“Usually the big boys would give us a run for our money, but I made a tackle on this one guy, and people started screaming. I was the talk of that night’s prep,” he said with a smile. “It was exhilarating.”
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Nalwanga: Uganda’s first female neurosurgeon
As a child, Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga was fascinated whenever she saw tellers in banks with bundles of cash. As such, she made up her mind to work in a bank. However, as she grew up, she realized that the money saved there was not actually theirs. She started feeling the pull to save human life instead. She opted for a career in medicine.
View More Nalwanga: Uganda’s first female neurosurgeonStudent crafts bricks to pay tuition
In 2017, when Bazibu Magidu had completed his S4, his mother told him that she could no longer afford his school fees. “She told me she had done her part and it was now my journey,” he said.
View More Student crafts bricks to pay tuitionHelp for Farmers: Student-built robot measures soil water sufficiency
Imagine you are a farmer and you own land where you grow crops in Uganda. It is the dry season, and to ensure that your crops get adequate water, you install a modern irrigation system. How do you ensure the soil has received sufficient water for the crops?
View More Help for Farmers: Student-built robot measures soil water sufficiencyUCU to improve services at Ankrah
Vincent Kisenyi, the dean of the School of Business, was asked by the university administration to move the school to Ankrah. He expressed his gratitude that the school would have enough space to house all the activities of the school.
View More UCU to improve services at AnkrahLong- covid: The silent aftermath
In 2021, Joseph Mukaawa lost his father to COVID-19. When he came back from the burial, he started developing signs of COVID-19 and tested positive. “I thought that since I was young, I could overcome it. So, I started self-medicating,” he said.
View More Long- covid: The silent aftermathFirst medical student to lead UCU Kampala campus guild presidency
Winning the Uganda Christian University (UCU) Kampala campus guild presidency did not come as a surprise to Zedekkia Ssekyonda. The fourth-year student in the School of Medicine (SoM) has had a history of leadership.
View More First medical student to lead UCU Kampala campus guild presidencyUCU caters for the marginalised persons
Surprisingly, he does not bemoan himself for doing anything in his private and academic journey, given the kind of support that the university fraternity provides to him in any way necessary.
View More UCU caters for the marginalised personsUCU alum Kagodo is Mukono’s new bishop
After the death of James Kibirige, the father of new Mukono Diocese Bishop Enos Kitto Kagodo, the burden of looking after the family fell on their mother. Ruth Kibirige found herself brewing local beer and selling fish to get money to keep her children in school. Occasionally, Good Samaritans would support Ruth with handouts for the family. At the time, Kagodo was in Primary Five.
View More UCU alum Kagodo is Mukono’s new bishopPassion driver for success in tourism
In 2019, Nsehemererirwe Abel, a student in his third year of his second degree in Industrial Fine Art and Design at Uganda Christian University (UCU), was approached by his fellow classmates to give them a ride to a party at Sezibwa Falls in Mukono District.
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