Mind Your Friends to Avoid Sexual Harassment – Makerere OC

 

Female students must be vigilant about their environment including close friends, if they are to fight sexual harassment. The advice was given by the OC Makerere University Police Station, Nickson Okello during a conference on preventing sexual violence against women and girls.

Okello told the participants that knowing close friends well helps to avoid risky behavior, but also protect the girls from friends who might want to take advantage of them.

LDU Recruitment: What Locals Say

The recruitment of Local Defence Unit Personnel (LDU) for deployment in Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso districts starts today.

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officers will be recruiting men and women between 18 and 35 years to work as reserve forces and help beef up security in Kampala and its environs. This is one of the measures announced by President Yoweri Museveni early this month in the wake of targeted shootings around Kampala that have claimed several prominent people

Sexual harassment remains unaddressed as Makerere officials take back seat

In June this year, the committee instituted to unearth sexual harassment scam that rocked the Makerere University in the recent past, in their report cited key among others; power relations, dressing codes and the relationship between lectures.

The committee led by Dr. Sylvia Tamale in a report recommended for an extensive policy review and that a clearly revised document should demarcate policy statements and procedural guidelines in regards to the vice.

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