Makerere University Student Commits Suicide

A fourth year Makerere University student from the School of Forestry decided to end his life over the weekend by taking poison.

It is alleged that the deceased was very depressed, which pushed him to commit suicide.

According to Mr Enoch Abein , the head of security Makerere University, Joshua Asima, a resident of Nsibirwa hall was depressed according to the note he left behind.

“I was told that he was depressed because he left a note behind that he had taken an excessive drug which took his life. His parents have been contacted and are at the city mortuary to pick the body,” Mr Abein said.

In April 2011, Francis Kigenyi, 23, a final year student of Social Sciences jumped from the 5th floor of Baskon Hostel and died instantly. The deceased left a note complaining he had trouble but no one was willing to listen to.

In November 2012, Emmanuel Kagina, a second year student at the then faculty of Arts and attached to University Hall jumped to his death from the top of Mary Stuart Hall. He had been updating his social media pages that he would commit suicide over disturbing issues.

Same date, Hassan Muganzi, a second year student of Information Technology and a resident of Nkrumah Hall, came down from the fourth floor of Mary Stuart Hall and died.

In September 2016, Ronald Abaho also a student attempted to commit suicide after losing his tuition fees to sports betting.