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The UCU Chancellor, His Grace the most Rt. Reverend Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu conducted a three-day pastoral visit at Uganda Christian University. He started on Monday and concluded on Wednesday, this week. Ivor Sempa captured some of the moments for UCU Standard. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

By Ivor Sempa Adults, take note. Children are watching. Often, they dream of being like you. For Gilbert Nyaika, he looked up to three uncles who served in Uganda’s army, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces. He loved the way they conducted themselves and the respect they earned in society. Someday, the young Nyaika told himself, he would be like them. When he graduated with a Uganda Christian University (UCU) Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance in 2008, Nyaika got employed in a telecommunications company. But his heart was restless. That is not where he thought he belonged. Seven years later,…

By Enock Wanderema When Isaac Mubezi qualified to join Uganda Christian University (UCU), his mother thought it imperative that he get accommodations in one of the University’s halls of residence. She gave him the money to meet the hostel fees. However, Mubezi had other plans. He felt that by renting an affordable room outside the university, it would provide him an opportunity to start an independent life and better learn to deal with challenges life threw at him. He knew fully well that with his mother’s monthly salary of slightly above sh500,000 (about $150), he would not be able to…

By Jimmy Siyasa The North Kigezi Diocese Bishop, Right Reverend Benon Magezi has succumbed to Covid-19. He died yesterday, June 15. This comes a week after he had tested positive for Covid-19 and had since been admitted at Mbarara regional referral hospital. The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, was among the first to break news of the death of the cleric: “ The Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, regrets to announce the untimely death of the Rt. Rev. Benon Magezi, Bishop of North Kigezi…

By Eriah Lule As an effort towards clearing the Church of Uganda’s outstanding 60 Billion debt to Equity Bank, Uganda Christian University (UCU), through its Vice chancellor, Professor Aaron Mushengyezi, has presented a “love gift” of 100 million shillings toward the cause. The money has been channeled through the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, who has been on a three-day pastoral visit to the UCU main campus and Kampala. The grant- 100 million, which is the result of a collective effort of the UCU community which was presented…

By Simon Omit and Dalton Mujuni When Uganda Christian University (UCU) convened on December 18, 2020, for a virtual graduation ceremony, not many graduands knew what was next in their lives in a world that had taken a beating from the Covid-19 pandemic. The uncertainty did not reside within Reagan Moses Muyinda. The 26-year-old graduate, who had always dreamed of joining politics and now had a Bachelor of Public Administration and Governance Degree, was ready to sell ice cream. And this was not by accident. As soon as Muyinda joined UCU in 2017, he started saving part of his pocket…

By Emmanuel Kizaale The Chancellor of Uganda Christian University (UCU) and the Archbishop of Church of Uganda, His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu has started a three-day pastoral visit at UCU. The visit started with the Archbishop meeting with the UCU cabinet at 3pm just an hour after his arrival at the university premises. A meeting with the UCU Vice Chancellor Prof. Aaron Mushengyezi, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) for Academics , Reverend Dr. John Kitayimbwa, the DVC for administration and Finance, Mr. David Mugawe, the university lawyer, among others, has been scheduled for 4pm today…

By Esther ByoonaGray hair. Walking stick. Wrinkles. These are perfect descriptions of a centenarian. If that centenarian is a building, its architecture is likely to be a sharp contrast to that of other younger buildings around it. The appearance of Uganda Christian University’s (UCU) Bishop Tucker building, which will join the club of centenarians next year, will certainly seize one’s attention. Its medieval architecture starkly differs from that of most buildings you would walk past on the campus. The neatly arranged baked clay brick walls tell of a time when such a building was associated with royalty and colonial administrators.…

By Jimmy Siyasa The second Covid-19 wave is currently sweeping across Uganda, paralyzing life and livelihoods of many people. Education institutions have been hit, after Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni shut them once again, for 42 days, effective June 7.Inter-district transport in both public and private means also has been banned for 42 days, starting June 10. Uganda’s health ministry says it has so far registered four Covid-19 variants – the Wuhan strain and the variants from South Africa, India and the UK.On June 4, Uganda registered its highest number of corona virus cases in a single day – 1,259 out…

By Eriah Lule Forty students who enrolled for the inaugural birding course class at the Uganda Christian University have flown the nest. The fledglings have fledged. The students, who have been studying since February 2021, graduated at a low-key ceremony held at Uganda Christian University’s (UCU) Nkoyoyo Hall on May 26. They were awarded certificates recognizing them as birdwatchers. The three-month course, taught as an evening program, was conducted at the UCU’s Kampala campus. The course was made possible through a partnership between UCU and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda, where the university won a sh238 million (about $65,000) grant to train students,…