General Salim Saleh has gave out Uganda shillings 21 million to help wipe tears of the aggrieved Makerere University students who were affected by the October, 2019 tuition increment. The compensation followed Saleh’s meeting with 15 students who were led by the guild representative councillor (GRC) for Lumumba hall, Patrick Nsamba who also doubles as […]
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Three Makerere University students have been suspended for allegedly stirring and engaging in yesterday’s tuition increment demonstrations and breaching the University Students Regulations. Mr Obbo Johnson Emmanuel, a student of Bachelor of Arts in Education, Frank Bwambale a student of Journalism and Communication and David Musiri a student of Bachelor of Office and Information Management […]
By Dan Bosco Mutaawe, Makerere university. Makerere university students have staged a strike against the recently passed tuition increment. The strike started at around 8:00am with the students chanting slogans that demand for the scrapping of the new tuition structure. A group of around forty students started off from Lumumba Hall and headed […]
Halls of Residence at Makerere university: After 10years of construction, Lumumba Hall finally opened in 1971 as the biggest Hall for male students at Makerere university campus. Lumumba Hall was named after Congo Kinshasa’s renowned freedom fighter Patrick Lumumba. Shortly after its opening, Idi Amin’s Soldiers invaded Mary Stuart hall and Lumumba students who up […]
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY: Standing next to Lumumba hall, Marry Stuart was the first hall of residence for the few women students who were admitted at Makerere University. Marry Stuart hall of residence was first opened in 1945 in a small house which currently works as the University Guest House. It was named after Mary-Stuart, wife of the […]
Accommodation at Makerere University. There are six halls of residence for male students and three for female students at Makerere university. Each student is admitted to the membership of one of the Halls of residence. Each Fresher has accordingly been attached to a Hall of Residence as indicated on the admission letter issued. Accommodation in […]