Tag Archives: Guild elections

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University students and former guild leaders have expressed concern about the organization of guild elections which will be conducted virtually. Unlike past elections, all activities including campaigns, debates, voting, and tallying will be handled virtually as stated in the new Makerere Student’s Guild Statute …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs an application in which four Makerere University students wanted an interim order restraining the institution from continuing to enforce its decision to suspend the students’ leadership. The students are: Joshua Muhwezi, Shamim Nambassa, Kelvin Joshua Luyombya, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Makerere University students have sued the University Council over the suspension of the guild elections. In July, the University council suspended the students guild and indefinitely deferred elections for the university’s 88th guild president after Betungura Bewatte, a student of Uganda Christian University (UCU) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has called for written proposals from other stakeholders to reform guild electoral processes. The stakeholders include students, staff, and alumni among others. A July 28th letter authored by Associate Professor Helen Nambalirwa Nkabala, the Chairperson of the Makerere University Select review committee calls …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 15th, 2022, Makerere University Council resolved to suspend the guild elections following chaotic campaigns that led to the death of Bewotti Batungura, a law student from Uganda Christian University-UCU. Batungura bled to death after being pierced with a broken bottle in the neck …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University council has abandoned online voting for the next guild elections. This follows complaints from some students who cited the lack of a provision for electronic voting and regulations governing the process. In a letter addressed to the Guild Electoral Commission on Thursday, Winfred …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A former contestant in the February 14th Gulu University Guild Elections, Thomas Lapyem Awany, has petitioned the student’s Election Tribunal demanding for fresh elections over allegations of irregularities. On Sunday last week, the students elected Herbert Ayiko from the Faculty of Medicine in a contest …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Christian University- UCU students have called for fresh guild elections citing irregularities in the online voting system.  UCU conducted online elections for guild leaders for Mukono and Kampala campuses on Wednesday using a new app named ‘e-Chagua’, conjoined from a Kiswahili word meaning voting.  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Christian University-UCU has embarked on the process of conducting students’ guild elections using its own e-voting application named ‘e-Chagua,’ conjoined from a Kiswahili word meaning ‘choose’. The university is expected to conduct the voting exercise on November 16. The submission of applications by …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kyambogo Guild Elections have been suspended indefinitely.  In a statement issued by Mildred Tibananuka, the Kyambogo University Dean of students on Wednesday, the elections will be held in a months time.  According to Tibananuka, the elections which were supposed to be held today were …