Makerere University students are today voting for their 80th guild president. The voting follows 18 days of vigorous public rallies and campaigns.
Yesterday, fun and music covered the Freedom Square at the final rally while campaigns went through the night at the different halls and hostels.
Meanwhile, the voting which started as late as 9am at some polling stations, is moving on smoothly. Candidates and their supporters continue to campaign even at polling stations.
Classes resume at Social Sciences
Studies have today resumed at the School of Social Sciences following a 5-day strike by lecturers over arrears, worth over Shs. 500m.
The strike was called off on Monday following a meeting between the Vice Chancellor, and the school staff and students representatives.
Though the lecturers agreed to go back to class, it was not clear when they would receive their arrears.
Makerere University football team, the 2012 inter-university football league champions on Tuesday held 2013 champions, Kampala University to a goalless draw at the Makerere University sports grounds.
The highly heated group one game saw both teams’ fans disrupt the match by walking into the pitch.
Both teams had chances but were unable to convert them into goals. KU also secured a red card which Mak was incapable of using to their advantage.
Makerere University Private Students Association (MUPSA) members on Thursday witnessed the swearing in of the new committee to organize the forth coming elections that will see the replacement of the Onesmus Muwanga regime.
The elected are Ronald Pande-Chairperson, Sandra Nanyunja-Vice Chairperson, Abel Rutungu-Gen Secretary, Emmanuel Epel-Public Relations Officer and Justine Nabulonge-Finance Secretary respectively.
Office of the Editor,
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www.journalism.mak.ac.ug,
Monday 17th March, 2014.
To all Journalism and Communication students,
Six days to the March 19th guild presidential election at Makerere University, it now clear that the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has failed to front a candidate.
FDC, the party which brought the outgoing guild president Ann Adeke will not be represented on the ballot paper in the next Wednesday poll.
On February 26th, the party president, Mr. Mugisha Muntu was the chief witness in an event that saw Andrew Mujinya declared the party’s flag bearer.
The Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) candidate in the Makerere guild presidential race, Ms. Sarah Aseru has said she is not NRM, though her father is.
There have been rumours that Aseru, a daughter to State minister for local government, Alex Onzima belongs to the National Resistance Movement just like her father.
Complex Hall will struggle to have their first guild president in the March 19 poll.
Through Sarah Aseru of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) and Lillian Aber (independent), the hall will seek to have a guild president to their name.
Whereas Aseru comfortably sailed through the UYD primaries, Aber lost to Andrew Mujinya in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) primaries.
Two females are in the Makerere University guild race to replace Ann Adeke, a fellow female.
They are Sarah Aseru, the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) candidate and Lillian Aber, an independent
The female candidates come from Complex Hall which has never produced a guild president.
Four students of Makerere University were on March 6th injured in an accident along Stuart Road just, a few meters outside Lumumba Hall.
The over speeding car, registration number UAQ 660/Mrammed into a group of about 100 students who were escorting Bwowe Ivan Kakungulu (in poster), an independent candidate in an after-rally drive, heading to areas of Wandegeya, Kikoni, KikumiKikumi and Nakulabye.