DEFIANCE: Makerere Fresher Vows To Camp At Senate, Puts Beddings At Entrance

After Makerere administration failed to comply with a directive by the Education minister, Ms Janet Kataaha Museveni, to re-open the campus, one fresher identified as Tom has vowed to sleep at senate building today.


Tom, who was admitted do an a bachelor of Laws at Makerere said he can't withstand keeping home for this long.


"I'm here to stay...and I'm sleeping here to tonight," seemingly irritated Tom said, while carrying his brown envelope containing the provisional admission letter.

BREAKING: Makerere Refutes Claim Of Reopening Tomorrow

Contrary to the Education Minister's statement that Makerere will reopen tomorrow, the university's acting Vice Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has said the council has not yet agreed on when students should report for the new academic year.

Speaking to this reporter, Nawangwe said that the official communication will be made tomorrow.

The substantive vice chancellor Prof John Ddumba-Ssentamu is off duty after losing his mother. He is currently in Masaka.

Makerere Will Open Tomorrow, Says First Lady Janet Museveni

The minister of Education and Sports, who is also the First Lady Ms Janet Kataaha Museveni has assuredly said that Makerere University will open tomorrow.

While addressing a section of students at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday, Ms Museveni said she had agreed with the University council.

" I want to thank you students for having turned up peacefully to meet me and we resolve this issue of national importance....the University Council has assured me that Makerere is opening tomorrow," said Ms Museveni

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