Inside Anna Adeke Ebaju’s vision for Makerere University. Her election as the 79th Makerere and fourth female Guild president after Juliana Norah,Sarah Kagingo and Susan Abbo was greeted with euphoria and excitement. Her staunch supporters coined for her all sorts of names.The Iron lady,The Visionary and The Messiah. Anna Adeke enjoyed honey moon as she […]
Has Makerere university gone to the dogs or the dogs have come to Makerere university? This is the question that has been intriguing me for a good time. How do we reconcile this paradox. Perhaps it’s the task this article intends to resolve and fix. Makerere university has indeed gone to the dogs since this […]
My view on Obama-Museven over the signing of homosexuality bill. It’s almost four years when I witnessed religious leaders in the Eastern region of Uganda denounce homosexuality during a demonstration held in Mbale district at Malukhu grounds where speaker after speaker bashed homosexuality on April 24, 2010. Running a story titled Mbale Pastors in anti-gay […]
I congratulate my team members OMG! My team has been chosen to represent Makerere University and Uganda in President Bill Clinton’s USD $ 1 million Hult prize competition for social entrepreneurial innovation. I congratulate my team members Dr. Aloysius Ssennyonjo , Enap Adim Dennis – LLB 2, Hawa Nakandi – MBChBV and Kay Carol Achak – LLB 1. Our next step is to […]
End of year is a festive season to eat, drink and make merry but more important spend time with family. As the New Year begins, there is a lot of excitement and new year resolutions. At times we fail to look back to see what has transpired in our lives and to learn from these […]
By Prof. J.C.Ssekamwa, Ph.D. Dip. Ed. The enthusiasm for starting private universities in Uganda became a reality in 1990 when Mr. Kironde Kigozi supported by the Namirembe Diocese boldly opened Ndejje University in 1990. Uganda Martyrs University at Nkozi followed in 1992 soon to be joined by Nkumba University in 1994. As I write now […]
By Prof. Waswa Balunya Last night the Rotaract club of Nakawa MUBS gave me a vocational award in recognition of what they called my contribution to the community. I have been recognized by different Rotary groups and I have appreciated the Rotary club though I have never become a member. Rotary is a wonderful organization […]
On behalf of the UCU community and our publics, we regret that our students were involved in a sex tape that was released on social media and whose resulting story was published in The Red Pepper newspaper among other media. We do want to point out that the circulating stories are not accurate. The True […]