By Julius Businge Msgr Lawrence Kanyike formerly leaves his position as Chaplain of St. Augustine’s Chapel, Makerere University in February after serving for the last 30 years. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about his experience and future plans. What informed the decision for you to leave Makerere where …
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By Stephen Kafeero Dr. Muhammad Kigundu-Musoke, the chairman of the Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), spoke to The Independent’s Don Stephen Mcleish Kafeero about the incessant strikes and the need to re-organise the internally generated funds to pay lecturers better. Let’s put the record straight, what do the staff …
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By Ivan Rugambwa On Saturday August 3rd, all roads led to Makerere University for grand finale celebrations to mark 90years of Makerere University’s existence. The yearlong celebrations were launched by H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who was Chief Guest on August4th 2012 and came to a climax on Saturday as hundreds …
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By Ronald Musoke Sparks as Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu’s economics theory confronts an ancient political reality Scarce resources and how they can be optimally allocated is the realm of economic theory. In that sense, economics professor John Ddumba-Ssentamu should be adeptly trading off ends and means at ‘the Hill’, as Uganda’s …
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By Julius Odeke The Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu spoke to The Independent’s Julius Odeke about his plans for Uganda’s oldest institution of higher learning. You are a new VC of Makerere University, an old institution with high repute. How are you planning to change it? The Vice Chancellor is …
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By Ronald Musoke A team of six students from the department of electrical and computer engineering at the College of Engineering, Design and Technology (CEDAT) in Makerere University have won this year’s Huawei Android Applications Challenge. The team was rewarded with a Huawei tablet and a cash prize of Ushs …
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By Ronald Musoke Makerere University is in the process of recruiting up to 16 principals and deputy principals for its colleges. The positions will fall vacant in January, 2013 according to a statement on the official website of Uganda’s oldest university. Among the colleges in need of new staff include …
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By Ronald Musoke The US Ambassador, Scott DeLisi will officially launch the Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) programme at Makerere University Hospital on Dec.11. The service has been made possible by the Makerere University Joint AIDS Programme (MJAP) with technical assistance from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …
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By Ronald Musoke An application called ‘Winsenga’ that performs ultrasounds on pregnant women and detects problems such as ectopic pregnancies or abnormal fetal heart beats has earned three students from Makerere University’s College of Computing and Information Sciences a Microsoft award. The three, Aaron Tushabe, Joshua Okello and Josiah Kavuma …
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By Ronald Musoke Dr. John Mango, the Dean School of Physical Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) at Makerere University, Uganda’s oldest university, has been elected to serve on the executive of the prestigious Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA) for a two year renewable term. Mango becomes …
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