Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University is on the lookout for a new Human Resource Director following the resignation of its subsistence Director, Safina Naggayi in February this year. Naggayi, who had served the university from September 2017, resigned her position on February 1st, 2021. She bid farewell to …
Read More »Gulu university academic staff strike over salary increment
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Academic staff at Gulu University have laid down their tools to push for salary increment. The over lecturers under their umbrella Gulu University Academic Staff Association (GUASA) laid down their tools this morning, saying they will not resume until they receive communication from the government. …
Read More »Gulu University elections tribunal adjourns hearing of petition
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University students’ elections tribunal has adjourned the hearing of the election petition by the former guild aspirant Thomas Lapyem Awany. Lapyem demanded fresh elections over allegations of irregularities. He claimed that the election was unconstitutional and breached Articles 15, 16 and 93 of the …
Read More »Former Gulu university guild aspirant demands fresh elections
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 …
Read More »Gulu university to amend guild constitution ahead of elections
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu University Council will amend some sections of the Students’ Guild Constitution to allow for virtual elections. The proposed amendment follows the postponement of the guild elections that was slated on 26th January. The exercise was supposed to be conducted by online voting but …
Read More »Gulu university requires UGX 100 million to operationalise traditional medicines clinic
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The faculty of Bio-Technology and Pharmaceutical Studies at Gulu University is hunting for Shillings 100 million to fully operationalize its traditional medicine clinic. In 2017, the institution initiated the traditional medicines unit to help the community get alternative treatment when the conventional medicine is out …
Read More »Government partners with Gulu University to boost operation wealth creation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has entered into a partnership with Gulu University to help boost operation wealth creation in Northern Uganda. General Salim Saleh, the Operation Wealth Creation National Coordinator told Uganda Radio Network – URN in an interview on Friday that the partnership seeks to address ways …
Read More »President Museveni fulfills UGX 100M pledge to Gulu University staff SACCO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has fulfilled the 100 million shillings pledge he promised the Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization – SACCO of Gulu University staff. The President made the pledge in January this year while officiating at the University’s 15th graduation ceremony that took place …
Read More »Gulu university closes out 60 students over COVID-19 guidelines
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University has turned away 60 of its students for failing to comply with the COVID19 guidelines. James Ojok Onono, the University Public Relations Officer says the 60 have not undergone management training on COVID 19 for acceptance in to the University according to the …
Read More »Gulu University lecturer ranked top aspergillosis expert in Africa
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Felix Bongomin, a lecturer in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University has been ranked top aspergillosis expert in Africa according to the latest medical experts ranking website, Experts Scape. Aspergillosis is a group of disorders caused by a …
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