Prof. Fredrick I. B. Kayanja is the founder and former Vice Chancellor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology. Apart from carrying out his administrative roles, he is also a Professor in the faculty of Medicine, making him the only teaching Vice Chancellor in Uganda. He attended undergraduate courses in the Universities of London and Oxford, […]
It is examination time at Makerere University; as usual the season can’t go without malpractices. My un-manned aerial vehicles have landed on crucial information. On Friday 23rd May, Bachelor of Commerce External second year students got a statistics paper before sitting for it. This now became a past paper. Luckily, the management came to about […]
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 […]
Hello Friends, Now that I am very much convinced that majority of you have finally settled ,I have the honor to officially pass on my message of welcoming you! I am exceedingly grateful, profoundly humbled and overwhelmingly terrific to warmly welcome all of you to Makerere “The University”. As it is widely known, Makerere is […]
Prof Ali Ali Mazrui has passed on today 13th October 2014. He has died aged 81. The fallen scholar will be laid to rest in Kenya. Who was Prof. Ali Al Amin Mazrui Prof. Mazuri authored and co-authored more than 20 books and hundreds of articles in major scholastic journals and for public media. Mazrui […]
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 […]
Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body’s cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. Patients with high blood sugar will typically experience polyuria (frequent urination), […]
A female Ugandan student, Leah Nakayima, has mesmerized professors at the Arizona State University with tremendous intelligence despite of being a foreigner at the University. Nakayima who moved to the US four years ago graduated on top of all students and has secured an admission at the prestigious University in the world, Harvard to study public […]