A section of Makerere students on Monday went on strike, protesting the recently increased tuition and the newly introduced academic and financial system (AIMS).

At around 8am, the strikinmg students took to the streets of the university shouting and demanding for the reduction of the tuition and the removal of the Academic Information Management System (AIMs), terming it complicated and intolerant.

Makerere- Teargas and live bullets rocked Makerere University Monday morning as riots broke out the institution as students demanded the university to reduce tuition fees.

Crowds chanting “Fees must fall” took to the University’s freedom square and other streets on campus among other areas and the security responded with live bullets and hitting some with sticks. Traffic was erupted as angry student burnt tyres and papers along sir Apollo Kaggwa Rd.

Female students have been challenged to actively engage themselves in vying for leadership at all levels citing that they are capable like their male counterparts.

Speaking in a conference organized by School of Gender and Women studies at Makerere University with a theme, “symposium of women leadership and entrepreneurship”, ladies have been discouraged from traditional fears and advised to sensitize men about the roles of women in community development.