There was drama at the Ugandan Parliament last week when some youths pulled out two piglets that were painted in yellow and dropped them at the Parliamentary House while demonstrating against alleged massive corruption by some Members of Parliament. The two youths were arrested by Parliamentary security and detained. The were dressed in T-Shirts with […]
She thought the lecture room had migrated, indeed she was lost. I always thought it was only toddlers who could get lost. The other groups I had exempted from not getting lost were those who take the M-Pigs to parliament because of unemployment, the members who belong to the Drunkards Association who mistake enguuli for bushera, the villagers who […]
Public Universities Joint Admission Board (PUJAB): Students With Disability who applied for admission to PUJAB under the disability scheme are required to appear for a medical review exercise at Makerere University, Senate Building, Level 2, Conference Hall. “Only those who have the minimum entry requirements of at least two principal passes at A’Level and at […]
Imagining she is talking about sheet…as in sheets… But somehow it couldn’t connect with the course. Only to realise later that she meant a paper with the cut off points.You see today I was coming from the law school at Makerere university when I met a kid of these days-the dot com fellow. I came across […]
Speaking to staff of Makerere University, Prof. Dick Ng’ambi ticked off four indicators needed for innovative pedagogies: international benchmarks, contextual educational challenges, wide availability of technological tools and changes in the workplace for future graduates. He argued why educators prefer alternative approaches and provided examples of innovative tools. The public talk was opened by the […]
My dream after campus: Today I got done with my final examination papers at Makerere university. Thanks be to God that I’m soon becoming an Alumni of of the prestigious institution, Makerere. My first mission after campus will be to locate the Malaysian Airline that disappeared, rescue all its passengers and bring them home. I will then […]
The Bernard Onyango Academic Excellence Ace Awards were successfully kicked off with two students from St. Peters College Tororo as first beneficiaries. Isaac Munu, the best O-level student in this school sat for UCE exams in 2013, scoring distinctions in all eight subjects. The best A-level student Ernest Wandera scored 21 aggregates in his U.A.C.E […]
Betty Bigombe has landed a senior job at the World Bank. She has been appointed senior director for Fragility, Conflict and Violence. Who is Betty Bigombe? Profile of Betty Bigombe; Betty Bigombe was born in 1954 in Acholi region- Northern Uganda. She attended Makerere University, the oldest public university in Uganda where she graduated with […]