Ordinary people have expressed mixed on the question of Uganda’s independence as the country marks 57 years of Independence.
The main Independence Day event has just come to an end in Sironko district, where President Yoweri Museveni was joined by his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emerson Mnangagwa.
President Mnangagwa, who replaced long-serving leader Robert Mugabe in November 2017, has been honoured with Uganda’s highest medal, the Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa.
A fresh-year student at Makerere University says she’s found it hard to settle in for her studies because of what appears to be culture shock.
Makerere University has received a grant worth one million US Dollars to support competitive fellowship programs for early career academic staff.
The grant, from Carnegie Corporation of New York, is to run from October 2019 to October 2021.
A group of students at Makerere University have expressed misgivings about the ongoing beautification and fencing off of the Freedom Square.
The students say that, far from making the Square look beautiful, the management could institute restrictions on students wishing to access Freedom Square, a legendary gathering point for both formal and informal activities at Uganda’s largest and oldest university.
A cabinet minister in Makerere’s 85th Guild has decried what he calls a high level of discrimination in the student politics.
Ahmed Abdirahman, a Kenyan national, says that rising from the lower ranks to the guild council (GRC) and then cabinet wasn't a walk in the park but a battle against discrimination. The minister says that politics at Makerere University is highly sectarian along political, tribal and nationality lines.
A 25-year-old student of Makerere University says he’s watched helplessly as his dream of becoming a journalist evaporated.
Hershim Kaggwa, now pursuing a degree course in education, hasn’t given up as yet even after being frustrated and failing to get a job.
"I want to live a better life. I saw my dream die, I hated all media houses after being tossed up and down as I looked for a job,” Kaggwa says.
A 25-year-old student of Makerere University says he’s watched helplessly as his dream of becoming a journalist evaporated.
Hershim Kaggwa, now pursuing a degree course in education, hasn’t given up as yet even after being frustrated and failing to get a job.
"I want to live a better life. I saw my dream die, I hated all media houses after being tossed up and down as I looked for a job,” Kaggwa says.
A 25-year-old student of Makerere University says he’s watched helplessly as his dream of becoming a journalist evaporated.
Hershim Kaggwa, now pursuing a degree course in education, hasn’t given up as yet even after being frustrated and failing to get a job.
"I want to live a better life. I saw my dream die, I hated all media houses after being tossed up and down as I looked for a job,” Kaggwa says.
A 25-year-old student of Makerere University says he’s watched helplessly as his dream of becoming a journalist evaporated.
Hershim Kaggwa, now pursuing a degree course in education, hasn’t given up as yet even after being frustrated and failing to get a job.
"I want to live a better life. I saw my dream die, I hated all media houses after being tossed up and down as I looked for a job,” Kaggwa says.
A 25-year-old student of Makerere University says he’s watched helplessly as his dream of becoming a journalist evaporated.
Hershim Kaggwa, now pursuing a degree course in education, hasn’t given up as yet even after being frustrated and failing to get a job.
"I want to live a better life. I saw my dream die, I hated all media houses after being tossed up and down as I looked for a job,” Kaggwa says.