Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Law School is seeking financial independence to run the proposed Executive Bachelor of Laws Programme that is scheduled to start next month. Students enrolling on the program will be paying a whooping Shillings 5M per semester compared to the Shillings 1.7 million for …
Read More »No money for feeding gov’t students– Mak bursar
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government sponsored students at Makerere university will have to wait a little longer as management finds money for food and their living out allowances for semester two, the Acting Bursar, Lubowa Ssebina Gyaviira has revealed. Students reported for the new semester on January 18, …
Read More »Mak students doubt success of zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Efforts to address sexual harassment at Makerere University are not succeeding due to lack of trust by the students, experts have revealed. Dr Josephine Ahikire, an associate professor of Gender Studies and the Acting Principal of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), …
Read More »Mak Search Committee reviews process of appointing Heads of Colleges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Search Committee for Principals and Deputy Principals at Makerere University has reviewed the process of appointing Heads of Colleges at the institution. In the review, the search committee has adopted three members of the public to help in selecting the next heads of units. …
Read More »Corruption has turned Uganda into a dark country – Prof. Suruma
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Ezra Suruma, the Chancellor of Makerere University has expressed worries over the deteriorating levels of integrity in the country and the rampant corruption. Suruma made the remarks on Friday while presiding over the fourth session of the 70th graduation ceremony of Makerere University. The …
Read More »PPDA opens audit in Makerere University gowns procurement deal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) has opened an audit into the Makerere University graduation gowns to ascertain whether all the guidelines on local procurement were followed. Uthman Ssegawa, the PPDA acting executive director, told reporters in Kampala on Thursday …
Read More »Hearing of case against suspended Mak students deferred
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 …
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