Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University management is set to hold meetings with student leaders over their grievances against the University Guild President Thomas Lapyem Awany. The student leaders last week resolved to expel Lapyem from holding functions of the Guild President and transferred the powers to his vice, …
Read More »Thomas Lapyem wins Gulu University guild presidential race
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thomas Lapyem Awany, a third-year law student has been elected as the new Gulu University Guild President. Lapyem was declared winner of the hotly contested guild presidential election at about 10:55pm on Thursday night defeating three other contenders. Lapyem garnered 1,201 votes, while his closest …
Read More »Gulu University elections tribunal dismisses petition
Former guild aspirant Thomas Lapyem Awany filed an election petition seeking fresh guild elections citing irregularities Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University elections tribunal has dismissed an election petition filed by the former guild aspirant Thomas Lapyem Awany. In his petition, Lapyem demanded fresh elections over allegations of irregularities. He …
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 …
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