Author: The Standard Editor

Daphine Oitamong talks about Sophie who walked to school two kilometers (1.3 miles) barefooted with rat bites on her heels. Nannyanga Restetuta talks about Dora who went from “jolly and active” to being withdrawn after her parents left her in the care of a sexually abusive uncle. Nancy Ongom, who mentions the name Jafa, grapples to pick just one. 

Uganda Christian University (UCU) has sent out the first crop of its trained medics. The inaugural graduates from the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry The university graduated 36 graduates with the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and nine with the Bachelor of Dentistry during the first part of the 24th graduation ceremony.

“I couldn’t pronounce it, didn’t know where it was,” she said of the Central Asian nation located 5,499 kilometers (3,411 miles) from Uganda. For nine months in 2021, Nanfuka lived and worked as an engineer for what is now Uzbekistan’s first large-scale solar power plant. Most of what she did was civil works (construction supervision, reporting) for METKA EGN, a  company that focuses on green-energy networks. 

Uganda Christian University (UCU) is preparing to confer degrees on 1006 students on Friday, July 28, 2023, at the First Part of its 24th Graduation Ceremony. There are 444 (44%) male graduates and 562 (56%) female graduates, indicating a great achievement for gender diversity in higher education.

The news of Uganda lifting the ban on its citizens working as migrant workers in Jordan and Saudi Arabia didn’t only create happy faces but also a promise to uplift many families’ challenging financial situation. This includes Hajji Ismail Guma’s Mukono District in the Central part of Uganda.

In July 2023, Uganda Christian University (UCU) graduates 45 pioneer students of its School of Medicine. The graduates are the first batch of exceptional doctors – with many more to come, marking a milestone since the establishment of the School of Medicine in 2018. 

Freddie Mercury “A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It’s a theatrical event. I have fun with my clothes onstage; it’s not a concert you’re seeing, it’s a fashion show.” The Uganda Christian University (UCU), department of Visual Arts and Design, organised a fashion concert led by students who displayed their artistic creation through clothes along the runway in Nkoyoiyo Hall. Yasiri J. Kasango and Andrew Bugembe captured some moments.

Uganda Christian University (UCU) held the annual instructive and entertaining UIS Week at the Huma Mukasa Library for the second time. The event, held by the University ICT Services (UIS), sought to engage with students, create knowledge about the UIS’s spectrum of services, and solve various ICT-related concerns that students encounter.

“Mwami ssuuna, mbadde nsaba kwogerako nawe.” 

A tall woman I’d never seen spoke Luganda.  Translated to English, the message was: “Mr. Ssuuna, I would like to talk to you.”

Working parents continue the struggle to find a convenient, safe and responsible child care school that gives them a peace of mind as they do their jobs. For Uganda Christian University (UCU) staff members, the dilemma is less because of a high-quality Kids Care Centre on the Mukono campus.