IN THIS PRESENTATION, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Nkumba university , Prof.Wilson Muyinda Mande talks about how one can develop a reading culture for personal development. He delivered the presentation during a library and information week at Nkumba university in April 2015. He says reading is the use of complex thoughtful processes to interpret printed symbols as […]
As the year 2015 dramatically kicks off, the political tension is increasingly taking a new trend. The student leaders you must be knowing this better. The incidents that unfolded at Soroti during the Uganda National Students Association (UNSA) elections are still fresh in your minds. I’m told some university students are yet to get out of the […]
Job Title:  Senior Research Fellow – Macroeconomics Organization: Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda About EPRC: The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) is Uganda’s leading economics research institution. Its mandate is to provide research and other forms of analytical support to Uganda’s development process. EPRC uses resources from Government of Uganda and […]
GARDEN COURTS HOSTEL The gentility exhibited by this storey structure is itself enough to take it for a hotel facility, only a pip at the gate can prove this anticipation wrong. A shuttle is parked in a well shaded compound covered with sections of turf, on it, an inscription in clear blue letters: MAKERERE GARDEN […]
Simply to be tempted is to be lured to eat the forbidden fruit. You remember that story in the Garden of Eden, how the serpent tricked Adam and his wife into eating the thing. The bible says mbu the thing was pleasant to the eye and good for food. But what then is the forbidden […]
When it comes  to RnB in Uganda, very few names come to our  minds   and at the peak of these  are  names like Michael Ross. He started out   from  dancing  to Usher , Ginuwine  music and then to  miming  later to writing his own  music. Qn. Who is   Micheal   Ross   Kakooza ? Ans.  Ross is […]
 Who is Jamal Wasswa? Jamal Wasswa studied from Kisugu primary school for primary level and then joined Kakungulu secondary school for ordinary level and Katale Secondary for advanced level. But after getting thru all the elementary education system, he tried joining Makerere Universityand he pulled out of class after two semesters. It was unfortunate that […]
The MasterCard Foundation has partnered with the University of Cape Town to provide 300 scholarships to academically deserving and economically disadvantaged students from Sub-Saharan Africa. Through the Scholarship Scholars may pursue undergraduate or postgraduate studies at UCT. Students enrolled in the Program will receive comprehensive scholarships, mentoring, leadership development, and life skills support. SELECTION CRITERIA AND ELIGIBILITY: Admission for academic […]