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Four church members “pounced on me; one of them started strangling me as the others pulled my video camera, until I surrendered it to them, along with its electronic charger and other recorded materials,” Ronald Kalumba, a television journalist who was part of the group, told IFEX, an agency that promotes and defends freedom of expression. 

Uganda Christian University (UCU) has officially launched its writing center, the first of its kind in any Ugandan higher institution of learning. Intended to improve the writing skills of both students and staff, as well as improve the collaboration between writers and tutors, the center, launched on October 10, 2022, is housed at the UCU Hamu Mukasa Library, Mukono.

By Eriah Lule
“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.” said Plato. A very significant quote Kunya Dan the newly elected president of Uganda Christian University Mbale University College.
Despite his physical disability, he was able to run for the top political office at the college. Kunya aims to bridge the gap between college administration and students in order to resolve issues with blended learning, which was implemented by university administration during the post-Covid era.
“I am very eager to increase student engagement with the administration in order to build a bridge between the two parties, given the fact that I am a social worker”. Kunya said.
The 30-year-old is in his second year of a Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration program. Kunya believes he will use his course to run the college student fraternity in the most creative way possible.
Gerald Wambalya, the outgoing president, stated that his administration attempted to bring the two parties, students and administration, to the same table, and that he believes they laid a very solid foundation for the new incoming government to operate on.
“I believe with collective efforts rendered the new incoming government have at least where to start from in harnessing all policies with the administration”, he said.
But who is Kunya
born to Kunya Fred and Mukimba Rose of Namutumba district, formerly Iganga district in the eastern part of the country. Kunya is the couple’s second child, one of four children.
Kunya is currently employed by Opportunity Bank as the Finance Inclusion Officer, where he is responsible for all formal banking clients, regardless of gender or disability.
He was also a community-based trainer with world vision from 2018–2019. Kunya is part of the Makindye Sports Team, a Paralympic team in the capital Kampala.
Kunya plays wheelchair basketball, volleyball, and table tennis. He holds a diploma in tourism and hotel management from Muteesa 1 Royal University and a certificate from the Village Savings and Loans Association.
According to Kunya, it was the institution’s core values that attracted him to join. He is a commercial farmer with farms in both Namutumba and Namisidwa districts in the eastern part of the country.
“I deal in maize, Rice, Ground Nuts and Onions on a commercial scale”, he said.
Kunya, after his studies, thinks of specializing in the Village Savings and Loans Association as well as being an agro-entrepreneur.

The waning threat of Covid-19 in Uganda is returning many pre-pandemic activities to the calendar. One such event is the Uganda Christian University (UCU) cultural gala that returned to the UCU Nkoyoyo Hall after a two-year hiatus. 

Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mbale University College in eastern Uganda has launched a drive to raise funds for the expansion of the institution’s infrastructure. With the sh1.5billion (about $400,000) that the university college is seeking, the institution hopes to set up a sports complex, buy computers and servers for its information and communications technology laboratory, as well as to purchase a bus to help in transporting its athletes. 

The Uganda Christian University (UCU) silver jubilee public lecture was delivered by two eminent men who surprised the audience by saying they initially did not want to work for the institution. 

As a child, Aiko Olwit often traveled with her father to their upcountry home in Lira district, northern Uganda. Each time she made the trip, Olwit says she would look with empathy at the kind of life most of the people there led. Some were unable to have more than one meal a day. Others lacked decent clothing; it was not unusual to see people dressed in tattered clothes.