Author: The Standard Editor

Bonny Okada, a 36-year-old alumnus of Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mbale College and a sign language teaching assistant at Uganda Martyrs University, lost his hearing when he was 15 years old in 2002 due to a quinine overdose.

While social media is mostly seen as a place for entertainment by most, some view it as a source of income, so they go there not only to entertain themselves or to get entertained but also to make money out of it.

Through a three-month group exhibition at Uganda Christian University (UCU) in the Hamu Mukasa library, part of the Buganda Kingdom’s past history, as described in the two books written by Hamu Mukasa, Simuda Nyuma:ebiro by a Muteesa (1938) and Simuda Nyuma:ebiro by a Mwanga (1942), was displayed through art. This comes under the subject “Beyond Memories.”

Tuition trauma was a tumor for Barbra Barbirye when she enrolled at Uganda Christian University (UCU) in 2011 to pursue a bachelor of procurement and logistics management. She was on the verge of quitting university to go work with her aunt to raise money for her studies.

Lakica Duncan Angoma, a first-year student at Uganda Christian University who will graduate in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Entrepreneurship, was among those killed on the spot.

Namayanja Christabel, a medical student at Uganda Christian University’s (UCU) School of Medicine, said the outbreak of the virus in September meant that most students could not spend as much time in hospitals as they were accustomed to because it was putting them at risk of contracting the virus. Namayanja says medical student colleagues who had scheduled ward rounds at Uganda’s Mulago National Referral hospital abandoned the plans.

On January 9th, 2023, at 1:54 a.m., a shocking video of teenage girls beating and flogging a friend went viral. The girls screamed “man snatcher” while pulling her braids, pouring soapy water on her, and beating their undressed friend on the floor outside the house in the video.

The Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) has appointed Professor Martin Lwanga as its new Director General and CEO. This is a major milestone for the renowned institution, as it marks the first time a Ugandan has risen to such a high position within the organization.

Following the official close of the Advent semester 2022, the 24th Guild government, both on Main campus and Kampala campus, organized a two-day trip to the naturally gifted western Uganda districts, with the support of the Dosa’s office, to loosen up a bit and have some time off their duties.

A Uganda-based thinktank, the Economic Policy Research Center, estimates that 41% of the jobs in the micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises were lost in Uganda as a result of the Covid pandemic. The job of Judith Nabwire, a Uganda Christian University (UCU) alumna and a social worker, was part of that statistic.