A total of 491 Makerere University students will graduate with first-class degrees during the institution’s week-long graduation ceremony, which begins on Monday. In an interview with KFM, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor Mukadasi Buyinza stated that 13,659 students (7,297 females and 6,363 males) have been cleared to graduate. […]
Makerere University staff have resolved to lay down their tools due to the management’s failure to harmonise their salaries, even after the government released funds for all public universities across the country. Both teaching and non-teaching staff were scheduled to meet on Tuesday to declare a sit-down strike over salary […]
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has blamed the top management of Makerere University for the slow pace of course reviews. Following an audit of the university’s course database, it was discovered that 198 outdated courses were still being taught to students. The Auditor General revealed that of the 347 […]
The Youth Wing of the Democratic Party, the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) has threatened to run to court to challenge Makerere University’s decision to prohibit partisan politics for student leadership. This is after the University Council abolished political affiliations in student leadership and no candidate is allowed to hold a […]
Mr Vincent Lubega Nsamba has been declared by the 90th Makerere University Electoral Commission as the institution’s new guild president. Nsamba has garnered 2,540 votes in an online election conducted today, Thursday, March 7, 2024. He has had a narrow margin win of 4 votes against his close rival Edmond […]
