Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The committee set up to investigate the conduct of the suspended Makerere University Academic Staff Association – MUASA leader, Dr Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi has been given up to two months to deliver its report. The committee will be headed by Prof. Sarah Kiguli, a Senior …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chairperson Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), Dr Deus Kamunyu has said his Jan.17 suspension letter from Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe wasn’t a surprise. “I received electronic news of my suspension letter as a lecturer in the department of forestry. I received it with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed Makerere University Manager Communications and International Relations, Dr Mohammed Kiggundu Musoke has promised to resolve the tensions between the university management and staff associations. Kiggundu, the former Chairperson Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) says that he is the best person …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has threatened to conduct a head count of teaching staff following a sit down strike by staff protesting the suspension of their leaders. He said this in a mail and Whatsapp text to staff he sent out on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint Makerere University Staff Associations are demanding the reinstatement of their leaders. On January 17th, 2019, Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe suspended Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi, the Chairperson Makerere University Academic Staff Association- MUASA, Magara Bennet, the Chairperson Makerere Administrative Staff …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has suspended the leader of Makerere University Academic Staff Association – MUASA Dr Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi. The notice of suspension is contained in a letter dated January 17, 2019. In the letter, Dr Kamunyu is accused of …
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How Prof. Nawangwe is creating a class of untouchables at Uganda’s top varsity Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the 63- year old vice chancellor of Makerere University Kampala has a tough job. The university is rarely without a fire he must put out. Squeezed by a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of lecturers at Makerere University has dismissed claims by Prof. William Bazeyo, one of the candidates vying for the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration. It all started after Prof. Bazeyo made a presentation claiming that he negotiated …
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THIS WEEK: MUASA gets new head Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Muhammad Kiggundu Musoke has been replaced by Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi as the chairman of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA). Kamunyu the former association’s publicist who beat Dr. Hellen Nambalirwa Nkabala from the college of humanities and …
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THIS WEEK: VC Nawangwe convinces lecturers to drop strike plans Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Vice Chancellor (VC) Barnabas Nawangwe took to his twitter account to thank lecturers for not engaging in the strike as they had promised. When they issued a warning about the looming industrial …
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