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VIDEO: Kabale University in Western Uganda has been closed following the ongoing strike by students over lack of lectures. University Vice Chancellor Professor Joy Kwesiga confirmed to NBS that the university will remain closed until further notice, saying that the strike puts the university at risk. Police meanwhile remains heavily deployed …

VIDEO: Although the two weeks strike by non teaching staff from the five public universities was called off, it is still uncertain whether academic activities will begin in earnest in the various public universities. Students  at Makerere and Kyambogo are however optimistic that the first semester will go well although the current …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | A jihadist leader who organised the April 2015 attack on Garissa University in eastern Kenya which left 148 people dead, has been killed in a raid in southwestern Somalia, a local official said Wednesday. “Sixteen armed men, four of them senior commanders including Mohamed Mohamud …

By Julius Businge MTN Uganda has received the 2013 most preferred employer award according to a survey carried out among University graduates in Uganda; the group surveyed form a selection of University students that will soon be joining formal employment. According to the survey carried out by International Association of …

By Julius Odeke National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) a body in charge with verifying institutions of higher learning in the country says Fairland University is not fit to award postgraduate degrees and honorary. In a press release of Tuesday Jan 15, the senior legal and corporate affairs officer for …

By Peter Nyanzi Prof. Venancius Baryamureeba, who was recently dropped as Makerere University VC, is starting his own university – the Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU). He spoke to Peter Nyanzi about his acrimonious exit from Makerere and his future plans. Does this mark the end of your relationship …

By Prof. Mahmood Mamdani Consolidating Makerere’s core mission: the pursuit of scholarship The Makerere of today is a product of two historical periods:  its early establishment during the colonial period and its reform under neo-liberal influence.  I shall begin by asking whether colonialism and neoliberalism are living legacies or pasts …