Author: The Standard Editor

For as long as she remembers, Uganda Christian University (UCU) student, Maria Speria Nakigudde, has been a leader at school. On many occasions, the leadership positions have given her the privilege of engaging school administrators on matters concerning fellow students. She also has had the honor of representing her colleagues at management meetings.

In 21 years, South Sudanese refugee Gloria Clinton Kani has witnessed miracles countless times. Each time that she feels she has reached the end of the road, God gives her a new path. The latest revitalization was winning a scholarship for her degree program at Uganda Christian University (UCU). 

It’s quite intriguing that we were unaware that these three distinct episodes were intended to serve as a trailer for a future film, drawing our attention to “presets” in the process.

Boxes and old rusted iron sheets are filling stubborn cracks and crevices that are defacing Mirembe and her five children’s home, but hundreds more are in the same situation.

Adequate housing as a right under Article 11(1) of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, as well as other international instruments to which Uganda is a signatory.

The UCU Chaplain, the Rev. Eng. Paul Wasswa Ssembiro, who led the campaign at the university, said that as of early October they collected sh4.5million (about $1,170) from students, staff and well-wishers of UCU.

After losing the first two series of this seven-series playoff final, all odds seemed to be stacked in favor of the JKL Lady Dolphins, but the Lady Canons were not to be underestimated. They did their homework, putting on a series of masterclass performances leading up to the final.

Phil Wickham dominates this week’s top 10 official worship songs with three songs with the House of the Lord leading that category. The song also extends its mark for the most weeks, 26, tallied in the Hot 100’s top three in the chart’s history – and is the first single ever to spend its first 26 weeks, or half a year, on the list all in the top three. Sam Smith and Kim Petras unleash “Unholy” at No. 3 on the Hot 100.

A few months into the course at Makerere, Ankunda says she stopped feeling a passion for architecture. But she soldiered on with the course. After two years, she called it quits – not only walking away from a childhood dream but also abandoning government sponsorship and possible disappointment of her godfather who is a successful civil engineer.

“We are going to have a week where we are going to encourage everybody to change their passwords because we do not want you to give your voting rights to another person,” she emphasised.