By Stephen Kafeero Top engineering student dreams of generating cheap electricity I do not compete with other people because it breeds jealousy. I instead compete with myself of yesterday in order to make a better person today,” says Tonny Ongin, the 27-year old Mechanical Engineering graduate who topped this year’s …
Read More »Makerere’s electric car: A lie or a promise?
By Dr Robert K. Rutaagi KEV could be Uganda’s wondrous opportunity Veteran novelist and socio-political commentator, Alan Tacca’s article, Makerere’s electric car: Has Museveni been duped? (Sunday Monitor, Nov. 13) seemed to have poured cold water onto the budding project. Before that, in the Sunday Monitor of Nov.6, celebrated and …
Read More »Makerere under fire
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati University’s problems go beyond pay and strikes Prof. Venasius Baryamureeba, 42, likes to be photographed with a smile. Lately, however, the smile has not been eye-deep. His hair, which he likes to keep in a close-cut afro, is still neat but anyone will tell you that …
Read More »Makerere University tuition fees will not be increased
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Makerere University students went on strike in April over reports that it was planning to raise tuition fees from the average of Shs 3 million to Shs 6 million per year per student. Before the strike the university’s Ag.Vice Chancellor, Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba told The Independent’s …
Read More »Was Makerere University’s collegiate system planned or rushed?
By Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba What appears as resistance to college formation is nothing other than some individuals hiding under trivial issues to protect their interests. The idea of turning Makerere University into a collegiate was first discussed by Makerere University Council during the tenure of Professor William Senteza Kajubi as …
Read More »Hope and scepticism as Makerere becomes collegiate university
By Rukiya Makuma In July this year, Makerere University will be officially operating as a collegiate university. A collegiate university is a university in which governing authority and functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Previously run around 110 departments, 21 academic units, Makerere will now operate under eight …
Read More »Makerere’s stoppage of contributions was genesis of current standoff with NIC- Akinwale
By Patrick Kagenda Samson Akinwale is the General Manager of the National Insurance Corporation (NIC). He talked to The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda about the performance of the insurance industry. What are the challenges the insurance industry is facing? As you are aware that insurance’s contribution to GDP continues to be …
Read More »Why the big number of first class degrees at Makerere?
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Two weeks ago Makerere University held its 60th graduation ceremony in which some 13,766 students graduated in various disciplines with different degrees. One thing that got many people talking is the high number of first class degrees doled out at this graduation ceremony – 220 in …
Read More »NIC IPO shrugs off threats from Makerere savers
By Patrick Kagenda But problems have just begun for the university staff as NSSF sues them for Shs 50 billion breach When National Insurance Corporation (NIC) issued its Initial Public Offer (IPO) On Dec 31 the Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) leader, Tanga Odoi, interrupted the event with a …
Read More »Makerere’s radical thinker looks higher
By Joe Powell The term of Prof. Livingstone Luboobi, Makerere Universitys Vice-Chancellor, has come to an end. The Independents Joe Powell spoke to the leading reformist candidate to take over the top job, the Dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (CIT), Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba. Excerpts below. How …
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