districts in Uganda, 24 districts failed to send a single student to the University. 17002 students were admitted for the new academic year that starts on August 15th. Charles Ssentongo, the Deputy Academic Registrar in …
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By Julius Businge MTN Uganda has received the 2013 most preferred employer award according to a survey carried out among University graduates in Uganda; the group surveyed form a selection of University students that will soon be joining formal employment. According to the survey carried out by International Association of …
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s By Stephen Kafeero The Rwandan Ambassador to Uganda H.E Frank Mugambagye has refuted claims attributed to Rwandan students who fled to Uganda in pursuit of asylum, that they were being conscripted into the M23 rebel group among others as baseless and ridiculous. The diplomat who was speaking to the …
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