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.
Makerere University has partnered up with the European Union to organise a public debate as part of the activities to mark the International Day of Democracy.
Under the theme 'The Role of Parliament in shaping representative democracy', the debate will take place on Thursday, September 19. This will be four days after the day put aside by the United Nations –September 15—to as International Democracy Day.
Justice Remy Kasule has appealed to the Government of Uganda to pass the Legal Aid bill into law saying the policy will enable indigent and poor Ugandans receive state funded legal services.
The former justice of the court of appeal who pioneered the legal aid project in Uganda challenged government to come to the rescue of ordinary people who cannot afford necessary but costly legal services today.
Justice Remy Kasule has appealed to the Government of Uganda to pass the Legal Aid bill into law saying the policy will enable indigent and poor Ugandans receive state funded legal services.
The former justice of the court of appeal who pioneered the legal aid project in Uganda challenged government to come to the rescue of ordinary people who cannot afford necessary but costly legal services today.
Media and telecoms regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission-(UCC) is playing catch up in its regulatory role in the media, according to Dr. Fred Kakooza, a Multimedia Production and Broadcasting scholar in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Makerere University.
Journalists have been urged to take up their social responsibilities as the watchdog role players in promoting democracy and efficient electoral processes in Uganda.
While addressing journalists at this year’s World Press Freedom Day in Kampala, Med Kaggwa, the Chairperson Uganda Human Rights Commission said that the media practitioners should exercise their duties to further democracy.
Press Freedom Day awakens Makerere University Journalism and Communication Association (MUJCA).
KAMPALA - Students at the Department of Journalism and Communication (DJC), Makerere University join the global community to celebrate World Press Freedom Day, 2019.
Second year students from the college of Computing and Information Science at Makerere University have invented the first garbage app called the “Yo- Waste App” to ease the disposal of garbage in Uganda.
Berna Namulyowa, a 23-year-old Engineering student at Makerere University has innovated a wireless Internet connection that is meant to increase on the network coverage in rural areas in a range of 2km. The project called Rural Connect uses Mikrotik devices to enable people monitor their businesses using wireless connections. It mainly targets the rural communities and her case study was Karamoja.
Two fourth year students from the College of Mechanical Engineering at Makerere University have invented a mechanical powered battery charging system that generates electricity from walking. For many years, electricity in Uganda has been generated from water, sun and wind.