NCHE (The National Council for Higher Education) has appointed Makerere University’s Dr. Vincent Ssembatya as the Director for Quality Assurance. Dr. Ssembatya’s appointment was confirmed by his ecstatic boss; Vice Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe in a tweet. Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe tweeted to confirm Dr. Ssembatya’s appointment. “I congratulate Mak Don Dr. Vincent Ssembatya […]
Makerere University has suspended an associate professor, who recently led a doctoral student in seeking the intervention of Education minister and First Lady, Ms Janet Museveni. Dr. Jude Ssempebwa, a lecturer at Makerere University, has been suspended by Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe for seeking the intervention of the country’s First Lady in a dispute with his superiors. According to […]
Hannah Karema was crowned the winner of the Miss Uganda 2023/2024 beauty pageant at the finale held at UMA Multipurpose Hall on Saturday 18th March 2023. Miss Uganda pageant was last held in 2019 before Covid-19 hit, disrupting the annual event. The show was hosted by Mitch Egwang and pregnant Anita Fabiola, revellers got to witness […]
The 88th Guild Government under the stewardship of H.E Alionzi Lawrence Dangote has been formally disbanded to pave way for a new team. Makerere University Dean of Students Winifred Kabumbuli confirmed the dissolution of the 88th Guild Cabinet and Guild Representative Council in a letter addressed to the student’s community. “I am writing to inform […]
TikTok’s high speed rise from place video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has brought plenty of scrutiny, particularly over its links to China. Researchers at NewsGuard, a journalism and technology tool that tracks online information, searched TikTok and Google this month for information on major news topics such as the 2020 presidential election, the […]
Makerere University usually admits 14,000 private undergraduate students each academic year. In the Academic year, Makerere reduced undergraduate admissions by 1,200, which also happened in the Academic yr 2022/2023, and the same is happening in the Academic yr 2023/2024. The numbers to be slashed are of undergraduate students pursuing diplomas or first degrees in humanities […]
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and Mastercard Foundation recently held the second annual Women’s Day Katale event at the UMA Multi-purpose Hall on March 10-11, 2023. The event’s objective was to recognize the potential and contribution of women and girls as entrepreneurs and to empower them. At the Women’s Day Katale event, attendees had […]
The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero struggled to provide accountability documents to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Central Governments). Dr. Musenero alongside the State House Controller, Jane Barekye on Tuesday appeared before the committee that is considering the Auditor General’s forensic investigation report into COVID-19 funds received and expended by the Ministry […]