Since the popular February 28th Kyankwazi caucus that endorsed president Museveni as NRM’s sole candidate in 2016 presidential elections, there has been an upsurge in number of youth led movements advocating for interests of different politicians. In the Kyankwazi caucus, Northern Youth MP Evelyn Anite moved the sole candidature motion.
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Appears in: Makerere University, Makerere University Hospital, Reproductive Health Uganda, Safe Male circumcision, Wandegeya, National
As one passes by Wandegeya taxi stage (Kamwokya-Ntinda), a storied building with a poster, ‘Rita’s Health Clinic’ invites men aged 12-45 years for free circumcision. In addition to that a repetitive recorded message calls upon the men who haven’t read the poster.
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Makerere University has cancelled the additional graduation fees as students' strike enters day two.
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Makerere university students have demonstrated against increment of the graduation fee from Shs. 90,000 to Shs. 220,000.
At about 8am today, students had gathered at the university's freedom square, from their different halls of residence and lecture rooms.
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The newly re-designed Journalism and Communication department and student websites are slated to be launched at the end this month, October, on a date the department has not confirmed as yet. In October 2013, the department received a funding amounting to shs.
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The Makerere University Journalism and Communication department is set to meet Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) this month to decide on Campus FM’s fate.
The meeting due October 29th will be to negotiate amongst other issues offering a limited frequency to the radio station, following the transfer of 107.0MHz to Salt FM in Kampala.
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Nobody who sees Godfrey Batte’s art work can easily forget it. From a distance, they seem like a mere set of cutlery.
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Youth unemployment is one of the most serious and growing problems that Uganda is currently grappling with.
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Post date: 9 years 11 months ago
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