It was sorrow and tears as Journalism and Communication students of Makerere University bade farewell to their course mate Charity Komuhangi, who was a fourth year student.
Komuhangi was laid to rest on Friday at her ancestral home in Kitimba Village near Katobo Trading Center, Nyakagyeme Sub County, Rujumbura County in Rukungiri District, South Western Uganda. She was survived by her 2-year-old baby boy.
As we are all sent to schools to accomplish our dreams and become successful in life, we often meet challenges that even compel some students to take away their lives, and yet our parents and the outside world remain oblivious about these hiccups. SHIFRAH KAYAGA talked to some students from different universities and they divulged to her what some of these challenges are, what normally causes them, and what some of them have done to avoid them.
High Court presided over by Justice Lydia Mugamba yesterday declared Busiro South parliamentary seat vacant after proof that the newly-sworn in Peter Sematimba lacked the academic qualifications for the post.
High court presided over by Justice Yasin Nyanzi has directed government to pay Kampala lord mayor Erias Lukwago Shs 75 million to compensate his malicious arrest by the police, about nine years ago.
Lukwago was, in 2007, arrested for 'disobeying' a police officer's instructions that stopped them from accessing the Constitutional Square to hold public rally. They were protesting activities of the notorious Kiboko squad which was thought to be a state Machinery
Abdul Mazinga, a fourth-year student of Journalism and Communication at Makerere University is in quest for Shs 2.5m for a tumor Surgery, which when left, doctors say, will degenerate into throat cancer.
Police spent a fair portion of their time yesterday searching the home of Nakawa's Member of Parliament after arresting him on Wednesday.
Michael Andrew Kabaziguruka was arrested from Port Bell Luzira and was shortly after taken to the Special Investigations Directorate in Kireka where he is being detained and interrogated.
Makerere University Appointments committee has issued another suspension letter to a lecturer from the College of Business and Management Sciences (Cobams).
Brian Musaga, from the department of planning and applied statistics was at the end of this month allegedly caught red handed in a sexual act from his office with a third-year student (name withheld), from the same college. The student had gone to Musaga's office to inquire about how to handle her final project.
Drama ensued today morning after locals around Karuma along Kampala-Gulu highway opted to exchange blows over elephant's meat that they slaughtered after it caused an accident.
The accident took place at around 3am, where a bus reg number UAM 829C and belongs to KK travellers, knocked the elephant that was crossing the road, leaving 3 people dead on spot, including the driver, and several others injured. The bus was travelling from Arua to Kampala.
An 18-year-old boy who has been claiming to have connections with illuminati and also recruiting people to the cult via facebook has been arrested.
Moses Katende, a resident of Kijabijo in Gayaza was yesterday arrested by police for allegedly impersonating Jeff Kiwanuka, a music director with Goodlyfe crew on Facebook, and started persuading the users on the social site to join the cult that claims to gives quicker riches to people.