Makerere University has set goals to launch a bachelor degree in Chinese and Asian studies in the academic year 2019/2020. According to the Dean school of languages and literature and communication, Prof. Aaron Mushengyezi, the degree programme is vital especially as the University is already offering the language under Bachelor of Arts degree. “This means a […]
Dr Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro, the first woman to graduate at university level in East and Central Africa has died. Dr Nyendwoha graduated from Oxford University with a BA (Hon) in History in 1954. She has been battling several illnesses since the beginning of this year and died on Monday while being taken to Mengo hospital. […]
Makerere university researcher and women activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi has been re-summoned by the Makerere University Appointments Board on allegations of insulting First Lady Janet Museveni in 2017. The board accuses Nyanzi of commiting cyber crime by using her social media pages especially facebook to direct abusive words towards the first lady who also doubles as the Education minister. […]
Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) is looking for a transaction advisor to guide the development of a multi-user storage terminal in Kampala. The state-owned company acquired land on the outskirts of Kampala for a $70-million terminal that will serve as a distribution centre for imported petroleum products. The terminal will have an initial capacity of […]
The Uganda Christian University electoral commission has released a list of the eligible candidates for the guild race. the Guild general elections on Friday. A total of 52 guild aspirants managed to pass through the filtering stage and are to compete in an elections on Friday. Only one female and two male aspirants were proved […]
Four Uganda Christian University students were on Saturday arrested for allegedly smoking shisha in the Cassablanca, Mukono, a known spot for shisha smokers. The anti tobacco operations was jointly made by the Uganda National Health Consumers Organisation (UNHCO) and the police under the Tobacco Control Act 2015. The students have been taken to Mukono Police Station […]
A photo of Makerere university guild president, Papa Were Salim, being pulled ruthlessly by police officer during a strike has won the journalism award. The photo was announced as the overall winner at the 2018 Uganda Press Photo Award (UPPA) competitions that were hosted at The Square Place in Industrial Area, Kampala on Thursday. The picture […]
Ugandan rapper Daniel Lubwama Kigozi alias Navio engaged in a fight with a female student of Makerere University at one Atmosphere bar in Kololo, Kampala. Carol claims that the singer flashed her with an elbow as she tried to block him fro entering into the bar. This angered the female student who demanded for an […]