Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University students remain absent from lectures despite the start of the new semester. This has prompted concerns among administrators about the loss of valuable time and the disruption of teaching. Even though the semester has started, the campus, typically bustling with activity, is quiet. …
Read More »Unqualified students conniving with Kyambogo staff to appear on graduation list
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at Kyambogo University are investigating a racket involving some staff members and students that have been fraudulently changing grades for students with retakes, and adding unqualified individuals to the graduation list. According to information obtained by our reporter, at least eight students implicated for …
Read More »Kyambogo plants trees to demarcate university boundaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University has embarked on planting trees along the demarcations of the University land as one way of safeguarding the land that has been encroached on several times by the people who claim it belongs to them. According to Patrick Kalule, the University engineer, this …
Read More »Missing Kyambogo University student found dead in Luuka
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A student of Kyambogo University has been found dead. The deceased is 22-year-old Nicholas Dhabasadha, who has been pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration, and a resident of Kiyunga town council in Luuka district. His lifeless body was recovered from Mawembe hill in Bulongo sub-county, Luuka …
Read More »Kyambogo University students protest late payment charges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Continuing students at Kyambogo University are protesting late payment charges for the second semester of the academic year 2020/2021. Through their leaders, students noted that it is unfair for the university to demand the late payment charge without prior communication. Daniel Oduori, the Guild Representative …
Read More »Missing Kyambogo student in hiding after losing tuition to betting: Police
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A first year student at Kyambogo University is in hiding for allegedly losing his tuition to betting. Julius Osuta who was first reported missing on April 7th, 2022 at Kyambogo police post resurfaced after a day before disappearing again. Luke Owoyesigire, the spokesperson for Kampala …
Read More »Kyambogo University: Lecturers accuse vice-chancellor of irregular appointments
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Kyambogo University academic staff have accused the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Elly Katunguka of irregularly appointing heads of departments and deans of faculties and schools. In a letter signed by the representative of the academic staff at the University Council, Rev Dr. Grace Lubaale and …
Read More »Kyambogo University student dies in rental
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shallon Nsiimenta, 21 a student of Kyambogo University, Bushenyi learning centre in Katungu, was on Tuesday evening found dead in her rented house. Nsiimenta was found dead by a friend whom they stayed with only identified as Kyomuhendo, when she returned from school. Martial Tumusiime, …
Read More »Kyambogo University gets new academic structure
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University has got a new structure replacing the one they have been operating since 2006. The university academic structure has changed through relocation and creation of new faculties, schools, departments, and academic units. The Vice-Chancellor Professor Eli Katunguka, says that previously, the university comprised …
Read More »UMSC condemns harassment of Muslim students over veils
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by a police officer to compel a female student at Kyambogo University to remove her veil before accessing the examination room has drawn the attention of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC. On Tuesday, a photo of a police officer compelling a female Muslim …
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